comptroller

/kənˈtroʊlər/

/kənˈtrʌʊlə/

Other forms: comptrollers

Definitions of comptroller

1. noun

   someone who maintains and audits business accounts
   synonyms: accountant, controller

   types:

   auditor

   a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization

   bean counter

   an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures

   bookkeeper

   someone who records the transactions of a business

   CPA, certified public accountant

   an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state

   chartered accountant

   a British or Canadian accountant who is a member of a professional body that has a royal charter

   cost accountant

   a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production

   internal auditor

   an auditor who is an employee of the company whose records are audited and who provides information to the management and board of directors

   type of:

   bourgeois, businessperson

   a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise