The pressure on the finance function has never been higher to deliver financial results as soon as possible after the period.  Managers, analysts, Boards, and investors are digesting market information in real time and are beginning to expect the same of financial results.  To meet these high expectations, the CFO and controller need to find ways to speed up their financial close processes to report the financial results before they become perceived as old news in the new world.

In this course Blair Cook, a many-time CFO, explores ideas for shortening the financial close process.  Leading companies have found ways to close their books in as little as one day and see the benefit of almost real-time analysis (in addition to the actual period financial data) that can be performed with a shorter close.

Learning Objectives
  • Identify factors that slow down the financial close process
  • Discover how to develop strategies for speeding up the financial close process.
  • Discover how to develop a plan for implementing improvements to the financial close process using change management principles.
Last updated/reviewed: March 15, 2024
626 Reviews (2446 ratings)

Reviews

5
Anonymous Author
First time with this instructor, and I really enjoyed his presentation style. Good information on best practices, not only for financial closes, but any type of project where you need change management.
5
Anonymous Author
A Great Course, Very Interesting on the challenges faced by companies, and how to improve the situation.
5
Member's Profile
The material was easy to understand. I liked that there were key points and steps given that were easy to follow.The instructor took his time and did not speak too quickly. However, his hand gestures were a bit of a distraction if I looked up from my notes. Although I don't do hands-on close, this information was helpful to me to learn about the close process to better understand why I provide the information to my supervisors for them to provide their information for the close process. I feel that my co-workers would benefits from this course.
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Anonymous Author
I feel like this was a late-night, get-rich-quick scheme being advertised to me. The presenter has worked so hard on his delivery that he's lost authenticity. Instead of seeming like a financial mentor giving real-life help, he seems more like an infomercial, urging me to call now for the free onion goggles (just pay separate S&H) to use with my new knives that can go straight from cutting bricks in half to slicing a tomato paper thin. (But who would wanna do that? Tomatoes are delicious! Thick slices for me, thank you!)
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Anonymous Author
The instructor did a great job of explaining the importance of a fast close and the specific steps into achieving a fast close. Raised great points about technology, process and people. I did however feel the lecture was a bit dry as if the presenter was reading a script. I tend to enjoy more free flowing presentations. Overall I would recommend this course to anyone in an accounting managerial role and above. I will definitely takes some of the lessons learn and implement in the future.
4
Member's Profile
This course was a mouthful. It was very informative and is definitely a course I should review. Blair was amazing in his presentation - his upbeat approach kept me engaged and yearning for more. That course would do many in an organization a lot of good. The level of involvement of all the departments within an organization in the closing process may certainly make for the success of that organization both in the short-term and long-term run.
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Anonymous Author
Best Practices for a Quicker Financial Close course is a game-changer for finance professionals aiming to streamline their closing processes. This course delivers practical insights and innovative strategies to expedite financial closes effectively. With a focus on efficiency and accuracy, it equips learners with the tools needed to optimize workflows and achieve faster, more reliable financial closes.
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Anonymous Author
Many companies would like, but cannot afford the technology and upscale erp systems that are on the market. This unfortunate economic reality forces many organizations to rely on excel to the point of excess. Some of the other points, such as starting the close prior to month end and setting a realistic level of materiality should be implemented with or with out any technology/system improvements.
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Member's Profile
I like how the course was easy to follow. The instructor was engaging , not boring. I would love other members of my team to take this course as we are trying to shorten the close. We have a lot of this in place already but there is still a lot to do and we definitely struggle with the people aspect of the financial close. i will definitely refer back to this course in the future.
5
Member's Profile
I thought these topics were all very relevant to the current close process and how to improve the overall "close" time period. This course would be good for someone who is about to start their first close-based job or who is trying to improve their run rate to finishing close. The calls out for improving the time to close were all very relevant to the current market and helpful.
5
Member's Profile
This was a great course, and I'm always amazed at how I think about new things every time I review the course slides. Faster month end close is always going to be a challenge for Finance teams and there will always be new technology and changing environments which dictate new approaches and thinking. This course helps to stimulate the thought process about this topic.
5
Member's Profile
Good overview of why and how to accelerate monthly closing, addressing the issues/challenges faced by companies, and both why and how to improve the situation. Appreciated the introductory section with the unique perspective on how overall societal trends in on-demand information availability has implications on the finance function as reporters of "news," not history.
5
Anonymous Author
Instructor spoke in animated insightful way. Not any boring monotone of dry material. He made you believe he really gets excited about process change improvement. He gave me the sense that he could find humor in any situation. His delivery was very engaging and I wanted to know more about what his next pearl of wisdom would be. Really great tips overall!
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Anonymous Author
Blair gave great examples and steps on how to make financial closes quicker, more efficient, and less timely. He identifies the key factors that slow us down and a step by step process on how to eliminate these set backs such as starting your period end reconciling before the period is set to end and how to get on a schedule to be ahead of the game.
5
Member's Profile
This course will particularly be helpful for organizations who feel they are overworked or understaffed in getting reporting deadlines met or on time. Mr. Cook offers solid options (such as virtual close) for accounting staff to help deliver the desired reports or financial line-items important to key management in a timely manner.
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Anonymous Author
Great advice! I only wish I would've seen this video sooner. I fell short on gathering all outside departments/groups together (my manager talked to them separately) and we didn't formally document current state (we only "sketched" the flow). All your steps were well thought out and descriptive. I can't wait to use these ideas.
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Anonymous Author
I liked the fact that the professor went the different steps to getting to a faster close. I am glad that he identified the fact of the staff being involved in the change. Although, one can have all of technology and processes in place I believe that unless people are brought along from the beginning, nothing changes or is accepted.
5
Anonymous Author
I appreciate how the video covered "how to make it happen" but think even more detailed examples would have been helpful. It's good to hear "here are things that should be done" but everyone approaches these with their own (limited) experience so seeing an example of what works well would have made the course even more usable.
5
Anonymous Author
This course includes practical tools, tips, and guidelines for improving the timeliness of the financial close. Blair Cook is a dynamic and educated speaker! Well done! Especially helpful was the information regarding OCM and how that can impact the willingness of staff to work towards improving the process.
5
Member's Profile
Loved how the presenter discussed materiality. The financial close process often involves a number of estimates. With the degree of uncertainty inherent in some of these estimates, it's sometimes hard to watch other aspects of the close process get hung up waiting for little pieces of information.
5
Member's Profile
Great course. My favorite part was having the first 4 steps of the change management process described as "thawing the organization for change". Lots of practical ideas for how to improve the close process. This course would benefit finance leaders, managers, process owners, and change managers.
5
Anonymous Author
Instructor was interesting and engaging and made points concisely to be able to get the information in a one hour period. Though I had some exposure to this material from prior work experience, I think it is a good lesson to those that may not know this material or even could use a refresher.
5
Member's Profile
I liked how the course was split into various segments. I liked that they split up areas for improvement between systems, processes, and people. There were some good suggestions provided: automate and integrate systems, do as much ahead of close as possible, implement materiality thresholds.
4
Anonymous Author
The breakdown of the course into different lessons is good. The topics covered in each lesson are very helpful and very practical and the time allotted to each lesson is just about right. This course is definitely helpful to the people that are involved in financial statement close process.
4
Member's Profile
Material presented and format were highly valuable and insightful, spurring me to think about how my team can work more efficiently and with greater quality of life, but the instructor's video quality was very low, and the instructor seemed to be yelling, which was off-putting
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Anonymous Author
Presenter well versed in steps / method in reducing number of close days. Good to gain buy in of the closing staff. Constant review of closing process is very critical to reduce number of close days and still provide accurate data for operational and investment decisions.
4
Member's Profile
This course is a great quick one hour lesson on the close process, and identifies specific ideas that any organization can implement into their close process. Very helpful, especially for new members of your team that will be contributing to the close process at your org.
4
Anonymous Author
The multiple choice questions are not focused on key takeaways, seemingly tricky questions. To have 10 instead of 5 is more indicative of understanding. The interaction seems to be slow and the questions are in red? The lesson recorded in 2015? more than a decade too old.
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Anonymous Author
The content was definitely geared towards more an accounting background. A lot of it went over my head as I don't have an accounting background. I understood the gist of the information and believe the instructor was great. I just didn't understand the content very well.
5
Member's Profile
Blair does a good job summarizing the financial close and how to shorten the cycle. Unfortunately some companies place all the burden on a small staff to record via manual entries rather than having these activities captured by the ERP system on the front end.
5
Anonymous Author
Love the energy, thoughtfulness, and practicality of this course. Blair does a great job of presenting the information and structures it so it's easy to follow. Most importantly, the information in this course can be used immediately to refine the close process.
5
Member's Profile
The instructor was enthusiastic. He had data to back-up his qualitative opinions. The slides were great because they included the narrative used in the presentation. The information was simple, easy to digest and ocul be implemented without further review.
4
Member's Profile
I was impressed with the different ways the close process could be shorten. I usually like to have all the numbers when performing accounting functions but I can see where using fairly accurate numbers would give the decision makers the information they need
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Anonymous Author
Great course gave me some ideas on the close I had not previously thought about. In my last position, I had an asst. controller that did the close, so I was pretty hands-off. In my new position I don't have an asst. controller. Could do without the music.
5
Member's Profile
I really appreciated that there were key takeaways from this lesson that could easily be implemented. While the theory is important, it is even more important to have takeaways that can be implemented. Wasn't a fan of the music at the beginning of the video.
5
Anonymous Author
Very informative class with a step by step methodology and thought provoking questions to help a team evaluate financial close possibilities. I recommend it if you are seeking to improve add value to the financial reporting process of your organization.
5
Anonymous Author
The course is a very good overview of the close process with good suggestions for improving timeliness. The exam questions were not all that clear since it relied on a level of precision in questioning regarding a course that is more general in nature.
5
Anonymous Author
The is a very informative course. The way in which the concepts are presented is helpful and it is easy to understand. The instructor was engaging and was able to keep this interesting. This course could be useful across many levels of an organization.
5
Member's Profile
A great course to help prospective CFO's and controllers understand why close processes occur the way they do and how to implement these changes yourself! I would definitely recommend this course. Blair was a very energetic and enthusiastic instructor.
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Anonymous Author
Part of our team has already implemented a lot of these actions, however we have a team member that just say it's not due yet, I'd like to know how to manage their manager to get them to make it happen, you are only as good as your weakest link.
5
Anonymous Author
simple but pertinent class the gives invaluable steps to helping expedite the financial close process for a company. This training will help me complete financial closes with more efficiency and implement change processes in a meaningful way.
5
Anonymous Author
There’s a lot of good ideas in the short course. It takes you through why your organization benefits from a faster close, what it entails, and the change management process necessary for successful implementation. Highly recommended.
5
Member's Profile
Very well-written and contains good information on achieving a quicker / better financial close. Also incorporates a very good approach to Change Management, which is crucial to being effective with such initiatives. Thanks Blair!
5
Anonymous Author
The instructor (Blair Cook) has great energy and made great points in a clear manner. The examples were relatable and gave different ideas for a quicker close that aren't currently being practiced in my office. Great food for thought!
5
Member's Profile
Absolutely liked the course. Super relevant to my work. Tons of detailed tips and recommendations. Loved the pace, loved the way it was presented and backed by providing pdf material! Can't wait to do more courses on Proformative :)
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Anonymous Author
This is an interesting concept that I have not experienced anywhere. I realize the course is a quicker financial close, but can't imagine a one day close. This course has some good ideas and ways to get going with a quicker close
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Member's Profile
This course was straightforward and had good ideas for improving timing and how to look at the big picture. The instructor of the course was just ok. He is the DJ Khaled of accounting...I felt like he was yelling the entire time.
4
Anonymous Author
Some good common sense ideas in this course, but it is primarily targeted for those with the authority to make a permanent change in not only month-end processes but also in the company's holistic approach to the accounting close
5
Member's Profile
I enjoyed the speaker. He was very upbeat and kept your attention. I like what he said about not getting bogged down by small errors. I also like that you do not have to wait until the end of the month to start the close process.
5
Member's Profile
The course is great as it establishes a framework for actually closing the books more quickly. It also challenges the requirement for periodic close. Please make a course for continuous accounting/continuous close in the future!
5
Anonymous Author
This course made some excellent points about using software metrics such as value per mile that were almost as valuable as financial reports. Also, good suggestions for reducing lag time between actual month end and closing.
5
Anonymous Author
This course has good background and ideas to improve the close process. It is very relevant as organizations attempt to do more with less in terms of staff and trying to figure out how to close more promptly and efficiently.
5
Member's Profile
Again another excellent course by the presenter. It provides a blueprint on how to effectively manage financial date-end closing. Also, it discusses helpful tips on handling change resistance. Very informative and helpful.
5
Member's Profile
Blair is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. He makes great recommendations for how to rethink your company's financial statement close process to improve both efficiency and effectiveness. Very well compiled information.
5
Member's Profile
Very good course. I particularly appreciate the weight given to emphasizing change management practices and preparing the company for the change - too often this is missed and, as his metrics show, the outcomes are weak.
5
Member's Profile
As someone who made the switch from public accounting and am now on a corporate accounting team, this course was helpful in finding ways to improve close and keeping my eyes out for opportunities to increase efficiencies.
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Anonymous Author
Liked the suggestions for doing a fast close. Disliked some of the technology based solutions which may not fit within budgetary guidelines. Best for Managers that can influence changes to the financial close process.
5
Member's Profile
This is an excellent refresher course that I would recommend. It is a good suggestion to keep the slide materials for future reference and is also great for recertification of the CPP. I highly recommend this course.
5
Anonymous Author
This course did a great job of going through the close process and identifying areas that could be sped up. Your financial close does not start at the end of the month. Practical ideas for quickly closing the books.
5
Member's Profile
Good information. Instructor offered suggestion about how to make period end closing more efficient. This course would be beneficial for anyone in business, especially individuals working in accounting or finance.
4
Member's Profile
Serves as a good reminder of continuous improvement. The new concept for me was the Appreciate Inquiry. No magical wand to combat the elimination of reports that are nice to haves and take hours to create.... :).
5
Member's Profile
This professor provided a lot of great information and an easy to understand format. The slides and text with them were informative. Many of the slides are useful as condensed reminders. This was a great class.
5
Member's Profile
Very informative. Good to see similar approaches with some different ideas behind closing books early. It good confirmation when you've experience a similar approach with a client and find out you are right on.
5
Anonymous Author
Good points shared in this course. One of the points I took from the course was starting the close before the close. This is a good starting point and can reduce the time spent on some of the activities performed.
5
Anonymous Author
Great course with thorough support slides - you are given a lot of information for a one credit hour course. Excellent material for those looking to enhance or streamline their close processes. Highly recommend!
4
Member's Profile
This course is beneficial to anyone who plays a role in the closing of financial reports. Now I have a better understanding of why our Accounting Department is always so eager to get copies of payroll reports.
5
Member's Profile
Great course! It was relevant to the problems in our organization and provided concrete ways to approach these problems. The instructor was enthusiastic and positive. Also, I really liked the piano throughout.
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Anonymous Author
I appreciated the reinforcement that investments in the proper technology and procedures can create efficiency that pays back the investment. And I agree that the room looked like it was hot for the presenter
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Member's Profile
I found this course very helpful and determining how we can shorten the amount of time spent on closing the month out. Some ideas were ones I knew, others were some I didn't consider, but definitely will.
5
Anonymous Author
Great course, excellent instructor. Integrates process improvement principles and basic change mangement psychology inside topic of Finance closing process improvement. Will seek out more of his courses.
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Anonymous Author
Good overall content. The instructor delivery is effective. The course's backbone is a general application. As a recommendation of possible improvements, perhaps some specific examples could be helpful.
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Anonymous Author
This was an interesting course on moving to a faster close. I took away a lot of ideas to look into for my own organization. Lots of good points to think about and made me analyze my current process.
5
Anonymous Author
Excellent overview of the need to update closing processes. The strategy of using a continuous updated dashboard for "Key Accounts", shows a user friendly way of improving the over companies position.
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Anonymous Author
As a subsidiary of an overseas company, our closing time has been pushed up over the years. I find that this course helps get the thought process organized to evaluate and implement a quicker close.
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Anonymous Author
The course had generic tips, but I was hoping for more specific guidance on balancing manual accruals with disparate systems that feed the GL cannot provide entries until business day 1 of the close.
5
Member's Profile
This is an excellent course! It really challenges you to improve your close process and provides tools to accomplish your goals. It makes you think!! All controllers will benefit from this course.
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Anonymous Author
Presenter's energy is contagious! Also, appreciate all details of a real word accounting month end closing. All are true. Sources of references like books, journals etc. are appreciated. Thank you!
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Anonymous Author
The course was presented in an interesting way and it was obvious that the presenter worked hard to keep the discussion lively. Although I knew most of the information, I did learn a few new things.
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Anonymous Author
It's probably a good course for people who do not have a lot of experience with the closing process. It does not touch on real life issues that get in the way of implementing the various solutions.
5
Member's Profile
This was a great course. The instructor was energetic and engaging. He went over typical issues which arise during a financial close and provided best practices to mitigate some of the bottlenecks.
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Anonymous Author
This course was very informative and had some very good insights into making the close process smoother and quicker. I appreciated having detailed slides available to go back and reference later.
4
Member's Profile
Good content and review of topic. This is useful to anyone involved in a close process - even someone who is a recipient of the financial reports and not involved in the actual reporting process.
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Anonymous Author
Nice topic. The instructor provided a great presentation with excellent tips on how to simplify and improve the close process. I look forward to bringing several of these ideas to my manager.
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Anonymous Author
There are some practical ways to make close more efficient and great tips to make it happen. I also like how he addresses the people aspect to this and how people are resistant to change.
5
Anonymous Author
This course was helpful and providing some great ideas and techniques for shortening the close process. Most importantly, it provides a change of mindset that will lead to efficiencies.
5
Anonymous Author
Great course. Blair is an engaging speaker and moved through the information at a good pace. This would be an excellent course to share with an accounting group in a team meeting.
5
Member's Profile
I like how the material was presented in a clear and concise manner. The ideas given are very helpful and insightful. This will benefit anybody involved in the closing of the books.
5
Anonymous Author
The course had some practical ideas of how to shorten the close with less employee resistance and more buy-in along with managing strategy in short/medium/and long term time frames.
4
Anonymous Author
very insightful and information. Often, processes taken for granted are often the processes that require change to better provide mor timely and meaningful financial information.
5
Member's Profile
The speaker was very effective in conveying the fast close information. His tone and speed of presenting was enjoyable. He was very knowledgeable of the problems and solutions.
5
Anonymous Author
The course was very informative on the issues one can encounter during the close process and what are some process improvements one can implement to speed up the close process
5
Anonymous Author
Blair is very energetic and provides a lot of information and insight on best practices for the month end close. At the end, it looked like the heat was getting the best of him.
5
Anonymous Author
This course and the instructor were very helpful and gave great information and tips for a quicker financial close. This course is very useful and offers very insightful ideas.
5
Anonymous Author
The course information was presented in a logical manner. It provides a useful framework for working towards a faster close. The instructor did a great job - very engaging.
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Member's Profile
Makes all the important points on implementing a faster close. From my personal experience, employee resistance to change is even more of a factor than it was represented as.
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Anonymous Author
Great, practical ideas to make your accounting close go quicker. The lecturer is full of energy and expertise in his discussion of streamlining a month end close process.
5
Member's Profile
This is my second course with Blair Cook and I enjoy his style of instructing. As a CFO, I do appreciate all the points he makes for an effective and timely financial close.
4
Member's Profile
Very well thought out and presented course. For the small business looking to streamline the close and become more efficient, this is the first class you should consider.
5
Anonymous Author
In my experience, month-end close is always something that could be improved upon. This video provides some ideas for how to approach the problem and come up with solutions.
5
Member's Profile
This course offers very useful and focused techniques to help with the month-end close process. It is very relevant for those trying to improve the month-end close process.
3
Member's Profile
There were many good ideas on streamlining the close process. We had done very similar projects in our organization over the years and have done many of the steps as well
5
Member's Profile
Good overview; new managers and accounting staff, as well as those who've been using an outdated process, would benefit. I plan to take some of the ideas back to my team.
