CFO Series: Aren't We All Auditors All the Time?
2.00 Credits
Member Price $89
Non-Member Price $109
Overview
Audits involve testing, review, examination, and verification. However on another level - we audit procedures, reports at work, who fulfilled commitments, systems, other people’s driving skills, deliveries, etc. We all audit everything all the time and that is wonderful. Auditing skills are valuable and necessary for our professional success and personal happiness. Every professional will audit what they encounter, including us. In this course, we will illustrate how continuous auditing skills are valuable, all the time. Whether you are an auditor or not, our role as a business leader IS to audit continuously! Better leaders have these audit skills.
Highlights
- Recognizing the need to think before we react.
- How to Look and listen effectively.
- Evaluating using multiple different criteria.
- Communication strategies.
- Problem solving, not just problem identification.
- Critical thinking.
- Being skeptical without being cynical.
- Unconventional keys to success.
- The never-ending need to audit continuously.
Prerequisites
At least six (6) months of professional financial statement analysis experience.
Designed For
Financial leaders seeking to understand the advantages of and need to continuously audit, including corporate financial leaders, CEOs, CFOs, CPAs, controllers, board members, and consultants. Business owners and professionals who advise them.
Objectives
- Analyze your role in your organization.
- Apply your auditing skills to your professional and personal life.
- Evaluate communication strategies to solve organizational problems.
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Don Minges, CPA Crossings Webinars
Don Minges, MBA, is a fractional CFO who worked in diverse industries at various development stages. He has experience in profitability enhancement, strategic planning, venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, consulting, turnarounds, economic forecasting, cost accounting and financial analysis. Don has experience raising equity for several growing firms and has invested equity capital into promising businesses. He has served on the Board of Directors for many firms. He graduated with highest honors from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke.
Non-Member Price $109
Member Price $89