Events
2022 Corporate Finance Outlook – Webcast Panel Discussion
Tuesday, January 25, 1 PM CST
Nearly two years into the pandemic, the business and corporate finance outlook remains in constant flux. Domestic and global economics, new tax regulations and compliance requirements will prove challenging to Controllers, CFOs and corporate finance executives.
To understand and manage these uncertainties, learn from our subject matter experts including Dan North, a nationally-recognized economist and Chief Economist, Euler Hermes North America Div. Allianz, and Gerry Clancy, National Tax Practice Lead, at Top 20 CPA firm, Armanino. The panel will be moderated by Lindy Antonelli, Controllers Council Board Chair, and Partner, Armanino Technology.
Mind Your KPIs: Top Metrics Finance Teams Should Monitor
Wednesday, January 26, 12 PM CST
CFOs have never worked harder. Thanks to COVID-19, their goals and responsibilities have evolved dramatically since the beginning of the year. With the state of business and the economy constantly changing, it isn’t easy to focus attention and prioritize resources. Find out how successful CFOs are measuring short-term success while also staying focused on business longevity.
How to Scale a Finance Team at a Fast Growth Company
Wednesday, February 9, 1 PM CST
Modern startups are more decentralized than ever and they move at lightning speed. As companies grow, finance and accounting teams need to keep up and scale with the company. Join this discussion, featuring Sam Siegel, VP of Finance at Zoomin, and Thomas Long, Sr. PMM at TripActions Liquid on February 9 to learn more.
How CAOs and CIOs Are Collaborating to Drive Transformation
Wednesday, February 23, 1 PM CST
Hybrid work. Cybersecurity. Regulatory compliance. New business models. Accounting and IT leaders have a growing list of priorities. Added to traditional responsibilities like change requests, maintenance, and close tasks, CAOs and CIOs are faced with limited resource capacity and talent retention concerns.
Join us to discover what the modern CAO and CIO partnership looks like and how it’s evolving to include more collaboration. In addition, learn why 82% of Accounting and IT leaders say their experiences over the past 12 months have intensified their interest in modernizing accounting processes and how companies are saving time by enabling a world-class technology ecosystem.
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LIVE Discussion with Spikeball: Learn Spend Management Tips from a Shark Tank Success Story
Join us for a discussion with Jurie Victor, Director of Finance and Accounting at Spikeball (of Shark Tank fame), on how they achieve scale and simplify their spend management processes and workflows with a small team.
Why Smart Company Cards are the New Key to Success for Finance
In today’s business environment, your workforce must move quickly and agilely, which often means they need access to company funds in real-time. Modern finance leaders need their teams to move fast and make critical business decisions efficiently. But how do you empower employees to spend company money without opening the floodgates to inappropriate purchases or fraud? With many companies adopting hybrid work models, it’s critical that finance teams have access to flexible spend controls and real-time spend data.
How to Leverage Financial Close Automation to Work Smarter: The Ruby Slipper Café Story
As organizational environments become more complex, compliance-focused and technology-driven, CFOs and controllers have even greater pressure to not only ensure the integrity of the financial close, but also provide strategic insights to help lead the future of their organizations. However, the current manual processes many of these organizations leverage today to manage their finances and resulting risk are making those valuable insights difficult to attain.
Champions of Controllership: Advancing Accounting Despite Disruption
Champions of controllership find ways to innovate, automate, and scale accounting processes amidst continued disruption and despite a host of challenges. They have a vision for the future, believe in using technology to bring about change, and activate teams to modernize accounting.
Move Your AP Processes into the Future
Want to move your business forward, but your Accounts Payable (AP) processes are holding your back? Increased flexibility is now expected as many companies adopt work from anywhere policies. Yet 80 percent of small and medium sized businesses rely on paper checks to pay their bills. Embracing technology to create a more efficient and streamlined AP cycle from end-to-end can reduce administrative costs and the dependence on manual labor and paper.
