Corporate Controller in Today's Environment: Part 1 (Currently Unavailable)

Author: Miles Hutchinson

In this on-demand webcast, veteran Controller, Treasurer and CFO Miles Hutchinson, CGMA covers roles and responsibilities, communications, leaderships and partnering with your boss.

Keeping the books, managing the accounting department, assisting with issues of middle and senior management, communicating with staff, auditors, regulators and investors - how do you keep it all together? Spend just two hours and learn how to balance your role as historian, manager and communicator.

Publication Date: May 2015

Designed For
Accounting Managers, Controllers and those who aspire to become the Corporate Controller

Topics Covered

• The diverse roles of Corporate Controllers
• Characteristics of the Controller Vs. the CFO Vs. the Treasurer, and what if there is no CFO or Treasurer
• Roles and responsibilities, build your organizational plan and promote it
• Core competencies of the successful controller — "What brought you here won't keep you here"
• Core communication tools- understanding yourself and others is the key
• Strategic Vs Controlling — which approach do you take? When & how often?
• Dashboard Reporting — where to find the tools
• Dealing with Auditors — identify the different approaches to use with Regulatory Vs. Financial Auditors

Learning Objectives

• Identify, define and clarify the roles you accept as the Corporate Controller.
• Set reasonable boundaries for what you can accomplish and work within those constraints.
• Recognize when to outsource the work.
• Become a better communicator and strategist with leadership, employees, customers, vendors, lenders and investors.

Level
Intermediate

Instructional Method
Self-Study

NASBA Field of Study
Business Management & Organization (2 hours)

Program Prerequisites
Experience as an accounting manager or controller.

Advance Preparation
None