Quarterly Financial Leadership Series- Insights From The C-Suite (171040-13)
Description
The totality of issues facing CFOs and CEOs in today’s economic
environment is staggering. Finance professionals in business and public
accounting need to understand these issues so they can help their
clients / colleagues make more informed business decisions. This program
will address these issues and more including the big picture, managing
the board, the value-drivers, business vs. corporate, financial
services, risk management and economic analysis. Available in 4 and 8
hour formats
Learning Objectives
Understand the totality of issues facing CFOs and CEOs in order to help you better conduct your activities and advise and your colleagues/clients to make more informed business and financial decisions
Major Topics
The big picture - how investors, analysts and the media impact
strategic, tactical and governance decisions, and how best to manage
their expectations Managing the board - how management and auditors can
best address issues facing boards in an era of high public scrutiny and
frivolous litigation The value drivers - how businesses are valued and
how to direct an organization's strategic and operating plans to focus
on value creation Business vs
corporate - how best to develop a
coordinated and complementary decision and accountability environment,
to drive business performance while satisfying corporate governance
requirements Financial services - how best to deliver sophisticated
accounting, finance, planning and compliance services with a partnering
mind-set, ensuring business buy-in, no surprises or missed deadlines
Risk management - how best to assess and manage both financial and
enterprise risk, not just from a perspective of "what might go wrong"
but "what must go right" to achieve organizational objectives Economic
analysis - how best to apply macro- and micro-economic theory and
analysis to better address the impact of business cycles on investment
and operating decisions, including how to measure and account for the
economic effects of transactions
