CANCELLED: Transforming Your Role as Controller to Business Partner (171016A-15)
Description
Are you ready to take your role as controller to the next level while
adding significant value to the organization? A successful Controller
will go beyond financial statements, internal controls and general
accounting to create new value for the organization. We’ll explore new
additional roles that controllers are now accepting and outline a
roadmap you can use to expand your role as a controller from simply
internal process/transaction oriented to externally focused
understanding of industry and macro trends.
Learning Objectives
Differentiate between the value of the traditional controller and the
business oriented controller
Integrate controllership into the larger
financial and organization leadership function
Maximize your role
within your organization
Apply a wide variety of financial and
management skills to integrate the position of controller into the
organization's overall financial process
Understand how Servant
Leadership increases the success of the controller
Major Topics
Leadership vs
Management Business and strategic planning processes
Corporate culture Lean management techniques and processes Promoting
and maintaining an ethical culture Recruiting, retaining and
developing employees Project and change management Communications,
listening and presentation skills Managing "up" and how to master it
Business Strategy and the Controller The need for increased efficiency
and the application of Lean techniques Application of best practices
in the Accounting Department
Course Level
Intermediate
CPE Field of Study
Finance
8
Prerequisites
Experience in financial management of a medium or small company
