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Historically, the controller would have been thought of as the "chief accountant," closer to a nerdy technician than a well-rounded manager keeping teams working smoothly. But the modern controller is not a back-office technical bean counter. The modern controller needs to understand strategy, manage teams, support a wide range of business decisions with timely data, and evaluate performance of both operations and the finance ...

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