Corporate Controller's Handbook of Financial Management (2016-2017)

The Corporate Controller's Handbook of Financial Management (2014-2015) contains 60 chapters covering the following topic areas:

• Responsibilities of the Controller
• SEC Reporting
• Controller's Reports
• Information Technology Applications, including chapters on database management systems and the client/server environment, and using computers in financial decision making, and XBRL, cloud computing, and wireless technology
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, including financial statement reporting, accounting and disclosures, interim and segmental reporting, and more
• Management Accounting, including product costing systems and classifications, joint products and by-products, analysis of cost behavior, cost-volume-profit analysis and leverage, cost allocation, contribution margin analysis for nonroutine decisions, budgeting and financial modeling, using variance analysis, improving management performance, ABC, JIT, TQM, decision making in corporate financial management, and more
• Internal Auditing and Control, including internal audit of financial statement accounts, the internal audit function and internal control, and forensic accounting --Financial and Risk Analysis and Financial Forecasting, including financial statement analysis, managing analysis of operations, controlling revenue and costs, managing and analyzing risk, reengineering and outsourcing the business, derivative products and financial engineering, mergers and acquisitions, divestiture, business strategies and shareholder value analysis, financial and earnings forecasting, cash flow forecasting and cash budgeting, forecasting corporate financial distress, corporate valuations, and more.
• Liquidity and Treasury, including management of working capital and cash, accounts receivable, inventory, corporate investments in securities, portfolio diversification and risk management, short- and long-term financing, term loans and leasing, warrants and convertibles, cost of capital and capital structure decisions, and more
• Tax Preparation and Planning, including payroll taxes and how taxes affect business decisions

Jae K. Shim, Ph.D., is a financial consultant to several companies and Professor of Accounting and Finance at California State University in Long Beach. Dr. Shim has 40 books to his credit and has published more than 50 articles in accounting and financial journals.

Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA, is a self-employed certified public accountant and professor of accounting at Queens College of the City University of New York. Previously, he was employed by Coopers & Lybrand and Arthur Andersen. Dr. Siegel has acted as a consultant in accounting to many organizations, including Citicorp, International Telephone and Telegraph, United Technologies, American Institute of CPAs, and Person-Wolinsky Associates. He is the author of 68 books and 300 articles on accounting topics. Dr. Siegel was the recipient of the Outstanding Educator of America Award and has served as chairperson of the National Oversight Board.

Nick Dauber, MS, CPA, is an accounting practitioner with client responsibilities primarily in auditing and taxation. His prior experience includes service as an audit and tax manager at a CPA firm. He is also an Instructor of Auditing and Taxation at Queens College of the City University of New York and was a lecturer and writer in auditing and taxation for Person-Wolinsky Associates.