CFO Series: Ready to be an Effective CFO? Skills to Succeed

Overview

With all the buzz about the additional responsibilities of CFOs today, what are the essential skillsets for success? How do you excel when you are spread so thin? Becoming the multi-skilled CFO companies are looking for requires you to balance traditional responsibilities with new demands. How do you utilize your key relationships and your team to fill the gaps and make sure nothing slips through? To be effective requires a shift in the way financial leaders think and approach their day - rather than a never-ending chase after new skillsets. Thinking differently about how to accomplish the broad spectrum of CFO responsibilities is a key lesson in your essential lifelong learning. We will review many tactics to help you become even more effective.

Prerequisites

At least six (6) months of professional financial statement analysis experience.

Objectives

• Determine the requirements of the modern-day CFO.
• Identify tools to become a more effective leader of your organization.
• Use data analytics to make critical decisions.

Highlights

• Utilizing your resources to maintain relationships with key external parties.
• Building key connections - who, how, and when?
• Making critical decisions in a timely manner.
• Translating data analytics into what matters.
• Gaining knowledge efficiently.
• Becoming the Chief Value Officer.