5
Member's Profile
I really liked the enthusiasm of the instructor, he kept me engaged throughout the class. I think the slides are detailed and an excellent source for me to refer back to.
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Anonymous Author
The presentation of course material would benefit from a re-structure. However, the course entailed practical tips on tackling the major aspects of the closing process.
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Member's Profile
Loved the instructors energy. Did a nice job at providing real world issues that I could identify with and walked away with some good ideas to think about for my team.
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Anonymous Author
The course progressed methodically starting with causes of delay and offering strategies to overcome the delay in close process. The suggestions offered were practical.
5
Member's Profile
Practical solution to close process is provided by the course and well presented instruction I would recommend the course to everyone involved in close process. Thanks
5
Anonymous Author
I liked how clearly Blair laid out every step of this process. This training would be very beneficial to managers looking to develop/improve month end close processes.
5
Anonymous Author
Course is a good review for process improvement and change management in the scope of monthly close. Instructor is one of my favorites and he doesn't disappoint.
5
Member's Profile
Excellent tips for speeding up the close process. I liked the Appreciative Inquiry section about keeping positive when implementing changes to the close process.
5
Anonymous Author
Really great ideas and quick class to jump-start your month end close. Honestly, this is probably one of the most valuable classes I've ever taken on Illumeo.
5
Anonymous Author
Great ideas for speeding up month end close. I was excited to get tangible ideas instead of just general thoughts. I will take more courses by this instructor!
4
Member's Profile
Good overall course organized at a high level but I enjoyed the examples thrown in for certain accounts and how to deal with the processes that go with them.
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Anonymous Author
Great review of the financial close process, particularly breaking down opportunities for improvement into three key areas: people, process, and technology.
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Anonymous Author
This course is full of ideas for gaining a faster close. Also included reasoning for a faster close and how to effectively make changes to the close process.
5
Member's Profile
Lessons learnt are certainly of utility in my role and largely understood in terms of how to review matters, what direction to take. Overall enjoyable course.
5
Member's Profile
This was a very helpful course. I found the tips to accelerate the close process enlightening and the steps to implement are practical and well though out.
4
Member's Profile
I liked the areas identified to work on the close before the period end. There were no surprises. The Accounts Manager would get the most from this course.
4
Member's Profile
Pretty good course. Instructor spends more time talking about implementing change than developing a quick financial close, but still has some helpful tips.
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Anonymous Author
Excellent summary of steps to follow to improve closing processes. I appreciated the insights to combating resistance to change ond overcoming objections.
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Anonymous Author
This was a great course. It helped identify opportunities to improve the close process as well as providing a framework to achieve a better close process.
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Anonymous Author
Very helpful tips! This is constantly a point for improvement raised. It takes teamwork and collaboration, not just an individual. Thanks for this course!
5
Anonymous Author
This class has helpful tips for improving the month end close process including how to work in obtaining buy-in from impacted staff. Engaging instructor.
4
Anonymous Author
nice overview of a complex process. instructor was very knowledgeable and demonstrated a solid understanding of the key elements of this training course.
5
Member's Profile
Good overview of issues that cause the close process to take longer than it needs to, and also recommendations for improving and speeding up the process.
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Anonymous Author
I'm new to an organization and was hired to implement a faster close, I had a lot of similar thoughts that was presented, this helps create a map to use.
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Member's Profile
The content of this course was very insightful and directly relevant, but I would have liked to spend more time going through each step in more detail.
5
Member's Profile
highly practical presentation that acknowledges that the buy in is the most difficult part of streamlining any process as large as an accounting close.
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Anonymous Author
I enjoyed the way the instructor presented the class. He provided his own personal insight in addition to gathering best practices from outside sources
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Anonymous Author
I will practice more to achieve the ideal goal during my work! sometimes I have to go back to review the material to grasp the essence of the solution.
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Anonymous Author
This is a great course to learn about making the financial statement close process more efficient and ultimately faster and less painful for the staff.
5
Anonymous Author
Very energetic speaker with details galore. Presentation was laid out in on orderly manner with great examples provided at each step of the process.
5
Member's Profile
This was a great course on the financial statement close process. It helped get an understanding of how we can speed up our month-end close process
4
Anonymous Author
You get used to setting your volume to low as this loud presenter is enthusiastic, purposeful and gets you to the point within a useful timeframe.
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Anonymous Author
A very well organized approach in discussing the issues and solutions for quick financial close. The 7-step change management process is helpful.
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Anonymous Author
This is a great course for anyone interested in learning about ways to improve the financial close process. Would highly recommend this course.
4
Member's Profile
Good basic overview of the close process and ideas to shorten the close process length. Entry level accountants will benefit from this course.
4
Member's Profile
Very straight forward presentation without a lot of jargon, but filled with several good, practical ideas that I can apply in my organization.
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Anonymous Author
Great materials. I found the suggestions to be realistic and informative, I plan to take these back to my team to assess our close process.
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Anonymous Author
This course is definitely spot-on with company close issues. Everyone looking to close faster but not having the tools / resources to do so.
5
Member's Profile
This course was very interesting and truly will impact my work performance for the better based on its detailed review of the close process.
4
Member's Profile
Good course with specific ideas on how to speed up the financial close. Final test might be a little bit confusing, but good class overall.
5
Anonymous Author
Blair Cook was entertaining and thorough. This course was quick, concise and a great reminder/refresher for anyone in a large organization.
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Anonymous Author
Information was presented in a well thought out manner. The information provided will provide me a roadmap for approaching monthend close.
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Anonymous Author
There were some good thoughts in the course but overall it was more of a how to implement change management presentation than anything else
5
Anonymous Author
A good course that targets the areas of potential confusion in the financial close and offers insightful advice to achieve timely results.
5
Member's Profile
Great ideas. This course provided a logical plan with great topics to follow and engage the team to ultimately improve the close process.
5
Member's Profile
This is a great overview for shortening the close. This is something that we went through a few months ago, there is always room to grow.
5
Member's Profile
Several actions learned that can be implemented directly and several more to keep in mind...quite a lot in a very short session thank you
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Anonymous Author
Well done presentation with some useful information. Presenter is intelligent and conveys thoughts and ideas in an understandable format
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Anonymous Author
This course was one of the more difficult ones and a challenge for me to retain all the information in the format that it was presented.
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Anonymous Author
As the presentation references 2013 data, it seems the data is out-of-date. Would like to see the presenter update the data - resources.
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Member's Profile
The instructor was quick and upbeat. .............................................................................................. ..
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Member's Profile
I like this course because it was straightforward, gave a lot of valuable information and had user-friendly methods of taking the exam.
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Anonymous Author
This is very helpful and informative for key members of management. It provided a good breakdown of steps needed to improve efficiency.
