Controller's Guide to Costing - by Steven M Bragg (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Controller's Guide to Costing is a comprehensive source for all issues related to cost accounting, detailing aspects of creating costing systems, how cost accounting systems work, interpreting the results, and how the resulting information can be used, including:

• Provides an overview of various costing methodologies.
• Written in easy to understand language--from one controller to another.
• Includes information on application, implementation, reporting, problems that can arise, and example case studies.

From the Back Cover

" Steven Bragg has again developed a useful and helpful book to assist in doing the difficult job of controller. Controller's Guide to Costing is an excellent handbook to understanding and implementing job costing. "
--Gail W. Sevier, Member/Manager Marrs, Sevier & Company, LLC

A one-stop reference to cost accounting

A controller's job is multifaceted. But in order to do all aspects of the job effectively, a controller needs to have in-depth knowledge of the very core of the job: the company's cost structure. Enlightening controllers on the numerous, diverse costing methodologies, Controller's Guide to Costing provides a comprehensive resource on all issues relating to cost accounting.

Written in an easy-to-understand language--from one controller to another--Controller's Guide to Costing details the aspects of creating costing systems, how cost accounting systems work, how to interpret the results, and how the resulting information can be used. This complete overview also covers application, implementation, reporting, pitfalls to avoid, and the impact on reported financial results, as well as case studies to further explain concepts wherever necessary.

Controller's Guide to Costing provides controllers, treasurers, accounting and financial analysis personnel, and auditors with a one-stop source to all their cost accounting questions.

About the Author

STEVEN M. BRAGG, CPA, CMA, CIA, CPIM, has been the CFO or controller of four companies, as well as a consulting manager at Ernst & Young and auditor at Deloitte & Touche. He received a master's degree from Bentley College, an MBA from Babson College, and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Maine. Mr. Bragg resides in Centennial, Colorado. He has written over twenty books, including Accounting Best Practices, Accounting Reference Desktop, and Controllership: The Work of the Managerial Accountant, all from Wiley.