As your company's controller, you may be asked to be the primary go-to person during the company's merger or acquisition. You'll make your job easier by being proactive in the due diligence process.

Collect and analyze company information well in advance of the due diligence requests from the potential buyer. You'll have time for careful analysis and to ensure the quality and completeness of the data that you provide. And you may uncover problems that you can fix before they put the deal at risk.

Use these articles and tools to ease your duties during your company's sale.

• Prepare to sell a business (Article)
  Learn techniques to ease the burden of due diligence.
• Use Excel in the due diligence process (Article)
  Use Excel 2003 to help you collect and analyze company information.
• Due diligence documentation (Template)
  Manage the collection of critical company information by using this Word 2003 template.