Thirty-Plus Practical Tools and Techniques for Making Your Key Financial Decisions

CPAs and all financial professionals are required to take an active, if not leadership, role in numerous activities for their organizations. This course is designed to introduce and explore analytical tools and techniques to assist them in both routine and nonroutine situations. These include: identifying and addressing structural blockages to decision-making, data management, providing information and analysis, improving operations, model building, designing tests, valuing and financing acquisitions and divestitures, as well as evaluating capital programs and other long-term investments.

OBJECTIVES

• Apply techniques to uncover patterns/trends in data and apply analytical tools for problem-solving
• Use tools and techniques, including constructing analytical models, to solve problems throughout their company
• Improve their organization’s budgeting and planning processes and results
• Participate in the planning, valuation and execution of acquisitions, divestitures and capital programs

PREREQUISITE: Experience in finance, operations or accounting.