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Anonymous Author
Very concise and to the point. I like the instructor's ideas to improve the book's closing timing. It was well-presented and organized.
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Member's Profile
helpful, lots of good ideas. Difficult to implement if you are a very small company with not many resources but a LOT of transactions
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Anonymous Author
Helpful information on the financial close process, what works, what doesn't and how to best approach improving/shortening the close.
5
Anonymous Author
It was a very fun and informative session. If anybody is looking for the key points to faster financial close, this is the course!
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Anonymous Author
Really great and helpful tips on improving the efficiency & effectiveness of your month end close process. Great insight for managers
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Member's Profile
simple techniques that will go a long way in cutting down the monthly closing process. Delivery was great and lesson well presented.
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Member's Profile
Interesting course. Presenter made it interesting informative. He was also able to laugh at himself, which made it entertaining.
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Member's Profile
I did not like his voice. Most of what he said was good and I was happy to know that my organization was already doing most of it.
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Anonymous Author
The course met it's learning objectives. It helped me think about some things i had never considered in my month end close process.
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Member's Profile
Enjoyed the course. Would like to listen to a longer version that goes into more detail on closing specific areas such as revenue.
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Anonymous Author
This cpe was very helpful. It gave some good examples of how to improve the close processes and how to work smarter not harder.
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Member's Profile
I thought the speaker was a little exuberant. The material was interesting though and I would incorporate it in my next position.
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Anonymous Author
Great course on the close process, practical challenges faced, and the process towards addressing and improving the monthly close
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Anonymous Author
Overall, this was a well needed course. It was informative and provided some vital tips to having a successful and quick close.
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Anonymous Author
Good and clear course. Simple in its suggestions on how to streamline the close. It all comes down to the people and process.
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Anonymous Author
This course was very informative, and explained the topics super well in the time it took to complete it and the exam was fair.
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Member's Profile
This course was very efficient. Though it was fairly straight forward and there were no new ideas, it is good for beginners.
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Member's Profile
Instructor is clearly someone who has leveraged his own experience to provide practical tips for improving the close process.
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Anonymous Author
The course was good - it reiterated some of the things my organization does well and highlighted some areas we can improve.
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Anonymous Author
Great course for anyone who works in corporate accounting. The topics covered are relevant to the month end close process.
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Member's Profile
Great ideas and insight on how to implement change, get buy in and successfully get closing done faster and more accurately.
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Anonymous Author
Good and concise. Reinforced what I’m already doing to improve the close process so it is good to receive this validation.
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Anonymous Author
An excellent course which I will use in my new job which I am about to start. I will go back and review this course often.
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Anonymous Author
Good course. Provides solid examples. Unfortunately a short review is sometimes too short and your review must be longer.
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Anonymous Author
Very informative and well presented. The information provided in this course can be applied to add value to organizations.
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Anonymous Author
Great summary to help finance teams identify the low-hanging fruit when it comes to improving the financial close process.
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Member's Profile
Blair seems to be very excited about the improvement of the FS close process and helping companies achieve better results.
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Member's Profile
I did like some of the ideas for a more rapid close. Cutting down on manual entries and check list should help with this.
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Anonymous Author
Nice primer on streamlining including details on how to approach change management while implementing new close structure
5
Member's Profile
Blair's course onnquicker financial close was awesome. Really actionable ideas and great presentation style and content!
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Anonymous Author
Great presenter - engaging. Did a good job of laying out the need for an efficient close and how to address bottlenecks.
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Anonymous Author
The problems and solutions are similar to what I see in our own close process so I felt the information was very useful.
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Anonymous Author
I enjoyed this course and found the concepts interesting. The course is more conceptual in nature, but still effective.
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Member's Profile
Speakers delivery was distracting. it was hard to pay attention to him throughout as he was almost yelling the content.
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Member's Profile
A lot of good ideas packed into an hour- everything you need to start down the path of shortening your close process.
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Anonymous Author
Great ideas in this webinar - and a very insightful discussion of the importance of a sound change management process.
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Anonymous Author
Good course with some surprising insights into how to adjust viewpoints and how to progress to ensure a quicker close.
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Anonymous Author
This course provides a basic understanding of common issues seen, especially at smaller companies. Highly recommended.
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Member's Profile
The material was presented in a clear manner. I really like having the video of the presenter included in the course.
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Anonymous Author
This course gives several excellent ideas on how to improve an area that all accounting departments have to deal with.
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Anonymous Author
The instructor was engaging an there are lots of useful information. I will refer back to this course in the future.
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Anonymous Author
This course is a great reminder to focus on process improvement and how to do that when it comes to the close process.
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Anonymous Author
Enjoyed the presentation. The thorough analysis of the steps will be helpful in creating solutions for my business.
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Anonymous Author
Provided key points to help rethink how to achieve a quicker close. The lecture is very organized and easy to follow!
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Anonymous Author
Very engaging training program. Really good topics that were easy to follow and learn from. Time went by super fast!!
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Anonymous Author
Very helpful with great ideas. It was easy to understand and I can’t wait to try the suggestions out in practice.
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Member's Profile
The instructor provided innovative ways to shorten the close process and highlighted the need for change management.
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Anonymous Author
Really like the presentation of the slides - not as dry as you would maybe expect a course like this to be. Thanks!
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Member's Profile
Very enthusiastic teacher. Great Energy. Some of the ideas were helpful and others were not really specific enough.
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Member's Profile
The instructor is engaging and provided a good process to help think through the close process and making changes.
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Anonymous Author
It was helpful in a general way. The instructor provided general steps to improve the closing process.
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Anonymous Author
Best for a Quicker Financial Close is a great course. The techniques learned from this course can be very useful.
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Member's Profile
This course has some thought provoking ideas for younger Controllers who are trying to speed up the close process.
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Member's Profile
This was really helpful to identify and create a game plan on how to solve our month close process deficiencies.
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Anonymous Author
Very engaging presentation style. Month end close is a dry topic - great job on the delivery by this instructor !
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Member's Profile
Speaker had some good points. However, negative invoice approval? This clearly never work in a SOX environment.
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Anonymous Author
I enjoyed the presenter's enthusiasm for the topic as well as sharing of ideas utilizing a common sense approach.
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Member's Profile
The presenter was great and the information was detailed. I will definitely apply what he said at our business.
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Member's Profile
A good presentation that succeeds in engaging the viewer in a vision of closing an accounting period in one day.
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Member's Profile
This course has a lot of good ideas and a methodology for shortening the close process. Instructor is engaging.
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Anonymous Author
Good overview of the close process and some items to think about in regards to cutting down time fore ME Close.
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Member's Profile
Informative course. There were some good ideas to bring back to the accounting team to improve our close time.
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Member's Profile
The course makes it seem like these changes would be simple when in reality this is a very high level overview.
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Member's Profile
This course was easy to understand and follow especially for a professional not involved in the close process.
