Agenda

Enhance Your Reputation As A First-Rate Controller

• How to use the expectations of your stakeholders to successfully define your role as controller
• Tips for "marketing yourself" to your organization's top executives and increasing your value
• What CEOs and CFOs really want and expect from the controller at their organization - and learn how to give it to them!
• How to let non-financial staff members know what they can do to make your job easier

Effective Operations: Heading Up Your Accounting Team

• How to ensure the structure of accounting operations aligns with the goals and objectives of the organization
• 5 ways to ensure that your accounting team enjoys greater job satisfaction
• 8 critical directives for establishing effective accounting policies and procedures
• Tips for identifying and capitalizing on your accounting department's strengths
• Do your outsourcing contracts align with the needs of your organization? How to ensure you've chosen the right outsourcing partner

Reporting: Strategies To Streamline, Organize, And Improve Performance

• 8 keys to a faster end-of-month close
• 3 steps that will help you become an expert on complex accounting matters
• Ways to safeguard and protect any judgmental accounting, reporting, and disclosure decisions you make
• When general accounting principles aren't enough — how to use advanced analysis and forecasting tools to tell the true story of your company's health and performance
• How to accurately track costs to maintain optimum cash flow
• How to use the Variance Report as a tool in building your budget
• What you need to be aware of to price products and services accurately

Internal Controls: How To Improve Processes And Procedures

• Tools, tips, and strategies for establishing a rock-solid internal control framework
• Preparation techniques that will set you up for a successful audit
• How to respond appropriately to audit findings and results
• Leverage a successful audit and internal control structure to increase your worth and value to your company

Fraud Identification And Mitigation

• Who in your organization is capable of fraud? The answers may surprise you!
• The fraud triangle: Perceived Pressure; Rationalization; Perceived Opportunity
• Accounting and analytical anomalies that may indicate trouble
• Out-of-the-ordinary spending habits, extravagance, unusual behavior, and other employee red flags that may point to fraudulent activities

Communicating Effectively With Non-Financial Professionals

• Key terms non-financial people must understand to ensure accuracy and consistency
• 3 ways you can encourage your staff to help make your job easier and less stressful
• Is there a financial "language gap" in your organization? We'll show you how to close it
• Methods to simplify your presentation style and create more user-friendly documents