
QAS Self-Study

Overview

CPE Credits
1 Credits: Personal Development
Course Description
The 7 Habits of Effective Controllers discusses the top seven tasks that a controller should address in order to be the most effective. The suggestions cover a broad range of topics, including how to develop a system for eliminating transaction errors, the alternatives for eliminating reports, and pointing out financial problems to management. The course also notes how these recommendations vary from the typical controller job description.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the difference between being effective and efficient.
- Describe the issues involved in the adjustment of employee workloads.
- Recognize the positions that may be involved in closing the books.
- Specify the ways in which a controller can influence the cash flows of a business.
- Describe the contents of a controller’s job description.
Course Specifics
Course ID 7167002 |
Revision Date August 8, 2022 |
Number of Pages 30 |
Prerequisites There are no prerequisites. |
Advanced Preparation None |
Compliance information
Course Instructor

Steven M. Bragg, CPA, is a full-time book and course author who has written more than 70 business books. He provides Western CPE with self-study courses in the areas of accounting and finance, with an emphasis on the practical application of accounting standards and management techniques. A sampling of his courses include the The New Controller Guidebook, The GAAP Guidebook, Accountants’ Guidebook, and Closing the Books: An Accountant’s Guide. He also manages the Accounting Best Practices podcast. Steven has been the CFO or controller of both public and private companies and has been a consulting manager with Ernst & Young and an auditor with …
7 Habits of Effective Controllers

CPE CREDITS
1 Credits: Personal Development
$29.00 – $39.00

QAS Self-Study

Overview

CPE Credits
1 Credits: Personal Development
Course Description
The 7 Habits of Effective Controllers discusses the top seven tasks that a controller should address in order to be the most effective. The suggestions cover a broad range of topics, including how to develop a system for eliminating transaction errors, the alternatives for eliminating reports, and pointing out financial problems to management. The course also notes how these recommendations vary from the typical controller job description.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the difference between being effective and efficient.
- Describe the issues involved in the adjustment of employee workloads.
- Recognize the positions that may be involved in closing the books.
- Specify the ways in which a controller can influence the cash flows of a business.
- Describe the contents of a controller’s job description.
Course Specifics
Course ID 7167002 |
Revision Date August 8, 2022 |
Number of Pages 30 |
Prerequisites There are no prerequisites. |
Advanced Preparation None |
Compliance information
Course Instructor

Steven M. Bragg, CPA, is a full-time book and course author who has written more than 70 business books. He provides Western CPE with self-study courses in the areas of accounting and finance, with an emphasis on the practical application of accounting standards and management techniques. A sampling of his courses include the The New Controller Guidebook, The GAAP Guidebook, Accountants’ Guidebook, and Closing the Books: An Accountant’s Guide. He also manages the Accounting Best Practices podcast. Steven has been the CFO or controller of both public and private companies and has been a consulting manager with Ernst & Young and an auditor with …
7 Habits of Effective Controllers

CPE CREDITS
1 Credits: Personal Development
$29.00 – $39.00