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Anonymous Author
A good practical course on how to close books of accounts fast. The author is lively and catches our attention.
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Member's Profile
Lots of good ideas presented in a well thought out manner. Liked that you could see the speaker and the slides
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Anonymous Author
This course was structured in a thoughtful and organized way to present the information as clearly as possible.
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Anonymous Author
Excellent course that provides amazing strategic ideas to consider in the process of closing the books faster.
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Anonymous Author
This course caused me to think outside the accounting standards. It showed best practices for accounting close.
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Anonymous Author
This was a great course, however, I would have liked to learn more about how this applies to a quarter-close.
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Anonymous Author
This course provides practical tips for implementing a faster close process. The material was easy to follow.
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Anonymous Author
Great course for thinking about how to shorten close and the thought process behind how to achieve that goal.
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Member's Profile
I enjoyed this course and will apply some of the lessons that were taught as I look at various organizations.
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Member's Profile
This was good, we are doing a lot of these things but it gave me inspiration to shorten our close even more.
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Anonymous Author
Awesome course with very good suggestions and techniques to improve month end close. Recommend to everyone!
5
Member's Profile
Good course.. I liked some of his suggestions about the need to always perform a hard close each month...
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Anonymous Author
Informative and thorough course. Would recommend if you are struggling with a long month end close process.
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Member's Profile
The videos were helpful. I liked having access to the pdf files. This was a good course. Relevant material.
5
Member's Profile
Excellent course. I really enjoyed the presentation, and feel that it would be useful in any organization.
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Member's Profile
A shorter close should not compromise material accuracy, and gives more time for analysis and forecasting
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Anonymous Author
Great course and very easy to follow throughout. The professor keeps you engaged throughout the course.
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Anonymous Author
good supporting material easy to read and interesting to look at. Helps put it into real life situations.
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Anonymous Author
Good short course on quick-close ideas. Appreciative inquiry was a helpful idea for change management.
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Member's Profile
Good details on implementing closing procedures and routine cadence to monthly financial close processes.
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Anonymous Author
This course was very helpful and provided a good refresher. I highly recommend this course to other CPAs!
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Anonymous Author
good material a comprehensive outlien of steps.. good videos and material and presenter. i liked the pace
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Member's Profile
highly structured approach as well as good ideas, especially i like 5 ideas of expense cut-off challenge
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Anonymous Author
I enjoyed this trainer. He obviously knows what he is talking about. This helped me understand closing.
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Member's Profile
This course effectively communicates how speeding and improving the close process adds enterprise value.
5
Member's Profile
This course provided some great insights for someone looking to optimize or shorten their close process.
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Anonymous Author
The course was well presented and easy to understand. I would take another course from this presenter.
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Anonymous Author
This course was direct and effective. It hit the relevant topics and was easy to follow and complete.
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Member's Profile
This course had a lot of great ideas on how to approach making effective changes in the organization.
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Member's Profile
Liked getting ideas of improving closing process. And seeing the seven step change management process.
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Member's Profile
this could have been good except the very distracting background music at the beginning of the process
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Anonymous Author
The course was easy to understand, slides were effective study tools. Professor was well articulated.
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Anonymous Author
Entertaining video was easy to watch. Concepts for faster close can be completed to help the process.
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Member's Profile
This was a great course! I really learned a lot and hope to implement this soon. Highly recommended!
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Member's Profile
Good content. Consider adjusting the audio to avoid impression of presenter yelling to the audience.
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Anonymous Author
Great information! All of the bottleneck items hit home. The suggestions were reasonable and do-able.
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Anonymous Author
There are definitely a lot of really good tips and ideas of things to look at for the close process.
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Anonymous Author
Very interesting material. I really enjoyed the topic and learned a lot regarding financial closing.
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Anonymous Author
I have taken many courses and found this one to be great, the subject matter and presenter were great
5
Member's Profile
Great course, giving a lot of good and practical points to bring about a faster and efficient close.
5
Anonymous Author
Excellent, compelling presentation. The notes are a great handbook for improving the close process.
5
Member's Profile
The course was interesting and useful as always. I am always wondering how practical is this course.
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Member's Profile
Very good thought provoking and specific ideas for improvement. Really liked the benchmarking data.
5
Member's Profile
Everyone needs a faster close and this course gave helpful solutions and ideas for accomplishing it.
5
Member's Profile
Enjoyed this course very much, it is quick, to the point and full of useful tips. Instructor is fun.
5
Member's Profile
I liked the focus on continuous improvement, as well as areas that are likely to be the bottleneck.
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Anonymous Author
Great class, really enjoyed it. Learned a lot about ways to make the financial close process easier.
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Anonymous Author
The class is great way at looking at improving and speeding up the close process in many great ways.
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Member's Profile
Good training, really opened my eyes for the need of an integrated ERP system in the organization.
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Member's Profile
I like the points about starting earlier in the process; it's an easy to implement recommendation.
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Member's Profile
This short course gives some ideas and best practices to help improve the financial close process.
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Anonymous Author
I think the course is informative, and one that i will recommend to most accountants and managers.
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Anonymous Author
For all of these courses it would be helpful to see which exam questions were incorrect and why.
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Member's Profile
Good course. Effective and informative. Material well covered and useful. Clear test questions.
5
Member's Profile
This had some really good practical tips and I appreciated the focus on change management as well.
5
Member's Profile
Very informative. Provides good insights for for monthly close processes to implement across org.
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Anonymous Author
Very informative and really does help to put in place ideas that could lead to an improved close.
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Member's Profile
This course was helpful, but I didn't feel like there was anything groundbreaking in the content.
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Anonymous Author
Informative and straight to the point. I like how he gives realistic ideas on how to close faster
5
Member's Profile
Helpful and organized course. Helps the learner to think about the close process at a high-level.
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Anonymous Author
This course gives good solutions and mechanisms to approach month-end close process improvement.
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Member's Profile
This lesson gives some great ideas various items to consider within the financial close process.
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Anonymous Author
Amazing course, learned new topic and tips for a fast close and accurate accounting information.
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Anonymous Author
The instructor offered some good tips that can be implemented immediately and longer term goals.
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Anonymous Author
Slightly confusing the final test did not seem to line up with the lesson. But overall was good.
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Anonymous Author
Really good tips. The Title says quicker and this video was to the point making a quicker lesson
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Anonymous Author
Presenter did a good job of presenting the material and made the topic interesting and relevant.
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Member's Profile
Quick and informative review of a quick financial close. Appreciate the review of information.
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Anonymous Author
Very good tips discussed and pointed out on how to make this process operate more efficiently.
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Anonymous Author
Like that the slide deck has additional details that were talking points in the presentation.
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Anonymous Author
This was a helpful course that used the allotted time effectively to meet the stated objectives
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Member's Profile
Course had good content but the first video did not stream very well (other videos were fine).
