Event Details

Shorten Month End - Apply Lean Thinking to Your Month-End Closing Process (ACSMEA15)

Date:	Thursday, August 30, 2018
Time:	2:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Registration at 1:30 PM)
Facility:	Webcast or Webinar, Online
CPE Credit:	4.0 Accounting and Auditing
Instructor:	John L. Daly
Vendor:	ACPEN
Course Level:	Intermediate
Early Bird Price:	$139.00 FICPA Members, $169.00 Non-Members

Description:

Surveys show that the average North American company completes their monthly financial statement closing in five days. However, some companies are able to close their books in one day or less. Many financial managers who feel pressured to shorten financial statement preparation time struggle with the balance between accuracy and speed. This webcast will focus on the key aspects of every close and provide participants with methods to prepare better quality financial information more cheaply and in less time.

Objectives:

Gain insight into how to do a month-end closing faster, better and more cheaply

Major Topics:

Trends in financial statement closings including the Quick Close, Soft Close and Virtual Close

Review and discuss information systems’ headaches that slow you down

Work through examples of close cycle “time killers” and how to resolve them

Get inventory and cost of sales under control

Identify the improvement projects that will yield the biggest benefit

Review what leading edge finance managers are doing to close more quickly

Who Should Attend:

CFOs, Controllers, other corporate, government and nonprofit accountants and those who advise them

Prerequisite:

Some month-end closing experience

Advanced Preparation:

None

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