Chief Financial Officer Leadership Program
What you'll learn
- In this course, you will learn how to analyze financial statements like a professional analyst to gain deeper insight into the finacial results, profitability, financial strength, and cash return generation potential.
- In this course, you will be able to facilitatte development of an Enterprise Risk Management system using the principles of the COSO ERM framework.
- In this course, you will learn about financing strategy including the different varieties of financing, how each work, and when to seek each source of financing.
- In this course, you will learn about fraud risk including how it happens, why it happens, and how to best prevent it from happening in your organization.
- In this course, you will learn about corporate strategy development. You will learn how to make a valuable contribution as the business developes, analyzes, implements, and evaluates corporate strategy.
- In this course, you will learn about change management including the challenges of change, change from the perpective of the employee, approaches to successfully implementing a change initiative, and adapting your organization for continuous change.
Requirements
- General business acumen
- A passion for finance
- A sense of humor
Description
This Leadership course is actually being developed to become a program. Contained within the Financial Officer Leadership Training program is a collection of courses that are designed to develop professional finance and leadership competencies for those aspiring to take on senior or executive roles in an organization.
The four competency areas covered in this leadership course address the role a senior financial professional play as each a Steward, Operator, Strategist, and Catalyst.
Take this Leadership Course: Financial Officer Leadership Training Program and become one of the top leaders on your industry.
Who this course is for:
- Financial professional seeking senior or executive professional development
Course content
- Preview04:20
- Preview07:12
- 19:27How to Analyze the Income Statement
- 07:02How to Analyze Operational Efficiency and Effectiveness
- 13:31How to Analyze a Balance Sheet
- 08:41How to Analyze Cash Flow
- 14:36How to Analyze a Company Quickly Using the Internet
- 6 pagesFinancial Analysis Glossary and Reference Guide
Instructor
Blair is a many-time corporate director, CFO, author, speaker, educator, innovator, and thought leader. His educational videos of accounting and finance have million of views on YouTube. He has keynoted and spoken at national conferences from New York to Toronto. Along with Jen, he co-hosts CPA Canada’s podcast series “CPA Success Podcast.” He works with real businesses to experiment with theories and practices developed both in the academic and real world. He then shares these experiences and stories with others of what works, what doesn’t, and what was learned. He is the author of The Illiterate Executive: An Executive’s Handbook for Mastering Financial Acumen.
Jen is a dynamic financial professional with over 20 years of leadership experience in public practice, academia and industry. Jen is the co-host of CPA Canada’s podcast series “CPA Success Podcast.” Jen brings to the classroom a broad skill set and experience in all key facets of an organization including operations management, strategic planning, business development, finance, accounting, investor relations, human resources, and project management. Jen has a passion for making finance more attainable, whether it’s working to articulate strategy in a financial context, bringing clarity to financial communication or teaching accounting to university students. Jen’s career epitomizes the diverse experiences and roles that CPAs play in industry – from financial to operational leadership.