How to survive budgeting season with collaborative FP&A
Financial managers waste as much as 18 hours a month manually updating, revising, consolidating, modifying, and correcting spreadsheets. Annual budgeting can require more back-and-forth work and take up even more time. And despite the flexibility of spreadsheets, they are error-prone and not designed for multiple stakeholders to work on simultaneously. After all the time and effort spent, how accurate is the end result? Join our panel of experts as they discuss techniques they’ve used to do financial planning efficiently and collaboratively across departments, while avoiding the usual spreadsheet errors.
Streamline Your Financial Close with Powerful Integrations
As organizational environments become more complex, compliance-focused and technology-driven, CFOs and controllers have even greater pressure to ensure the integrity of the financial close. In order for organizations to both maintain a reliable system of record (ERP), and ensure potential benefits for the Office of Finance are maximized, the ERP must be supported with strong investments in dedicated systems that address the needs of your finance and accounting teams.
Improve the Speed and Accuracy of your Close and Disclosure Process
Without proper controls and automation in place, your close and disclose process can quickly turn chaotic. That’s where The Connect Effect by insightsoftware comes in. In this webinar, we explore the modern consolidation and disclosure management tools that finance teams need to shrink close cycles, improve reporting, and enable more agile processes that free- up time for high value activities.
3 Hidden Costs of Expense Policies
It costs an estimated $395K a year to process expense reports for 1000 employees. How does this add up? Reviewing flagged transactions, recourse for out-of-policy charges, and hours on manual reconciliation each month causes frustration for your employees. Join this webinar with Jennifer Lee, Product Marketing Manager, TripActions, and Mindy Owen, Travel & Expense, Connectwise, to uncover these 3 hidden costs buried in your expense management.
5 Questions Controllers Should be Asking Their CFO – Webcast
While the role of the Controller continues to evolve amidst digital transformation, the need to communicate effectively with the CFO has not changed. As key financial leaders within the organization, Controllers are increasingly tasked with improving the efficiency of operations, implementing new technologies and guiding teams toward paperless workflows. To do this effectively, they need to work closely with their CFOs to drive the organization towards executable strategies that maximize the value brought by investment in technology.
6 Steps to Becoming a More Effective Controller
Today’s Controllers are plugged into the strategy of the business and now have the opportunity to make things happen, not just record what happened after the fact. As their responsibilities increase, new priorities emerge and different skills are required for success. So what does it take to become highly effective in this challenging role? This webinar features Ian Larkin, Controller at CentralReach, and Scott Beaver, Senior Product Marketing Manager at NetSuite.
How Automation Can Solve Your Reconciliation Challenges
According to The Hackett Group, accountants and financial personnel spend 65% of their time on manual, low-value processes. These processes include reconciliations, meaning accountants are likely to be focusing the bulk of their time on repetitive tasks as they complete the period-end close. The challenges that come from spreadsheets and other manual methods of reconciliations don’t have to impact your entire organization; financial automation solutions can pave the way for many benefits and opportunities to maximize your accountants’ time and effort.
Virtual Roundtable: Controlling Employee Expenses with a Small but Mighty Team
Join us as Ram Bartov, Corporate Controller of TripActions (formerly Corporate Controller at Snowflake), reveals how small but high-performing finance teams today are embracing automated expense management technology to gain a better line of sight, control, and real-time reporting. Ram will moderate a "virtual roundtable" of Controllers and CFOs including Kendra Owens, Nightingale College VP Finance, Kate Burke, Inhibrx Corporate Controller, and Brittany Covert, Syapse Corporate Controller.
The Digital Controller/CFO Study - Webcast Roundtable
Learn the results of an important study about how Corporate Controllers and CFOs are taking on more responsibilities for technology. The Digital Controller/CFO Survey/Study documents this revolution. A panel of Blue Chip Controllers and CFOs provide analysis and insights into the study and their own practical experiences.
Collaborative FP&A: Make Better Decisions Faster (Webcast)
Learn how easy-to-use BI and FP&A solutions, help FP&A professionals work securely and collaboratively across departments. It has never been easier to ditch your static spreadsheets for a better way to budget and analyze financial performance.