5
Member's Profile
Very informative! Closing the month in just one day sounds impossible but will be fun to try!
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Anonymous Author
This is a very practical course that gives real examples you can use to get to a faster close.
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Anonymous Author
The course was easy to follow. It covered a great deal of material, and was a great refresher
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Member's Profile
He was very informative and spot on w info. Never thought of starting before the period ends.
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Member's Profile
Good overview, but would have liked a little more of a deep dive into strategies and examples.
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Member's Profile
Good overview of some best practices and suggestions for streamlining financial close process.
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Anonymous Author
Blair is a concise, no nonsense and insightful speaker. This topic was terrific & up to date.
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Anonymous Author
I felt that most of the suggestions were obvious. I was looking for something more concrete.
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Member's Profile
Very informative class. It provides some good information that will be helpful in the future
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Anonymous Author
very satisfied with the course. for i have learnt a lot. Financial officers and accountant
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Member's Profile
I liked the ideas presented especially knowing that a faster close initiation is never fun.
5
Member's Profile
straightforward and to the point with some good tips on how to streamline and speedup close.
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Anonymous Author
good information on how to speed up a period close and help our partners on the finance team
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Member's Profile
The course content was well organized. Slides are informative and will be a good reference.
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Anonymous Author
Some great tips and I appreciated the instructor's enthusiasm and content delivery overall.
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Anonymous Author
The information provided will be very useful when working towards aquicker monthly close.
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Anonymous Author
Great course, great content, thought the exam was straightforward and covered all material.
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Member's Profile
a lot of great advice here on how to improve your close process and get department buy in!
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Member's Profile
Good reminder of how why when of continual process improvement and keeping the end in mind
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Anonymous Author
This is a great course for new managers and a good refresher for experience professionals.
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Member's Profile
The instructor had great enthusiasm and projected well all through out the presentation.
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Member's Profile
Very entertaining presented and well explained. I've definitely learned from this course.
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Member's Profile
Very practical implementation steps to quicker close. Will use this to shorten our close.
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Anonymous Author
Good ideas for shortening the close process even if you are not in accounting or finance.
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Member's Profile
Ideas for quicker close were good...nice summary of the steps needed to implement change.
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Member's Profile
I enjoyed this course. It was informative and the instructor kept moving at a good pace.
5
Member's Profile
informative and insightful material, course contained plans for achieving desired results
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Anonymous Author
This was a great lesson on how to attack close as a team effort instead of individually.
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Anonymous Author
Very insightful information and helpful for improving efficiencies during close periods.
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Member's Profile
Good information at a good pace. Very informative with many implementable suggestions.
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Member's Profile
Good solid overview. Controllers new to their position would benefit from this course.
5
Member's Profile
This really defines the process of creating a quicker close. I like a lot of his ideas.
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Member's Profile
Some good ideas for expediting the close process. Soft close process was explained well
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Member's Profile
Very direct explanation of helpful procedures and possible obstacles for a quick close.
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Anonymous Author
The delivery of this lesson is little distracting. While I appreciate the enthusiasm.
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Anonymous Author
Very informative and great tips on prepping for a quicker financial close. Thank you!
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Anonymous Author
I felt that Blair was a very interesting instructor. I liked his style of teaching.
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Member's Profile
Very good ideas on how to change my month end process to make things flow more easily.
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Anonymous Author
Great thoughts on beginning month close before month end. Will use this in the future
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Anonymous Author
Discovering what processes we can begin before month-end arrives would be beneficial.
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Anonymous Author
Helpful ideas to cut down on the close process, including starting before period end.
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Member's Profile
I enjoyed listening to this course by Mr. Cook. He was very upbeat and motivational.
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Anonymous Author
Very practical and not overwhelming. The instructor was very clear and to the point.
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Member's Profile
Very informative really appreciated the diverse range of opinions and topics covered.
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Anonymous Author
Great refresher from a super professional!!!!!! Are you not allowing me to be honest?
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Member's Profile
This webcast contains good materials for us to consider for financial close process.
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Anonymous Author
The course addressed prior pain points and validated current methods employed today.
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Anonymous Author
I did not like the hand gesture of the instructor. Course material is pretty basic.
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Member's Profile
All accountants involved in reporting. The course felt so practical to me. Thanks
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Anonymous Author
Good overview. More real life examples would help in the change management process.
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Anonymous Author
Very helpful - some great ideas for helping everyone shorten their month end close.
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Member's Profile
Quite a few good points and tips. Very useful information. Short and very concise.
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Anonymous Author
If you are ever asked to think of ways to reduce close time, enroll in this course.
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Anonymous Author
interesting class material, morel like soft skills to know to close the book better
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Anonymous Author
Great course. Right to the point with ideas to start Change Management immediately.
5
Member's Profile
Useful information delivered in an engaging way. Top notch instructor and course!
5
Member's Profile
It was really nice course.i recommend all working professional to take this course
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Member's Profile
The course was very informative and there were some really solid points discussed.
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Anonymous Author
This course would be helpful for those who are unfamiliar with a financial close.
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Member's Profile
Very practical presentation. Emphasis on process and implementation was excellent.
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Member's Profile
This was an excellent summary on how to identify a quicker monthly close process.
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Member's Profile
Energetic and engaging. Liked the executable plan and diagramming out the process.
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Anonymous Author
Well organized
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Anonymous Author
Good course and the slides are excellent. I am going to keep them for future use.
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Member's Profile
This course gave me a lot of idea's to think about in improving my month end close
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Anonymous Author
Good ideas for all company sizes, looking forward to implementing some new things
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Member's Profile
Helpful tips and techniques on how to reduce the time in closing the financials.
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Anonymous Author
blair cook is a fun instructor, good points to get a financial close done quicker
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Anonymous Author
Practical and usual ideas and techniques were provided to get to a quicker close.
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Member's Profile
Lot of new ideas to consider for month end close was brought up in this lesson.
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Member's Profile
The material was clearly explained and the examples were very helpful. Thank you.
5
Member's Profile
Great short CPE that covers topics in the quick close process. Highly recommend.
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Anonymous Author
This course was a good refresher on Best practices for a Quicker Financial Close.
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Anonymous Author
The presenter was very peppy on the topic. Interesting info on closing the books.
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Member's Profile
I liked the different ideas it had for finding ways to minimize the close time.
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Anonymous Author
Great course with some tips and tricks that can be implemented into our company.
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Member's Profile
Lots of good tips included in this course. Food for thought for many areas.
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Member's Profile
Good wording, great examples and easy to understand the process in the 5 steps.
5
Member's Profile
Extremely engaging instructor. Lots of useful content in a short space of time.
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Anonymous Author
Loved it, great speaker, lots of good ideas, will look for more from the speaker
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Anonymous Author
I've Enjoyed the topic and t gave me some ideas to help with month end closing.
