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The Controller's Job In Today's Environment
Seminar No: 01206 -XNBB
CEU Credits: 1.8
Length: 3 days
Recessionary times require a far greater contribution to your company’s financial policy. Here’s how to do it.
Your accounting skills, hard work and ability to deliver fast, accurate answers have powered you to the controller’s slot. Now the questions are going to be a lot different…and a whole lot tougher! Master the technical, accounting, automation and management skills you need to plan, organize and carry out your work more efficiently.
Attendees:
Newly appointed corporate, division, and plant controllers, assistant controllers, and their staffs.
How You Will Benefit:
- Anticipate the needs and questions of corporate decision makers
- Overcome obstacles to accurate reporting and successful presentations
- Go beyond reporting numbers…to predicting the flows, trends and cycles of business
- Motivate and manage the people who report to you
- Keep your department’s successes front and center with upper management
What You Will Cover:
- The controller’s functions, organizational relationships and role in management
- Developing effective long-range plans
- Techniques for cash forecasting...controlling and administering operating budgets
- Setting up an effective reporting system
- The latest financial applications of computer systems
Extended/Detailed Seminar Outline
Learning Objectives
- Master Technical, Accounting, Automation, and Management Skills
- Plan, Organize, and Work More Efficiently and Effectively
- Anticipate Trends before They Become a Reality
- Find Out How to Make a Far Greater Contribution to Your Organization’s Financial Policy
Overview of the Controller’s Job
- See How a Controller Fits in Business
- Understand Controllership Functions and Organization Relationships
- Know the Elements Necessary for Success as a Controller
- Understand the Controller’s Role in Management
Leadership and the Controller’s Job
- Understand the Corporate Planning Cycle
- Comprehend the Controller’s Role in Strategic Planning
- Understand Capital Expenditure Forecasting, Evaluation, and Control
- Use Value-added Processes
- Understand Cash Flow Forecasting
- Understand Operating Forecasting
- Know How to Evaluate Shareholder Expectations
- Control and Administer Operating Budgets
Technical Aspects of the Controller’s Job
- Understand How to Establish an Effective Reporting System
- Know How to Create Effective Reports
- Identify the Different Types of Audits and Auditing Processes
- Understand Accounting Controls and Procedures
- Discuss Various Issues Facing Controllers Today
Information Technology and the Controller’s Job
- Understand Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
- Discuss Developments in Electronic Commerce (EC) and Business-to-Business (B2B) Trading
- Work with Relational Databases and Accounting Systems
- Use Information Security and Control
- Understand Reengineering and Automation
- Effectively Implement Information Systems
Management and the Controller’s Job
- Understand the Principles of Managing Up and Managing Down
- Sell Ideas to Upper Management
- Manage Priorities and Responsibilities
- Understand Employee Training and Development
- Communicate Effectively
- Manage Your Time
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