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.]