How to Manage Accounting for Travel Cancelations
Business travel cancelations are coming back again with the uncertainty for travel in the back half of 2021. For some organizations losses are anywhere from $100K to $500K or more. Do you have a plan in place for your unused travel credits from airlines etc?
Controller Confidential: 4 Ways Automation Powers Accounts Payable Efficiency
In our newest webinar, Perry channels his extensive experience and financial expertise to tell you why business leaders still lose sleep over hybrid workforce shifts, process inefficiencies and unanticipated cash flow challenges.
If you’re looking to streamline your AP to save time and money and prime your business for real growth, join AvidXchange subject matter experts Chris Perry and Rhonda Greene, to explore how to improve your AP efficiency and reap the rewards.
Transform Your Finance Organization
Do you feel the month-end dread? Are manual tools & processes, stressful deadlines and stretched resources causing you and your team headaches?
If 2020 taught us anything, it is that financial planning & analysis (FP&A) teams need strong FP&A capabilities that allow them to test financial levers, quickly re-forecast and make data-driven decisions at speed.
Transform Collections and Planning with AI Bots
Attention corporate controllers: in the last year, the collections and receivables universe has been transformed. Join Auditoria.AI and UserTesting as they share real-life examples of how Collector bots have automated the front lines of dunning and collections efforts. You will learn how to streamline your collections process with autonomous, zero-touch, error-free execution of repetitive, time-consuming tasks and how to free up your A/R teams to focus on higher-level responsibilities.
CFO Fireside Chat: Prepare for the Comeback of T&E
Uri Levine is a passionate serial entrepreneur that you may know best as the co-founder of Waze—a crowd-sourced navigation app that disrupted the market. Join this conversation to learn how Uri advises Finance teams on optimizing spend management and preparing for the return of travel and expenses. Uri will join Thomas Tuchscherer, TripActions’ CFO and former CFO at Snowflake, and Michael Sindicich, GM TripActions Liquid, in a lively discussion.
2021 Sales Tax Changes: Midyear Update
Last year’s unprecedented rate of change across the global economy greatly affected sales and use tax in the United States — and 2021 is showing signs of a similar trend. In the first half of the year, some states extended tax relief efforts, others adopted economic nexus laws, and still others started taxing digital advertisements. Even more changes are slated for the rest of the year. In this panel discussion, our sales tax experts preview anticipated sales tax changes in the latter half of 2021 that can affect your business’s compliance.
5 Steps to ASC 842 Lease Compliance: The first 90 days for Financial Controllers
As private organizations work on year-end close and head into audits, it is time to prepare for the journey to comply with the ASC 842 lease accounting standard. It's time for private organizations to get started right away as the compliance journey is longer and requires more resources. Join lease accounting experts from EZLease, as they lay out a practical, 90-day plan to jump start your path to ASC 842 compliance in 5 critical steps.
2020 Controller of the Year Awards – Meet the Winners
Winners of the first annual 2020 Controller of the Year Awards have been selected after a nomination period and judging process that began in January of this year. The 2020 Controller of the Year Awards culminated with 15 Winners, all invited to participate in this virtual “red carpet” event. Watch now on-demand.
Economic Trends: Navigate the Insolvency Storm
The United States has seen an extraordinary surge in insolvencies. The shockwaves of the unexpected COVID-19 crisis have left many businesses across various industries struggling, uncertain how to stay afloat through the treacherous conditions. What does this rise in insolvencies mean for your business? Which industries should you watch out for? Learn how to navigate the storm to ensure your business is protected in this webinar.
Hybrid Working Models – 3 Changes Travel & Expense Policies Must Address
If your company moves to a hybrid working model, will you be prepared? This blend of home, office and work from anywhere is forcing travel and finance teams to quickly pivot to new policies as the very definition of “business travel” changes. This virtual discussion will address 3 must-knows for the post-COVID work era.
