The Controller's Job in Today's Environment

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Volatile times require corporate controllers to contribute far more to their company’s financial policy. Here’s how to do it.

Corporate controllers rise to the top based on their accounting skills, hard work and ability to deliver fast, accurate answers. But once you’ve joined the ranks of corporate controllers, the questions are a lot different…and a whole lot tougher!

To succeed, you must master the technical, accounting, automation and management skills that are the hallmarks of all successful corporate controllers. This seminar will give you the tools you need to plan, organize and carry out your work more efficiently.

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

• Corporate controllers' 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

Who Should Attend
Newly appointed corporate controllers, division and plant controllers, assistant controllers and their staffs.

Recommended CPE credit: 22 hours/Intermediate

Recommended for optimum learning benefit: three to five years experience in corporate finance.

Instructional Method— Group Live

Extended Description

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

3 days/1.8 CEUs/20 CCM credits - Recommended CPE credit: 22 hours

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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