Practical Tips for Controllers & CFOs is a practical, high-level seminar provides more than 250 tips to help you at work. You won’t find these tips in most courses or text books, but you’ll be able to use many of them. Share experiences and practices with other participants. Bench-mark your practices with those of your peers. This seminar “grows” continuously with new tips from past participants. To date, more than 3,000 Canadian accountants have attended Practical Tips for Controllers & CFOs.

What you’ll cover

• Great tips on key indicator reporting
• Getting the most out of your bank
• Cash flow crisis: what to do when it happens
• Cost-cutting tips
• M&A: the good, the bad and the ugly
• System conversion dos and don'ts
• More creative thinking for accountants
• The fast close
• Intelligent hiring
• Auditors & lawyers: minimizing costs

Who will benefit

Controllers, CFOs, directors of finance, treasurers and accounting managers (or their advisors) in small to medium-sized companies: you will gain Practical Tips Foryour daily work. Accountants from large companies, government and not-for-profits also find the course useful. In addition, it is helpful for people moving toward these roles.

Seminar Feedback

• Best course I have been to yet
• Several “light bulb” moments (both new and reminders)
  
• It is appealing in that it’s based on actual CFO experience
• Excellent use of examples to illustrate content/drive relevant points
  
• Fast paced but not hurried
  
• Totally practical and Steve made the course interesting
  
• Instructor has broad, diverse experiences
  
• Practical tools to research areas of concern
  
• Fill in the blank method, good to keep engaged
  
• I like the energy of the “course presenter” and his ability to interject personal experiences into the course

- Ottawa, Fri, Oct 28, 2011
- Halifax, Tues, Nov 15, 2011
- Moncton, Wed, Nov 16, 2011
- St. John’s, Fri, Nov 18, 2011
- Calgary, Mon, Nov 21, 2011
- Bermuda, Wed, Nov 23, 2011
- Montreal (Dorval), Mon, Nov 28, 2011
- Kelowna, Mon, Dec 5, 2011
- Vancouver, Tues, Dec 6, 2011
- Abbotsford, Wed, Dec 7, 2011
- Markham, Mon, Jan 30, 2012

Other Locations

Companion seminar:
Practical Analysis for Accountants covers some of the key topics from this seminar, plus some others in substantial depth. 

 
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The seminar is taught by Stephen Priddle, CA, CMA.