Return to Office: Planning & Perspectives
As corporate America plans to "Return to Office" (RTO), Controllers and Corporate Finance must not only participate, but take leading roles. Learn from a multi-functional panel of experts how company culture will shape re-opening of offices, how office space will be re-defined, as well as the future of work and the role the office will play. Plus much more!
Buying an AP Automation Solution
You know the stories: an important invoice that went missing, a fake invoice that was mistakenly paid. And we’ve all wasted time entering the same data into multiple systems, such as an AP sub-ledger, an online bank account, a reconciliation spreadsheet, and then the general ledger. Automated AP solutions can help you avoid these scenarios. Whether you’re already familiar with the AP automation solutions available or you’re in the beginning stages of your search for a better option, this webinar will give you insights on how to move forward.
Best Way to Plan for Growth During Market Volatility
Is your company positioned to maximize opportunity, even as market volatility continues? Or are you spending too much time focused on short-term, day-to-day thinking? As executives push for weekly or even daily reports and forecasts, finance teams struggle to make sense of massive data volumes, often lacking the tools necessary to quickly access accurate data and extract insights. The result? Your best people spend too much time on repetitive, manual processes rather than driving value. Join us on April 27 and start exercising control over your planning to drive business growth.
Achieving ASC 842 Compliance With Limited Resources
Whether you set out to achieve compliance with ASC 842 and paused when the regulation date shifted, or this is your first time preparing for compliance, your options continue to grow. Join leasing experts from LeaseAccelerator as they cover how private organizations like yours can achieve ASC 842 compliance despite limited resources. They will share how to set and achieve realistic project goals aligned to specific organizational goals and roadmaps. With examples of real-world customer experiences across solutions, services, and partners, they will share how your organization can achieve sustainable ASC 842 compliance.
Jargon, Buzzwords & Acronyms: The C-Suite Debate
No question, Corporate Accounting and Finance has it’s share of jargon, buzzwords and acronyms, with new words entering our careers frequently (SPACs are so 2019). But to participate and be relevant in the C-Suite, Controllers and CFOs have to understand, if not master this specialized vernacular. Likewise, those that aspire to Corporate Accounting and Finance must learn the language, or not get that next promotion? Enter the Controllers Council Board of Advisors, a seasoned and intelligent group who will each bring a few of the latest buzzwords, acronyms, and jargon to a Roundtable Discussion.
Best Practices Revealed: Travel & Expense Management Automation
Join us as Ram Bartov, Corporate Controller of TripActions (formerly Corporate Controller at Snowflake), reveals how high-performing finance teams today are embracing automated expense management technology to gain a better line of sight, control, and real-time reporting. He will discuss how this next wave of innovation can improve your organization’s overall T&E process and help you keep pace with changing business realities.
Cybersecurity for Corporate Finance – Webcast Briefing
Learn about the top Cybersecurity threats that corporate finance needs to understand, and what steps and processes can be implemented to protect and recover from Cybersecurity breaches. Join the Controllers Council and Cybersecurity expert Jerry Irvine, member of the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force, the FBI Infragard, the IT Information Sharing and Collaboration Center, and a recent board member of the National Cyber Security Task Force.
Business Intelligence: Simplified for Corporate Finance
Being in the know matters. With a job title like CFO or Controller, you need to keep up with all the latest at your organization to understand how it affects the finances. Luckily, for those organizations who embrace it, Business Intelligence (BI) provides the insights needed to improve decisions and position firms for greater understanding. Learn first-hand how Amir Bednarsh, Corporate Controller, at Kayco leverages Business Intelligence for an interactive, customized, and remarkably user-friendly reporting environment to provide users 24/7, cross-device and real-time access to their data.
What Finance Executives Need to Know About Cloud Management Platforms
Cloud Management Platforms including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud are changing the way corporate America manages computing and data storage. As Controllers and the corporate finance department take on more responsibility for technology spend and management, learn about cloud financial applications, cloud cost optimization and management techniques. Panelists include Sam Petras, Controller at VAST IT Services, and Troy Schildan, Cloud Platform Technical Manager for the VAST Cloud Platform who will share insights and answer audience questions.
