comptrollers
Government budget watchdogs
Comptrollers is the plural of comptroller, a financial officer who oversees accounts and audits expenditures.
The spelling with -mp- is a historical quirk—the word derives from controller, and the two are pronounced identically.
Comptroller appears mainly in government titles: state comptrollers, the Comptroller of the Currency.
In corporate settings, controller is preferred.
Financial records examiner
- treasurerFinancial steward of organization
- fiscalOf public revenue
- municipalOf city government
- stateCondition or mode
city · county · oversight · public funds · accountability · budget · appropriations · expenditures
Top corporate money officer
- chief financial officerTop corporate money manager
- accountingMaintaining financial records
- financial reportingDocumenting business performance formally
- ledgerFinancial record book
compliance · audit committee · fiduciary · balance sheet · earnings · quarterly reports · shareholder · regulatory
Country-level financial institutions
- federalDivided governmental authority
- charterFounding organizational document
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
lending practices · consumer protection · financial institutions · regulatory authority · monetary · thrift · licensing · enforcement
auditor
Financial records examiner
state · city · county · oversight · public funds · accountability · budget · appropriations · expenditures · audit
CFO
Top corporate money officer
- chief financial officerTop corporate money manager
- accountingMaintaining financial records
- financial reportingDocumenting business performance formally
ledger · compliance · audit committee · fiduciary · balance sheet · earnings · quarterly reports · shareholder · regulatory · Sarbanes-Oxley
national banks
Country-level financial institutions
- federalDivided governmental authority
- charterFounding organizational document
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
examination · lending practices · consumer protection · financial institutions · regulatory authority · monetary · thrift · licensing · enforcement · capital requirements
- finance prosfinancial analysts, investment bankers, stockbrokers, stock brokers, traders
- bookkeeping historybookkeeping, ledgers, double-entry, balance sheets, journal entries
comptrollersspenders
Those who use money
appropriators · disbursers · procurers · fundraisers · allocators
comptrollersauditees
Those being officially inspected
embezzlers · fraudsters · profligates · squanderers · wastrels