Gaining a Competitive Advantage: Critical Skills for CFOs and Controllers (GCA4)

Overview

All organizations are looking for ways to gain an advantage over the competition. This practical and interactive session will present a toolkit of ideas to help CFOs, controllers, and finance professionals better position their organizations for the future. We know change is occurring at an exponential rate, and that has proven to be the case in all areas of finance, management, and leadership over the past year. The course deals with these new issues and will continue to be updated as necessary throughout the year. This year, we will take a special interest in the opportunities and threats of AI for the finance professional. Become the “financial hero” of your organization and make a positive impact on the bottom line.

Major Topics:

• Latest state of the economy
• Expense control that works
• Understanding our changing workforce and working environment
• Artificial intelligence
• Financial risk analysis
• Enterprise risk management, including looking at AI
• Improving bank relationships

Learning Objectives:

• Make better financial decisions that have a positive impact on the organization
• Lead the organization into the rapidly changing decade
• Apply what we have learned from the recent changes in organizations and in AI to have a positive impact on the organization
• Apply what we have learned from recent economic and political changes to have a positive impact on the organization
• Be familiar with the results of the case studies and exercises that reinforce key learning points throughout the course