In your ever-changing role of CFO, one thing has remained constant – the need to lead and manage an effective finance team. Join us for a panel discussion focused on the top ten questions that a CFO should ask their controller in order to maintain efficient and compliant financial practices.
In this session, CFOs from leading software companies will share how they work with their Controllers and finance teams to establish best practices around:
- Internal controls
- Operational efficiency
- Visibility and reporting
- Financial leadership
Speakers: Marc Linden, CFO, Intacct
en Cucarola, CFO, Teachscape
Gregg Leach, CFO, Able Engineering and Component Services, Inc.
Presentation delivered at ProformaTECH 2014 - www.proformatech.com via www.proformative.com.
Track: Operational Advantage | Session: 3
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Notes de l'éditeur
Many of you, like me, did not become a CFO coming up through a CPA track. To be an effective financial leader, it is critical to work closely with your Controller to understand the ins and outs of the accounting functions at your business, and then to focus on the 2 types of opportunities you have to lead change in your organization.First is making you business more efficient. By automating processes, improving oversight and controls and increasing accuracy and compliance, you can make your business run better. This is the every day, every week, every month stuff. With the right financial system and processes in place, you run more efficiently, while letting each part of the organization use the best tools for their part of the job. We’ll talk about the controls and efficiency measures you need to be asking about to do this.But that’s not enough. Second, you as CFO need to drive performance and growth. Your financial team should be asked to do more than execute a process. You and your team are expected to provide information – valuable information – to run your business better. Its one thing to have a snapshot dashboard of metrics. You really need to dig deeper to understand the true dynamics of your business. ONLY with visibility into both your financial and operating data canyou make better long-term, strategic decisions. We’ll talk about what it takes to get there.Efficiency plus growth. You need both. Here are the ten questions to ask to get on the right path.
Coming back to why CFOs like you love your Controllers who love Intacct - we help you drive higher performance and growth… .It’s hard to think big picture if the little stuff is getting in the way.With Intacct, once you’ve mastered the day to day complexity through our automation solutions, you can then plan and act for the long term.We give you the tools to think long-term by not only having key metrics at your fingertips but deeper insight to know what to do about them.