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contrôleur de gestion

English translation: financial controller


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French term or phrase:contrôleur de gestion
English translation:financial controller
Entered by: Gill Zschunke
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13:06 Jun 3, 2009
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Bus/Financial - Accounting / An accounting job position
French term or phrase: contrôleur de gestion
Could an expert please advise whether the correct translation for this term is "financial controller" or "cost accountant". I would tend towards the latter as I believe financial controller is practically equivalent to financial director and would just be "le controlleur". Many thanks.
Gill Zschunke
France
Local time: 17:47
management controller
Explanation:
Back when recruiting adverts were common in newspapers like the FT, this term was commonly seen. No reason not to use it.

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In my experience the 'comptroller' spelling (and accompanying job description) is all but exclusively American.
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rkillings
United States
Local time: 08:47
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Thanks to everyone for help and suggestions.
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Définitions
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controlleur de gestion
comptroller


Explanation:
What's a comptroller? - Political Notebook on Syracuse.comSep 15, 2007 ... Comptroller vs. controller. The definitions are the same: The chief accountant; an officer who audits and supervises the finances of a ...
blog.syracuse.com/politicalnotebook/2007/09/whats_a_comptroller.html - 35k - Cached - Similar pages -
Comptroller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA comptroller or controller (pronounced /kənˈtroʊlər/ or /ˈkɑːmtroʊlər/; also financial controller, abrv. FC) is a person who supervises accounting and ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comptroller -

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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
controlleur de gestion
management controller


Explanation:
Back when recruiting adverts were common in newspapers like the FT, this term was commonly seen. No reason not to use it.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-06-03 18:15:49 GMT)
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In my experience the 'comptroller' spelling (and accompanying job description) is all but exclusively American.

rkillings
United States
Local time: 08:47
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 287
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone for help and suggestions.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: Yes, comptroller is US spelling and not used much any more.
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Reference information:
French term or phrase: controle de gestion,controle des recettes
same problem, I know what the words mean but not the translation

nicholas josephs
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France

Local time: 05:45
English translation:management auditing, revenue inspection (check)
Explanation:
This is a possibility depending on the specifics.

Mike :)


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Management Accountant (Contrôleur de Gestion) - NTT Europe Online
24 Apr 2009 ... Management Accountant (Contrôleur de Gestion). The role will take responsibility for the month end reporting and financial analysis of NTT ...
www.ntteuropeonline.com/171/archive/2009/april/24/article/m... - 28k - Cached - Similar pages

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Wait for the experts, as you have requested:-)

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Chartered management accountant: Job description and activities ...
A chartered management accountant applies the principles of accounting to provide the financial information necessary for the planning and financial ...
www.prospects.ac.uk/links/chartmanacc/ - 30k - Cached - Similar pages

Hi
If you know exactly what the job entails in French, you can probably match it up with one of the suggestions.

liz askew
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Reference: Définitions

Reference information:
From Dictionnaire Ménard de la comptabilité financière :

1)
FR : contrôleur de gestion ; contrôleur
EN : controller ; comptroller

Cadre dirigeant chargé des activités de contrôle (notamment contrôle interne, contrôle comptable, contrôle budgétaire, contrôle de gestion) de l'entité.

2)
FR : auditeur de gestion ; vérificateur opérationnel (Canada) ; vérificateur de gestion (Canada) ; contrôleur de gestion (FR et BE) ; auditeur opérationnel
EN : management auditor ; operational auditor

Professionnel comptable chargé de contrôler périodiquement la validité de la structure d'organisation d'une entité de même que ses méthodes de travail et ses normes de performance

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Changes made by editors
Jun 3, 2009 - Changes made by Emanuela Galdelli:
Term askedcontrolleur de gestion => contrôleur de gestion


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