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Advanced Strategies for Controllers
Seminar Overview
Particularly useful in today's economic uncertainty, this seminar will help financial controllers manage information for increased profits! This advanced course for financial controllers emphasizes just-in-time information, dynamic budgeting and forecasting, statistical applications and the use and control of financial information. 2 days. CEUs: 1.2. Keywords: finance, financial. Fee per person: $1795; $1995 for non-AMA members.
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Provider: AMA (American Management Association International) – $1,995
Topic(s): Finance & Accounting > Management
Who Should Attend?
VPs of finance, controllers with at least 2 years experience, treasurers, chief accountants
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Seminar Brochure
Particularly useful in today’s economic uncertainty, this seminar will help financial controllers manage information for increased profits!
This advanced course for financial controllers emphasizes just-in-time information, dynamic budgeting and forecasting, statistical applications and the use and control of financial information. WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Vice presidents of finance, financial controllers with at least two years of controllership experience, treasurers, chief accountants and alumni of AMA’s The Controller’s Job in Today’s Environment.
Recommended CPE credit: 15 hours
Recommended for optimum learning benefit: familiarity with fundamentals of controllership (see AMA seminar #1206).
Instructional Method—Group Live HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT
- Get the techniques necessary for financial controllers to translate corporate strategies into workable budgets and operational plans
- Step into an important new role: growth manager
- Improve decision making in the face of uncertainty
- Control costs and deploy resources more effectively
- Become an active participant in strategic planning
WHAT YOU WILL COVER
- Current accounting issues
- Organization, reporting and information management for financial controllers
- State-of-the-art statistical information techniques
- Alternatives to standard A/R and A/P: purchase and sales order controls, EDI and EFT systems
- Alternatives to monthly close
- How financial controllers can set up a managerial information network
- Dynamic planning, budgeting and forecasting for financial controllers
TOPICS
Learning Objectives
- Get the Techniques to Translate Corporate Strategies into Workable Budgets and Operational Plans
- Step into an Important New Corporate Role: Growth Manager
- Improve Decision Making in the Face of Uncertainty
- Control Costs and Deploy Resources More Effectively
- Become an Active Participant in Strategic Planning
Current Accounting Strategies
- Understand Management Accounting
- Analyze the Relationship of Management Accounting and GAAP Accounting
- Develop and Learn the Flow Concept of Information
- Review the Flows of Information in GAAP Accounting
- Understand the Eleven Information Segments Required
- Understand Accounting’s Position in Current Organizations
- Understand the Changes in Approaches to A/P and A/R
- Understand the Relationship of the Various Segments of Business to the Controller
- Realize the Power Position of Information
Information Flow Alternatives
- Understand the Flow Control Related to the Procurement Function
- Determine the Controller’s Relationship in Controls and Processes
- Understand the Three Flows and Their Relationship to the GL Process
- Learn the Use of EDI and EFT Processes
- Discuss A/R and the Evolution to Control and Automation
Information as a Corporate Resource
- Understand the Role of Information in the Modern Organization
- Learn the Evolution of Information Processes
- Understand the Position of Information Resource Centers in the Organization
- Understand the Use of Relational Database Techniques
Dynamic Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting
- Develop the Process of Objective Setting and Relate That to Planning
- Learn the Flow Process of Forecasting and Budgeting
- Understand Approaches to the Budgeting Process
- Understand the Process of Dynamic Use of Information
- Understand Dynamic Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting Using the Internet
Delegation
- Understand the Use of Statistics in Finance
- Learn the Techniques Used in Statistics in Finance
- Understand the Applications Best Suited for Statistical Techniques
Future Controllership Strategies
- Discuss Future Strategies for Controllership
- Analyze the Changes in Information Strategies
- Grasp the Implications of Change on the Controllership Function
- Understand the Opportunities Provided by the Changes
- Realize the Power Position of the Controllership Process
- Consider Future Strategies in Relation to Current Operating Position
Sponsor Background:
The American Management Association was founded in 1923. They have built a content control check into every one of their professional seminars. Plus a series of checks and balances to ensure that the content of every AMA seminar is precisely targeted to:
- provide comprehensive, hands-on training that is of practical use when you return to the job
- focus on need-to-know specifics, relevant to the demands of global business today
- offer the expertise and personalized attention of top-ranking instructors
- facilitate your career development and business savvy
Whether you're looking for a solid foundation of business fundamentals or strategies to help you seize growth opportunities for your company, AMA offers expert instruction to help you:
- manage your priorities effectively
- cultivate more productive working relationships
- increase your on-the-job value
- align your skills with marketplace demands
- bring out the best in people, processes and yourself
Cancellation and Refund Policy
If you cannot attend a seminar you may contact AMA in advance to transfer to a future session, or can send someone to take your place. If you need to cancel your attendance, AMA will give you a complete refund if you cancel more than three weeks before your seminar begins. To cancel, simply call. If you cancel with less than three weeks' notice, you will be liable for the entire seminar fee, however you may request a courtesy transfer to use at any future AMA seminar of equal or lesser value. The courtesy transfer must be used within one year of the date of your originally scheduled seminar. In fairness to all attendees, if you do not attend a seminar session for which you are confirmed, and do not cancel with a minimum of three weeks’ notice as described above, you will be charged the entire seminar fee.
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