Overview
Become a more effective controller by attending this unique self-study webinar.
Discover how to succeed in uncertain times by using new real-world strategies to obtain credit, deal with capital, reduce overhead costs, develop smarter budgets, utilize the latest business performance metrics and boost profitability.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE To provide controllers with the latest proven strategies to obtain credit, manage capital, cut overhead costs,
create smarter budgets, increase profitability and utilize the latest business performance metrics. You will also learn how to use business
analytics to gain a competitive advantage and align business performance with strategy.
PREREQUISITE None. ADVANCE PREPARATION None. PROGRAM LEVEL Update. NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Finance.
DELIVERY METHOD Self-Study.
Detailed Learning Objectives
• Identify the status of the use of Big Data today
• Identify external intelligence data for business intelligence analysis
• Identify the characteristics of the ideal business intelligence software
• Recognize the desired characteristics of a strategic plan in an environment of external changes and contingencies
• Recognize the mutual characteristics of an entity’s strategic planning and budgeting processes
• Identify the characteristics of an effective strategic plan
• Identify the characteristics of an effective budget
• Recognize the implication of a budgeting plan not effectively integrated with operations
• Identify the various functions of cash management
• Recognize the characteristics of effective cash management
• Identify components of working capital
• Identify the basis for the creation of forecasting models
• Identify the characteristics of effective performance management
• Recognize the ideal emphasis of performance management feedback to employees
• Identify the ideal criteria for performance measures
• Identify the available categories of benchmarking
• Identify financial benchmarking metrics
• Recognize actions that would be counterproductive in improving working capital
• Identify the result of effective process improvements
• Identify tasks least and most likely to be outsourced today
• Identify the characteristics of activity based costing
• Recognize challenges in crisis decision-making
• Identify the characteristics of effective corporate communications during a crisis
• Identify the overriding goal of risk management
• Recognize the type of risk typically hedged by the use of forwards, futures or debt
• Recognize the “most important” objective in using derivatives to hedge according to a survey