Managerial accounting provides economic and financial information for managers and other internal users. Managerial and Financial Accounting have similarities and differences. Each field of accounting deals with the economic events of a business. Both managerial and financial accounting require that a company’s economic events be quantified and communicated to interested parties.
This another course in our series on the controller’s role. The controller’s role encompasses many traditional functions. Within this segment of our controllership series, we discuss the area of managerial accounting and the basic concepts that surround this discipline as it primarily relates to cost accounting issues.
Learning Objectives
- Explore and explain the distinguishing features of managerial accounting.
- Identify the three broad functions of management.
- Discover and define the three classes of manufacturing costs.
- Recognize and distinguish between product and period costs.
Included In Certifications
This course is included in the following Certification Programs:
18 CoursesThe Controllership Series Certification
- The Controllership Series: The Controller Function - Elevating the Role
- The Controllership Series: The Controller Function - Strategic and Annual Planning
- GAAP Principles, Assumptions and Considerations
- The Treasury Function Part 1: Cash, Liquidity and Investments
- The Controllership Series: The Controller Function - Cash and Investments
- ASC 842 Accounting for Leases - Deep Dive
- Revenue Recognition (ASC Topic 606) Standard Overview
- The Controllership Series: The Controller Function - Inventory Part 1
- The Controllership Series: The Controller Function - Inventory Part 2 - Inventory Valuation, Physical Inventory Methods and Inventory fraud
- The Controllership Series: Overhead, Direct and Indirect Costs and Allocation Methods
- The Controllership Series: Financial Statement Preparation and Presentation
- Analyzing Financial Ratios - Leverage
- Analyzing Financial Ratios - Performance And Efficiency
- The Controllership Series: The Controllers Role in Data Analytics and Big Data
- The Controllership Series: The Financial Close Process
- The Controllership Series: Managerial Accounting Basics and Cost Principles
- The Controllership Series: Sales, Collections and Customer Credit
- Tools for The Controllership Series Certificate
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Prerequisites
No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.
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