• Current accounting issues
• Financial organization, reporting and information management
• State-of-the-art statistical information techniques
• Alternatives to standard A/R and A/P: Purchase and sales order controls, EDI and EFT systems
• Alternatives to monthly close
• How to set up a managerial information network
• Dynamic planning, budgeting and forecasting

• Get the Techniques to Translate Corporate Strategies into Workable Budgets and Operational Plans
• Step into an Important New Corporate Role: Growth Manager
• Improve Decision Making in the Face of Uncertainty
• Control Costs and Deploy Resources More Effectively
• Become an Active Participant in Strategic Planning

Vice presidents of finance, controllers with at least two years of controllership experience, treasurers, chief accountants

Current Accounting Strategies

• Understand Management Accounting
• Analyze the Relationship of Management Accounting and GAAP Accounting
• Develop and Learn the Flow Concept of Information
• Review the Flows of Information in GAAP Accounting
• Understand the Eleven Information Segments Required
• Understand Accounting’s Position in Current Organizations
• Understand the Changes in Approaches to A/P and A/R
• Understand the Relationship of the Various Segments of Business to the Controller
• Realize the Power Position of Information

Information Flow Alternatives

• Understand the Flow Control Related to the Procurement Function
• Determine the Controller’s Relationship in Controls and Processes
• Understand the Three Flows and Their Relationship to the GL Process
• Learn the Use of EDI and EFT Processes
• Discuss A/R and the Evolution to Control and Automation

Information as a Corporate Resource

• Understand the Role of Information in the Modern Organization
• Learn the Evolution of Information Processes
• Understand the Position of Information Resource Centers in the Organization
• Understand the Use of Relational Database Techniques

Dynamic Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting

• Develop the Process of Objective Setting and Relate That to Planning
• Learn the Flow Process of Forecasting and Budgeting
• Understand Approaches to the Budgeting Process
• Understand the Process of Dynamic Use of Information
• Understand Dynamic Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting Using the Internet

Delegation

• Understand the Use of Statistics in Finance
• Learn the Techniques Used in Statistics in Finance
• Understand the Applications Best Suited for Statistical Techniques

Future Controllership Strategies

• Discuss Future Strategies for Controllership
• Analyze the Changes in Information Strategies
• Grasp the Implications of Change on the Controllership Function
• Understand the Opportunities Provided by the Changes
• Realize the Power Position of the Controllership Process
• Consider Future Strategies in Relation to Current Operating Position