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The Controller’s Role in Procurement 1.5 Credits

Jan 13, 2025, 10:00 AM ET

The Controller’s Role in Procurement 1.5 Credits

The Controllership Series

  • Lynn Fountain

    CRMA, CPA (US), CGMA

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    February, 2025

  • Subject Area

    Accounting

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Jan 13, 2025, 10:00 AM ET

Learning Objective

  • Define the standard procurement process, and compare procurement with the Controller’s purchasing role.
  • Analyze how the procurement process connects with controllership.
  • Review a Procurement Controller job description.
  • Explore the Financial Controller’s involvement in procurement.
  • Identify strategies to integrate the Controller’s role with procurement responsibilities.
  • Examine other potential responsibilities for the controller.

Course Overview

Are you looking to optimize spending management and control costs within your organization? Look no further than the crucial collaboration between the procurement function and controllership. 

Our Controllership Series Unveils the Power of Collaboration in Procurement. The procurement function is a critical area of organizations where spend is a top priority.  The Controllership function is involved in spending management.  Logically, the Controller should take a role in working with the procurement function.

The procurement function may report to various areas within an organization including the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Chief Procurement Officer (CPO), Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and the Chief Financial (CFO) or Accounting Officer (CAO). Regardless of the reporting line of the function, the accounting and controllership functions must have an integral understanding of all processes involved within procurement.  

Major topics:

  • Defining the procurement process
  • Defining the procurement vs. The controller’s role
  • The procurement process and its tie to the controller’s role 
  • Creating synergies
  • Other potential responsibilities

Join this CPE Accounting webinar we will provide valuable guidance to the controller and accounting teams in effectively optimizing and controlling costs associated with the process.

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Accounting for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 1.5 CPE Approved
Accounting for CPA in Canada 1.5 CPD Eligible
Financial Accounting for Certified Internal Auditors (CIA) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Financial Reporting for Certified Management Accountants (CMA) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 1.5 PL Eligible
Accounting for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Internal Audit Practitioner (IAP) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) 1.5 CPD Eligible
Chartered Accountant - ICAEW 1.5 CPD Eligible
Financial Reporting for Certified Financial Forensics (CFF) 1.5 CPD Eligible
Financial accounting for Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership (QIAL) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for CIPM 1.5 PL Eligible
Financial accounting for Certified Business Appraiser (CBA)/Master Certified Business Appraiser (MCBA) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Financial accounting concepts for Certified FP&A Professional (FP&A) 1.5 CE Eligible
Chartered Accountants - Ireland (CAI) 1.5 CPD Eligible
Chartered Accountants - Scotland 1.5 CPD Eligible
CPA - Ireland 1.5 CPD Eligible
License details Credits Status
Accounting for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 1.5 CPE Approved
Accounting for CPA in Canada 1.5 CPD Eligible
Financial Accounting for Certified Internal Auditors (CIA) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Financial Reporting for Certified Management Accountants (CMA) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 1.5 PL Eligible
Accounting for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Internal Audit Practitioner (IAP) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) 1.5 CPD Eligible
Chartered Accountant - ICAEW 1.5 CPD Eligible
Financial Reporting for Certified Financial Forensics (CFF) 1.5 CPD Eligible
Financial accounting for Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership (QIAL) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Accounting for CIPM 1.5 PL Eligible
Financial accounting for Certified Business Appraiser (CBA)/Master Certified Business Appraiser (MCBA) 1.5 CPE Eligible
Financial accounting concepts for Certified FP&A Professional (FP&A) 1.5 CE Eligible
Chartered Accountants - Scotland 1.5 CPD Eligible
CPA - Ireland 1.5 CPD Eligible
Chartered Accountants - Ireland (CAI) 1.5 CPD Eligible

Additional Information

Credits

1.5

Course Level

Basic

Instructional Method

QAS Self Study

Group Internet Based

Pre-requisites

None

Advance Preparation

None

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About Instructor

Advance Your Career with Lynn Fountain's CE/CPE/CPD Webinars

Lynn Fountain , CRMA, CPA (US), CGMA

Owner, Lynn Fountain Consulting and Training

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Lynn Fountain has over 39 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 20 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing and risk management. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance.  Lynn has held two Chief Audit Executive (CAE) positions for international companies.   In one of her roles as CAE, she assisted in the investigation of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme perpetrated by a vendor that spanned 7 years and implicated 20 employees.  The fraud was formally investigation by the FBI and resulted in 5 indictments estimating a $13M fraud loss.

Ms. Fountain is currently engaged in her own consulting and training practice.  She has successfully executed on several consulting assignments spanning areas of accounting, risk, ERM and internal audit.  She is a highly sought-after trainer and international speaker and has produced hundreds of courses delivered through seminars, conferences and on-demand training.  She is the author of three separate technical books.  

  • Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations”.
  • Leading the Internal Audit Function
  • Ethics and the Internal Auditor’s Dilemma

Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CPA, CGMA, CRMA credentials. 


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Anantharamakrishnan Balakrishnan, EA

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My CPE webinar on Procurement Controller is very important in understanding the the areas Controller can step in and create Budgets, Reports, trends, forecasts and cost saving analysis based on the Database on ERP and provide information to procurement and achieve overall organization goals and objectives of the organization

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Jignya Patel, CPA (US)

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It gave a complete overall perspective on relationship between the Controller team and the Procurement. Each company different structure and setup including my company so I found creating synergies between the two department more valuable.

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