Profitable Expectations: An Accountant Rising to the Challenge

THE CEO WANTED A CONTROLLER TO BE MORE THAN JUST AN ACCOUNTANT. WOULD SHE BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE EXPECTATIONS? After three years on the job Marcella was comfortable and confident in her role as controller of PlumbCo a $20 million manufacturer and distributor of plumbing products. That all changed however when a new CEO arrived and she found that his view of a financial executives role was dramatically different than that of her previous boss. He expected her to not only be a highly effective accountant but also a dynamic value-adding member of PlumbCos management team. Could she move beyond the controller stereotype and become a true management accountant not just a bean counter? Her financial accounting background had not prepared her for such a role but a chance meeting with an elderly one-armed mentor known simply as the Major helped her escape conventional thinking and embark on an adventure that took her into all aspects of PlumbCos business. What obstacles will she face? What solutions will she develop? Will she see above and beyond an accountants conventional thinking rise to the occasion and meet the CEOs expectations? And what will it take for her to make this transformation?