The Controller’s Guide to Becoming a Digital Transformation Champion In 2021
In this on-demand webinar, Cortney Herington, Director of Digital Transformation at HighRadius, and former Director of Finance and Operations at Coca-Cola Bottlers, will explain what it takes to be a digital transformation hero, and how you can emerge as one within the corporate finance organization in the next normal. Cortney will deep dive into strategies to manage workforce and leadership expectations, promote a culture of continuous improvement and deploy the right technology for the finance department, as we move into 2021.
2021 Outlook – Webcast Panel Discussion
After an unprecedented 2020, what does 2021 hold for Controllers, CFOs, and corporate finance executives? With vaccines delivering hope, and a new administration taking over, what will the business and economic look like in 2021? To address all these uncertainties a world-class economist, along with a tax and regulation expert will share perspectives and answer audience questions.
You Survived 2020, How to Thrive in 2021
Our experts will discuss how you can best utilize people, processes and technology to build a strategy to allow your organization to achieve sustainable, profitable, long-term growth. You will also hear about navigating the tax landscape in the upcoming years ahead.
Accounting Robots: How to Automate the Finance Back Office
With remote workforces, Finance Automation has never been a hotter topic. Join our panel of experts to learn tips and best practices for the accounting and finance organization. Panelists include Chris Siegfried, CFO, Armanino LLP, Christopher Wetmore, Principal of the RSM Technology Advisory Practice, and Nick Ezzo, VP Marketing of Auditoria.AI, a leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) and SaaS automation company.
Annual / Strategic Planning for Success in 2021
No question, planning is more difficult than ever in these economic, political, and pandemic environments. How does the C-Suite manage annual, strategic and related planning? Learn from our panel that includes Via Strategy Group President/CEO, Jim Treleaven; G2 SVP Finance & Operations, Ted Weitzel; and FloQast Co-Founder and CEO, Mike Whitmire.
The Contemporary Controller – Study Results – Webcast
Join the Controllers Council to learn the results of an important benchmark study on the changing role of Accounting and Financial Controllers. Traditional roles of managing accounting operations and reporting still dominate, but rapidly changing pandemic and economic environments have expanded the Controllers responsibilities in technology, human capital, crisis management and corporate strategy. The objective of the study is to identity how Controllers and their accounting/finance departments are adapting and evolving.
Achieving Finance Reinvention – 5 Steps to Real Transformation
The best finance organizations are looking for different, if not daring, ways to improve the function of finance and the services they deliver. But these reinvention efforts often fail to gain traction with the team. Maybe they’re too tough to launch, too complex to maintain, or teams aren’t fully aware of what’s possible with a new solution. If businesses want to remain relevant in their market, they’ll need to remain competitive—and that requires an appetite for reinvention.
Controller to CFO: Path to Promotion
Interested in getting a promotion? Learn the secrets to success from a CFO that was a controller for multiple organizations. Ted Weitzel, SVP Finance & Operations, G2, and and Controllers Council Director will share his deep insights.
Saved by the Controller – Tales from the Boardroom
This webinar will feature “serial CEO” Jim Treleaven, and Gordon Nettleton, a career CFO/Controller, who will share their many experiences with Controllers that had significant impacts on their companies.
The Black C-Suite: Challenges and Opportunities
The Black C-Suite: Challenges and Opportunities features three black executives that will share experiences in their journey to the C-Suite, while the panel will discuss ideas and solutions for improving representation.
Startup Scaled to IPO–A Controller’s Perspective
This webinar features Brandt Kucharski, Chief Accounting Officer of Grubhub, and Mike Whitmire, CEO of FloQast with details on accounting for startups, funding, and IPOs including changing roles, talent, personal anecdotes, and more.
Accounting Controllers Roundtable – Webcast
Controllers Council hosted a webcast with our esteemed Board of Advisors to share insight into how each has managed during this pandemic, how roles and responsibilities have changed, and what are new priorities for Controllers now and in the near future.
