Re-Inventing the Financial Department Post COVID FLEXCAST
Available Until
Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Member Price $98.00
Non-Member Price $113.00
Overview
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing, the same way, in a different environment, and expecting the same results. The world and the workplace have been permanently changed. It’s time for smart finance leaders to change as well. Your intelligence, technical expertise, and analytical skills that got you here will not keep you here. The strategic, value-adding finance department of the future will embrace the skills desired by CEOs - communication, partnering, critical thinking, and business navigation. The skills that will transform the finance department from a historically focused, reporting and compliance center into a forward-looking, and creator of value to the CEO.
Highlights
COVID-19. Finance.
Prerequisites
None.
Designed For
CPAs, CFOs, controllers, leaders and managers.
Objectives
Recall the elements required to change your way of thinking. Identify the 14 additional finance roles desired by CEOs. Formulate a plan to begin the transformation.
Preparation
None.
Notice
This is a FlexCast (no exam required) and may be viewed only Monday - Saturday, 5am - 5pm PT. You may take up to one year from the date of purchase to complete the course. Pause your FlexCast and resume at a convenient day during the hours above. Partial credit for 2+ credit courses: If you are unable to complete the course in one sitting, partial credit can be awarded (minimum of one credit). To earn the remaining credits, you must return later and start the course from the beginning. Use chat to ask questions of a subject matter expert during the program.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Jennifer Elder, Business Learning Institute (BLI)
Jennifer Elder is a CPA, CMA, CIA, CFF with a Master’s in Organizational Leadership. She has worked in accounting and finance for the past 25 years in a variety of industries including manufacturing, residential construction and development, and angel investing. She spent five years in public accounting, seven years as the Accounting Department Chair of a community college, and the previous ten years in the role of CFO. Recently, Jennifer started her own business, The Sustainable CFO, providing business consulting, on-demand CFO services, and business coaching services. Their target market is small and medium-sized businesses looking to improve their bottom-line and overall performance. In addition Jennifer teaches finance in the Green MBA program at Antioch University New England. She is also a contributing writer for the National Association of Home Builders and TriplePundit, and a frequent presenter for the Maryland Association of CPA’s, the Institute of Management Accountants, and the Society for Human Resource Management.
Non-Member Price $113.00
Member Price $98.00