Comptroller

A comptroller is a management-level position responsible for supervising the rank of accounting as living as financial reporting of an organization. a financial comptroller is a senior-level executive who acts as the head of accounting, & oversees the preparation of financial reports, such(a) as balance sheets as well as income statements.

In most Commonwealth countries, the comptroller general, auditor general, or comptroller and auditor general is the external auditor of the budget execution of the government and of government-owned companies. Typically, the independent multiple headed by the comptroller general is a portion of the International company of Supreme Audit Institutions. In American government, the comptroller is effectively the chief financial officer of a public body.

In business management, the comptroller is closer to a chief audit executive, holding a senior role in internal audit functions. Generally, the designation encompasses a race of responsibilities, from overseeing accounting and monitoring internal controls to countersigning on expenses and commitments.

Government role

In India, Comptroller is an appointment.

In Mexico, the comptroller, translated as 'contralor', was determining in the public supervision during the presidency of Secretariat of the General Comptroller of the Federation] in 1982. This ministry was renamed as the Secretariat of the Civil Service by president Vicente Fox in 2003. Nevertheless, several states still defecate as General Comptroller Office their audit and oversight institutions. Namely, Mexico City has the Secretariat of the General Comptroller of Mexico City and Jalisco has the Comptroller General Office of the State of Jalisco.

The label of comptroller is used in the Royal Household for various offices, including:

The Comptroller of the Navy is a post in the Royal Navy responsible for procurement and matériel.

The Comptroller and City Solicitor is one of the High Officers of the City of London Corporation, responsible for provision of any legal services. The post of comptroller dates from 1311, and that of City Solicitor from 1544; the two were amalgamated in 1945.

The Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks is the head of the UK Intellectual Property Office or Patent Office.

The Comptroller and Auditor General is head of the National Audit Office, and is the successor of the former Comptroller General of the Exchequer and the former Commissioners of Audit.

The title of comptroller is held by various government officials.

In Spain, the word comptroller is translated as "Interventor".