Critical Technical Skills for CFOs and Controllers
Overview
Accounting and finance managers and executives must demonstrate sound technical and analytical necessary for personal growth and organizational success. This course will provide insights into the most critical technical and analytical skills needed by CFOs and Controllers - or those that want to be!
Highlights
- A methodical approach to business and strategic planning
- Overview of The Balanced Scorecard approach to creating key performance metrics
- Common metrics for analyzing financial statements and trends
- Accounting and finance role in Enterprise-wide Risk Management (ERM)
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
Anyone who has a manager or executive leadership position in accounting of finance
Objectives
- Recognize the benefits of taking a methodial approach to strategic and business planning
- Recall how to design useful key performance metrics
- List common methods for analyzing financial statements
- Identify how to assist in Enterprise-Wide Risk Management
Preparation
Experience as an accounting or financial manager
Notice
This course is offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible in the My CPE Tracker section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network (ACPEN).
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Jennifer Louis, Emergent Solutions Group LLC
Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 25 years of experience in designing and instructing high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical and "soft skills" topics needed for professional and organizational success.
In 2003 she founded Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, where she focuses her energy on designing and delivering high-quality, practical and engaging accounting and auditing training. She was most recently Director of Audit Product Development at Surgent Professional Education, and prior to that served as Executive Vice President/Director of Training Services at AuditWatch, Inc., a highly-respected training and audit process consulting firm. Before joining AuditWatch, Jennifer was the Financial/Operational Audit Manager at AARP. At the start of her professional career, Jennifer was an Audit Manager for Deloitte & Touche LLP, where she frequently served as a local and national instructor. Jennifer graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA-Accounting. She currently resides in Charlotte, NC.
Non-Member Price $159.00
Member Price $129.00