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Earn up to 18 CPE
Credits
CFO Conferences is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a
sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final
authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed
to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417; Website:
www.nasba.org.
Delivery Method: Group-Live
Program Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites: Two years experience as a
corporate finance manager. For more information regarding refund, complaint and cancellation policies, contact CFO
Conferences at (888) 767-5924 or (617) 345-9700, ext. 218. |
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| 201 Managing From a Position of Strength (Workshop presented by Business Objects) |
| Northern California Public Broadcasting, Inc. (NCPB) has more than doubled in size in recent years while the Finance Department staffing level has not changed in over ten years. During 2006, it merged with two television stations, adding further complexity to its financial reporting and planning procedures. The planning process previously consisted of a static Fiscal Year budget, monthly financials that reported ‘actual versus budget’, and a mid-year “top down” forecast that simply adjusted the budget for major known variances. The company did not have a process to collect “bottoms up” input from managers or a system for automated variance reporting. Human resource data comprised approximately half of all operating costs but was not directly linked into the planning process. |
Hosted By:
Business Objects
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Speaker:
Jeffery Nemy, Chief Financial Officer, Northern California Public Broadcasting Inc.
Stephanie Buscemi, VP of Solutions Marketing, SAP
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Focus:
In this session, NCPB CFO Jeff Nemy will describe how they created a financial planning system that enables users to update forecasts anytime during a month – not only to reforecast balance of its current fiscal year, but also 36 months thereafter – while decreasing time spent consolidating data that formerly had been manually reconciled in Excel spreadsheets. Financial managers now invest their time analyzing plans and results instead of spending weeks reconciling and consolidating data.
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Take Away:
In this session you will learn how to align strategy with core processes and activities, provide visibility and control to managers, collaborate across the company and also, how to close the loop between financial and operational planning.
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| 202 How to Capitalize on Next Generation Business Intelligence to Achieve Maximum Proficiency and Optimal Performance |
Hosted By:
QlikTech
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Speaker:
Sean Hughes, Executive Regional Director, West Coast, QlikTech Inc
Rick Seaman, Assistant VP for Finance, University of Virginia
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Focus:
This session will begin by focusing on recent trends and developments: the BI squeeze, the Gartner Magic Quadrant, and ongoing mergers & acquisitions. You’ll then hear about the benefits of Business Intelligence tools throughout various industries and functions, with a specific focus on financial analysis and reporting.
The session will include a case study from University of Virginia’s finance department demonstrating how they’ve been leveraging BI tools to recoup development effort through increased staff productivity, as well as shortening financial statement completion and increasing all-out ROI.
The speakers will also address current challenges companies face when implementing Business Intelligence/Analysis and Reporting tools. And finally they will look at areas where Business Intelligence can help remedy organizational and operational challenges; including how it can help achieve project goals.
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Take Away:
By attending this session, delegates can expect to understand where the Business Intelligence industry is heading in the next few years, why, and how their own industries and organizations will be affected by these changes and also learn how their peers and colleagues are successfully using these instruments at other organizations.
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