Organization Overview: Tyco Flow Control

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A comptroller or controller (pronounced /k?n?tro?l?r/ or /?k??mtro?l?r/; also financial controller, abrv. FC) is a person who supervises accounting and financial reporting within an organization. A controller is an accountant in a business who oversees accounting and the implementation and monitoring of internal controls. In the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, a controller or financial controller is a senior position within most companies, often reporting to a chief financial officer or finance director. The term comptroller evolved in the 15th century through a blend of the Middle English countreroller (someone who checks a copy of scroll, from the French contreroule "counter-roll, scroll copy") and the French compte ("on account"), thus creating a title for a...