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Treasurers and Controllers

$139.79K Median Salary 64.2K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 17.3% Job Growth

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About This Career

Direct financial activities, such as planning, procurement, and investments for all or part of an organization.

Reported Job Titles

Comptroller, Controller, Corporate Controller, Corporate Treasurer, Regional Controller, School Treasurer, Treasurer, Treasury Consultant

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Abilities

Inductive Reasoning

Written Comprehension

Deductive Reasoning

Near Vision

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Problem Sensitivity

Written Expression

Information Ordering

Mathematical Reasoning

Number Facility

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Category Flexibility

Fluency of Ideas

Originality

Perceptual Speed

Flexibility of Closure

Knowledge

Economics and Accounting

English Language

Administration and Management

Mathematics

Personnel and Human Resources

Skills

Complex Problem Solving

Critical Thinking

Judgment and Decision Making

Reading Comprehension

Management of Financial Resources

Speaking

Active Listening

Monitoring

Mathematics

Active Learning

Systems Evaluation

Writing

Coordination

Time Management

Systems Analysis

Management of Personnel Resources

Negotiation

Social Perceptiveness

Learning Strategies

Persuasion

Technology Skills

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Presentation software

Accounting software

Data base user interface and query software

Spreadsheet software

Financial analysis software

Human resources software

Business intelligence and data analysis software

Electronic mail software

Customer relationship management CRM software

Network conferencing software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Data base reporting software

Project management software

Web platform development software

Tools

Tablet computers

Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers

Notebook computers

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Desktop calculator

Abilities

Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

Knowledge

Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Skills

Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Technology Skills

Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Accounting software: Billing software; Bookkeeping software; Intuit QuickBooks; Sage 50 Accounting
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Financial analysis software: Delphi Technology
Human resources software: ADP Workforce Now
Business intelligence and data analysis software: BrightEdge; Conductor Searchlight; IBM Digital Analytics; Searchmetrics Suite
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Customer relationship management CRM software: Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge; Microsoft Dynamics; Salesforce.com Salesforce CRM
Network conferencing software: LogMeIn GoToWebinar
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Data base reporting software: SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project
Web platform development software: Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP

Tools

Tablet computers:
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers: Personal digital assistants PDA
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:
Desktop calculator: 10-key calculators

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