COMPTROLLER

comptroller (k<<schwa>>n-troh-l<<schwa>>r). An officer of a business or a private, state, or municipal cor-poration who is charged with duties usu. relating to fiscal affairs, including auditing and examining accounts and reporting the financial status periodically. — Also spelled controller. [Cases: Corporations  303; Municipal Corporations  172. C.J.S. Corporations § 471; Municipal Corporations §§ 406–408.] [Blacks Law 8th]