Webinar Details
Course Description
Today’s Controllers face compressed reporting timelines, growing data complexity, and increasing demands to deliver strategic insights. This webinar explores practical ways to move beyond reactive mode by improving close processes, reducing inefficiencies, and applying productivity strategies that help finance leaders work smarter, prioritize effectively, and create capacity for higher-value work.
Participants will learn habits, tools, and techniques used by highly effective Controllers to manage competing priorities, leverage automation, improve team performance, and sustain results under pressure. The session will also address personal productivity, focus, and stress management strategies while exploring how Controllers can prepare for the continued evolution of the finance function.
Learning Objectives
- Identify common productivity challenges faced by Controllers and their impact on performance.
- Explore habits, mindset shifts, and time management strategies used by highly effective Controllers to improve focus and output.
- Recognize now to improve close processes through standardization, planning, and the effective use of tools and technology to reduce manual work and increase efficiency.
- Discover how to enhance team productivity through stronger communication, delegation, and workflow management.
Prerequisites
- None
Who Should Attend
CPAs, controllers, and accounting/finance leaders.
Advanced Preparation
None
Presenter Details
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Derek Henry, CPA, CFE
- CEO, Excelevate
Derek has spent more than 20 years helping professionals improve efficiency, streamline processes, and unlock greater capacity through smarter ways of working. From building custom solutions to automating complex workflows, he focuses on helping individuals and teams reduce repetitive work and spend more time on higher-value activities.
With an efficiency-first approach, small improvements can lead to significant results — saving hours, improving accuracy, and creating more space for strategic thinking. Derek believes productivity is not simply about getting more done, but about focusing time and energy on the work that matters most.
Through training, speaking, tools, and consulting, Derek helps professionals embrace new tech... Read more
NASBA Sponsor
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CPE
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