A successful controller will go beyond financial statements, internal controls and general accounting to create new value for the organization. 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.
DESIGNED FOR
CFOs, controllers and management accountants who want to improve the value add and impact of their skill set in order to drive the financial performance of an organization.
BENEFITS
- Dfferentiate between the value of the traditional controller and the business-oriented controller
- Integrate controllership into the larger financial and organizational leadership function
- Distinguish 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
HIGHLIGHTS
- Leadership vs. management
- Business and strategic planning processed
- Corporate culture
- Lean management techniques and processed
- 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 to increased efficiency and the application of lean techniques
- Application of best practices in the accounting department
COURSE LEVEL
Intermediate
PREREQUISITES
Experience in financial management of a medium or small company.
ADVANCE PREPARATION
None
ADDITIONAL NOTES
- *AICPA members deduct an additional $30 from applicable price.