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Why Manual Accounting is Not Sustainable
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Trintech + Planful: Bringing Finance and Accounting Teams Together
Today, the frequency of forecasting and planning has accelerated from monthly, to weekly, and now in many cases, to daily. We have reached a point where the key concern of the CFO is no longer tactical issues - they're expected to not just deliver value, but they're...
Why Financial Forecasting Is More Important Than Your Annual Budget
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A Controller’s Guide to Navigating Sales Tax Audits
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Controller Conversations: Top Priorities for Finance Executives in 2022
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Financial Controller Statistics and Trends for 2022
As you look into the future of 2022, what trends will shape Controllers and corporate finance? Let's take a look at some of the statistics and trends that will impact the Controllership and Office of the CFO in 2022. Declining Gender Gap According to data published in...
Top CPA Programs in the US (universities)
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Controllers Guide to Assurance/Risk Assurance
Both internal and external personnel can be involved in the processes associated with risk assurance, so financial controllers often play a key role in helping their companies assess, navigate, and minimize risk. Risk assurance solutions can help a business identify...
“Embrace Technology or You’ll be Left Behind” – A Discussion on the Future of Financial Close Automation
Controllers Council and Trintech’s recent roundtable webcast discussion sparked a lively conversation around the evolving role of Controllers and CFOs and the growing importance of technology, including automating back office systems. The discussion, featuring top...
Top News in Corporate Accounting
The finance industry is experiencing an overhaul. Accountants and financial controllers have to face new realities set on by a global pandemic and its ripples in policies and customer behaviors. Now, a lot has been going on and to ensure that you haven't missed a...
5 Budgeting Tips for Controllers in 2022
For most organizations, fall is the time to prepare the annual budget in time for the start of the fiscal year. But recent years have seen such seismic changes in the financial industry that it’s not always easy for controllers and other financial professionals to...
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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.
