Optimizing the Accounting Cycle Webinar (1 Hour)

Overview: 

Senior financial executives from Vonage, Google, and Oracle will discuss best practices for optimizing their accounting operations and coming up with simple solutions to complicated accounting issues. They will also discuss the latest IT strategies and technologies that they have implemented to consolidate and streamline data, as well as predict future business trends and patterns. Topics include:

  • Leveraging data from multiple sources
  • Maintaining accuracy and trust
  • Improving productivity
  • Developing faster real-time insights
Objective: 

To help financial professionals achieve efficiencies in the accounting operations at their companies and to create shorter cycles in their accounting close, as well as earnings and financial reports, by demonstrating the best practices implemented by leading companies.

SPEAKERS:

Doshan Coilton, Director, Global Controllers Organization, Oracle

David Levi, Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, Vonage

Gabor Turschl, Senior Director, Corporate Accounting and Reporting, Google

Emphasis: 
  • Forecasting process
  • Timing of the cycle
  • Using estimates
  • Transformation risk
  • Cloud based services
  • Integrated automation
  • Leveraging AI and machine learning
  • Choosing the right system
  • Resource management
  • Integrating other departments
  • Accounting policies
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Prerequisite: 

None.

Preparation: 

No advance preparation required.

Level of Knowledge: 

Intermediate.

CPE Credit: 
1.00
NASBA Field of Study: 
Finance