The Job and Challenges of Today's CFO (Currently Unavailable)
This on-demand self-study series takes a look at the core competencies the CFO must possess to have a superior organizational impact. Learn how the CFO function can leverage analytics, especially predictive ones, embedded in their financial reporting, planning, and decision making.
Review the CFO function in terms of leadership, communication, Sarbanes-Oxley reporting compliance, economic metrics like ROIC, WACC, EVA™ and more. And finally, you'll study the types of embezzlement that companies typically face including examples of red flags that were ignored and the lessons learned in real cases.
This presentation focuses on how the finance function can leverage analytics, especially predictive ones, embedded in their financial reporting, planning, and decision making. Finance and accounting professional are typically considered to be very quantitative. They are by nature number-crunchers. But collecting, validating, and reporting data is not the same thing as analyzing the information that can be gleaned from data. Most organizations are drowning in data, but starving for information.
Identify core competencies of the CFO, your leadership style, and keys steps to building excellent communication skills.
Review options to financing your business, summary of the Sarbanes-Oxley reporting compliance and risk assessment.
Gauge profitability and understand the concept and benefits of the balanced scorecard approach to the organization’s mission and goals.
This course helps practitioners understand the types of embezzlement that companies face and discusses measures that can help prevent losses in the first place. Includes case studies of actual embezzlements that took place at small, medium and large organizations, the red flags that were ignored and the lessons learned.
Total: 5 courses (10 CPE hours)
