Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Directeur du Contrôle de Gestion
English translation:
(management) controller
Added to glossary by
Hattie Hill
Jun 15, 2007 18:23
16 yrs ago
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French term
Directeur du Contrôle de Gestion
Non-PRO
French to English
Other
Management
This is on a list of job titles. The other titles seem pretty finance/accounting related.
Probably pretty straightforward...but it has been a long week. :-)
TIA!
Probably pretty straightforward...but it has been a long week. :-)
TIA!
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +1 | Management controller | Johannes Gleim |
5 +4 | Director of Financial Control | Alanguelaise |
5 +3 | Director of Management Control | Etienne Muylle Wallace |
Change log
Jun 15, 2007 18:48: writeaway changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Proposed translations
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14 mins
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Management controller
litterally translated: Management control director. I doubt, that this expression is used.
The Management Controller’s Job: When Ambiguity Leads to Job Crafting
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Given this starting point the author attempts to make some kind of reconciliation between what the controller is expected to do according to academic prescriptions of his/her role, and what the controller actually does. Her literature review gives recognition to the traditional notion of controller as ‘controller’, enforcing organizational controls through the collection and provision of information in order to ensure achievement of goal congruence and hence ultimately enhancing organizational performance. In addition, the author also highlights emerging notions of the controller as ‘consultant’.
http://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/dpto/EMP/noved/frow in lambert(84).p...
Senior Order Management Controller
£23000 - £25000 per annum
PRINCE 2 PRACTIITIONER AND EXPERIENCE OF TEAM MANAGEMENT ESSENTIAL.
We are looking urgently for a senior order controller to work for our client, a City based telecommunications firm, on a permanent basis. The main purpose of this role is to validate and accept customer order and multiple site projects and provide end customers with order/project updates. Main duties will include:
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http://www.londoncareers.net/jobs/job-64804.htm
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Note added at 16 Min. (2007-06-15 18:39:53 GMT)
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Perhaps also Senior Management Controller
The Management Controller’s Job: When Ambiguity Leads to Job Crafting
..
Given this starting point the author attempts to make some kind of reconciliation between what the controller is expected to do according to academic prescriptions of his/her role, and what the controller actually does. Her literature review gives recognition to the traditional notion of controller as ‘controller’, enforcing organizational controls through the collection and provision of information in order to ensure achievement of goal congruence and hence ultimately enhancing organizational performance. In addition, the author also highlights emerging notions of the controller as ‘consultant’.
http://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/dpto/EMP/noved/frow in lambert(84).p...
Senior Order Management Controller
£23000 - £25000 per annum
PRINCE 2 PRACTIITIONER AND EXPERIENCE OF TEAM MANAGEMENT ESSENTIAL.
We are looking urgently for a senior order controller to work for our client, a City based telecommunications firm, on a permanent basis. The main purpose of this role is to validate and accept customer order and multiple site projects and provide end customers with order/project updates. Main duties will include:
...
http://www.londoncareers.net/jobs/job-64804.htm
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Note added at 16 Min. (2007-06-15 18:39:53 GMT)
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Perhaps also Senior Management Controller
Peer comment(s):
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rkillings
: This is what you'll see in the recruitment listings. Ironically, a Sr Mgt Controller probably reports to *the* Controller, i.e. the head of the department of Mgt Control!
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Thank you for this piece of information. Then you would only propose "controller"?
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I ended up asking the client and they just wanted "Controller" to be used... Thanks to all!"
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9 mins
Director of Management Control
FontenebrO dictionary Spanish-English
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Tony M
7 mins
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agree |
Yvonne Becker
25 mins
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agree |
JM TRAD (X)
: I agree
76 days
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16 mins
Director of Financial Control
When I worked for a big French multi-national, that was the term used.
It gets plenty of ghits!
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-15 19:44:09 GMT)
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Take a look at this article for confirmation: http://www.edicas.fr/site/fin.cgi?TypeJ=20060223094715&journ...
It's an interview with the "président de l’Association nationale des directeurs financiers et de contrôle de gestion", and at one point he says : "Le contrôle de gestion, terme dont je rappelle qu’il est la traduction de l’anglais « financial control »..."
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Note added at 16 hrs (2007-06-16 10:42:54 GMT)
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This is another article that confirms that the term "Director of Financial Control" is widely used. It also explains that there is a real difference between a Financial Controller (FC) and an FD (Finance Director), to whom the FC generally reports: http://www.equityfc.com/content_files/files/RealFinanceArtic...
It gets plenty of ghits!
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-15 19:44:09 GMT)
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Take a look at this article for confirmation: http://www.edicas.fr/site/fin.cgi?TypeJ=20060223094715&journ...
It's an interview with the "président de l’Association nationale des directeurs financiers et de contrôle de gestion", and at one point he says : "Le contrôle de gestion, terme dont je rappelle qu’il est la traduction de l’anglais « financial control »..."
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Note added at 16 hrs (2007-06-16 10:42:54 GMT)
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This is another article that confirms that the term "Director of Financial Control" is widely used. It also explains that there is a real difference between a Financial Controller (FC) and an FD (Finance Director), to whom the FC generally reports: http://www.equityfc.com/content_files/files/RealFinanceArtic...
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Julie Barber
: Supporting the Financial Controller http://www.tiptopjob.com/search/jobs/1539078_job.asp
1 hr
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agree |
Lidija Lazic
2 hrs
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agree |
cmwilliams (X)
3 hrs
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agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
12 hrs
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Discussion
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