What Controllers Need to Know about Bank Risk: Insights from Silicon Valley Bank
Since the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in March 2023, financial analysts have been performing a thorough autopsy. What caused SVB to fail? While many factors led to its downfall, a U.S. regulator told a Senate panel that SVB had a “terrible” track record when...
2022 Controller of the Year Awards: Keys to Career Success
Winners of the third annual 2022 Controller of the Year Awards have been selected after a nomination period and judging process that began in December 2022. The awards program was available to Corporate Controllers and related titles that have controller...
Roundtable Panel Highlights: How to Unburden Your Accounting Team and Improve Engagement
Controllers Council recently held a panel discussion on How to Unburden Your Finance and Accounting Team and Keep Them Engaged, sponsored by BILL. The panelists included Barbara Salazar, Glenn Hopper, and Kristine Dosick. Barbara Salazar is Chief Financial Officer of...
Highlights of Accounting Today’s Top 100 Firms
Workplace shifts and baby boomer retirement have led to many hand-wringing speculations that accounting is a dying profession. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Accounting Today recently released its 2023 review of the top 100 accounting firms, and...
Building Resilient Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Functions for the Next Normal
The future is never predictable. The past few years have proven that many times over. Corporate America continues to recover from the 2020 pandemic, seeking to adapt its many lessons into future strategies. As a controller, CFO, or other financial leader, you play a...
The Future of Corporate Reporting: ESG, Sustainability, and Integrated Reporting
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The CFOs Guide to Hybrid Cloud
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Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Financial Management
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the face of American businesses. AI and machine learning are reshaping everything from marketing to financial management. Controllers and CFOs need to understand just how this new technology can impact their most important...
Controller/CFO KPIs: Gross Profit Margin
In a world where data is everything, controllers and CFOs play a role in shaping the company mission. This may involve a variety of key performance indicators (KPIs), including gross profit margin. This figure can provide an idea of a company’s overall efficiency and...
Navigating Financial Uncertainty in the Post-Pandemic World
While the 2020 pandemic is rapidly receding in the rear-view mirror, many organizations are struggling to adapt to the “new normal.” Controllers and CFOs play a big part in shaping the future of their organizations by devising strategies that manage risk and maintain...
Controller/CFO KPIs: Revenue Growth Rate
Controllers and CFOs rely on a variety of metrics to evaluate their organization’s strategy. One of the most critical is your company’s revenue growth rate. This figure provides a snapshot of how quickly a business is expanding and can be a vital key performance...
How to Reduce Costs and Risk of Paying Bills – Webcast Highlights
Controllers Council recently held a panel discussion on How to Reduce Costs and Risk of Paying Bills, sponsored by BILL. BILL is the leader in financial automation software for small and mid-size businesses. our expert panelists are Ken Fick and Joe Fleischer. Ken...
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Controllership 2030: Predictions Study
Webcast Panel and Survey Announced
Chicago, IL—July 22, 2026—Controllers Council, a member association and community platform focused on corporate accounting and finance, announces the Controllership 2030™ Predictions Study and webcast panel focused on how the roles and responsibilities of corporate financial controllers and related executives will evolve over the next 5 years with AI and technology, talent and skill shortages, along with rapidly changing macroeconomic and political environments.
Controllers, CFOs, CAOs and related corporate accounting and finance executives can participate in this important study by taking a brief, anonymous and strictly confidential survey. Respondents will receive a complimentary copy of the Controllership 2030: Study Report after completing the survey here.
The Controllership 2030: Predictions Study results will be previewed at a complimentary webcast roundtable panel discussion scheduled for Tuesday, September 22, 1 PM CST. CPE credit will be available.
“Controllership 2030: Predictions Panel is a timely study as controller roles are rapidly and significantly evolving,” states Neil Brown, Controllers Council Executive Director. “Controllers and related corporate finance executives will gain unique insights by participating in the survey, roundtable panel, and the study report."
The panel will include CFO Joy Mbanugo, and Bilal Aziz, AI & Platform Leader @ Lineos, and other panelists to be announced. Moderated by Neil Brown, Executive Director.
The study and webcast panel are produced by the Controllers Council, a member association and community platform focused on corporate accounting and finance training and resources, career development, networking and recognition.
Take the brief and confidential survey, the Controllership 2030: Predictions Study, LINK HERE.
To register for the complimentary webcast, Controllership 2030: Predictions Study Results – Webcast Panel (CPE), LINK HERE.
ABOUT Controllers Council
Controllers Council™ is a national member association, community and platform of more than 100,000 Controllers, CFOs, and corporate accounting and finance professionals focused on career development and training, best practice resources, networking, recognition and more. Programs include NASBA-certified continuing professional education (CPE), a national Career Center, strategic research studies, webcasts with expert panelists on trending topics, articles and whitepapers. Controllers Council publishes the annual CFO/Controller Sentiment™ Study, the Corporate Finance & Accounting Talent Study, the CFO/Controller Financial Performance Index™ (FPI); and produces the annual Controller of the Year™ Awards, Meet the Controller™ Interview Series, the Controllers for a Cause™ AICPA Scholarship Fund, and the upcoming Controllership 2030™ - Predictions Panel and study.
For more information, visit www.ControllersCouncil.org, or call Executive Director Neil Brown at 630-710-4710.