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Anonymous Author
Very helpful tips. I definitely would like to apply some of these in my close.
5
Anonymous Author
Great course highlighting some of the best practices in financial close process
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Anonymous Author
Very insightful training for best practices to maximize month close efficiency.
5
Member's Profile
Mr. Cook's courses are consistently excellent and this course is no exception!
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Anonymous Author
Companies trying to shorten close cycles would get the most out of this course
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Anonymous Author
Some really good information here. Instructor was engaging and knowledgeable.
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Anonymous Author
A little long for the content presented, but there were some good points here.
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Anonymous Author
Good information for folks who have not created a close calendar previously.
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Anonymous Author
Great training. A lot of helpful tips and tricks that I'll use going forward.
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Member's Profile
Great ideas for improving close processes and how to structure making changes.
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Anonymous Author
Course was informative and gave some ideas on how to improve the close process
5
Member's Profile
this course was excellent. well structured, easy to follow and content rich.
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Member's Profile
Blair is the man. Love his courses as his presentations are totally awesome.
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Member's Profile
Materials are easy to follow, albeit a little too long for the 1 hour credit.
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Anonymous Author
Great set of slides to help illustrate the topic. Would recommend to others.
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Anonymous Author
This was a good course, I learned a lot. Quite detailed and informative too.
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Member's Profile
some good ideas/ best part was the detailed step of how to implement change.
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Anonymous Author
This course provided a good overview of steps for a quicker financial close.
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Anonymous Author
Great course. A good brief overview of things to consider. Very encouraging
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Anonymous Author
Good introductory course and also a good review course on financial closing.
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Anonymous Author
I have been amazed at volume of useful content. The survey is not helpful.
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Anonymous Author
This course is great! It can definitely help me improve the close process!
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Member's Profile
Very enthusiastic and positive lesson about improving the M/E close process.
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Member's Profile
Lively presentation, theory is supported by steps backed by great examples!
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Member's Profile
Lovely and energetic delivery. He did a fine job and his experience shows.
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Anonymous Author
The explanation for the need of a shorter close was explained very well.
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Anonymous Author
Very matter of fact and relevant to a current project I am working on now.
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Anonymous Author
Blair highlights a number of helpful considerations for the close process.
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Member's Profile
Very useful content for me as an accountant that I will use going forward.
5
Member's Profile
Great resource for Controllers and CFOs. Less useful for "grunts" like me.
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Anonymous Author
Great course and an entertaining instructor. That made it easy to follow.
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Anonymous Author
great breakdown of key information for a quicker financial statement close
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Anonymous Author
Great course, helps put you in the right mindset to start making changes.
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Anonymous Author
Relevant to similar process improvements I've been apart of in workplace.
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Member's Profile
This was a fairly straightforward course, quick, painless, and enjoyable.
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Anonymous Author
Good quick overview of general ideas on how to improve the close process.
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Anonymous Author
i did not find the course that productive and teh questins are not great
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Anonymous Author
Seemed very educated and explain things clearly. Very good presentation!
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Member's Profile
Great ideas to improve the closing process and to implement new changes.
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Anonymous Author
Speaker was very enthusiastic, almost to the point where he was yelling.
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Member's Profile
Helpful review of ideas! A positive approach to implement faster close.
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Anonymous Author
Great job! I really like your structure of the plan. Highly recommended.
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Anonymous Author
I liked seeing the instructor. I would like more lessons om this topic.
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Anonymous Author
Very informative lesson that I can take back to the Finance Officer!!!!!
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Member's Profile
Terrific course to remind you as to how to improve the close as a team
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Anonymous Author
Good reminder as my team looks to shorten up the month-end close cycle.
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Anonymous Author
This course provided great ideas for how to improve clsoing proccesses.
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Member's Profile
Overall good course. Gave ideas on how to improve the closing process.
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Anonymous Author
The course was helpful and the change management portion was important.
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Anonymous Author
Great and quick synopsis around the area of month end financial close.
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Member's Profile
The handout included in the course was very detailed and very helpful.
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Member's Profile
I really enjoyed this course and the information on a financial close.
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Anonymous Author
Helpful refresher course with insights on process / close improvements
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Anonymous Author
I would recommend this course to any CPA working on their CPE credits.
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Anonymous Author
The information and materials used are very adequate to the course.
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Anonymous Author
Practical and constructive tips. Well structured and well presented.
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Member's Profile
Very useful information. This made me closely evaluate our processes
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Anonymous Author
This was a good course with useful data applicable to many companies.
5
Anonymous Author
A lot of great ideas that could be implemented to improve efficiency.
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Member's Profile
Useful information relayed in a logical and understandable fashion.
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Anonymous Author
good process close info and helpful for giving things to think about
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Anonymous Author
Good class on strategies to improve close - relevant and insightful.
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Anonymous Author
Overall a good presentation with specific ideas for a quicker close.
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Anonymous Author
Good high level overview, instructor engaging, materials appropriate
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Member's Profile
Lots of really fantastic tips and stressing how important buy-in is!
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Anonymous Author
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Anonymous Author
I really enjoyed Blair's style of teaching. Great course, thank you!
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Member's Profile
Great speaker with lots of great ideas. Plus I live the intro music
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Anonymous Author
The presenter offered some good recommendations for a quicker close.
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Member's Profile
Very thorough and realistic analysis of how to do a faster close.
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Anonymous Author
Accounting managers/supervisors would get the most from this course
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Anonymous Author
Interesting concepts that I'll bring to my clients. Good reminders.
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Anonymous Author
Well done course no wasted words or slides direct and informative
5
Member's Profile
Blair is a great instructor. Thoroughly enjoy all of his courses.
5
Member's Profile
Helpful for any company to achieve a value-adding accounting dept.
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Anonymous Author
More effective than any other "fast close" training I've received.
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Anonymous Author
Very good overview of how to speed up the financial close process.
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Anonymous Author
I enjoyed the course, and I would recommend the course to others.
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Anonymous Author
Great instructor, I find his lessons informative and entertaining.
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Anonymous Author
speaker speaks clearly. Course inforamtion is relevant and helpful
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Anonymous Author
Short material going to the point. well explained and informative.
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Anonymous Author
the course was like an interesting movie, so I enjoyed watching it
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Anonymous Author
Great course and good outline to develop plan for a "fast close."
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Anonymous Author
Great information! I appreciate the attention on employee focus.
5
Anonymous Author
Great course and good infromation in a easy way to understand.
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Member's Profile
Love the enthusiasm! Great tips on how to get to a faster close.
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Anonymous Author
Good balance of actual ideas and process with key stakeholders.
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Anonymous Author
This course was okay. Not applicable to every situation/company.
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Anonymous Author
Thought provoking material taught by a very dynamic instructor.
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Anonymous Author
Excellent course. Short and straight to helping leaders in FSCP.
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Member's Profile
A lot of good points are made in shortening the close process.
5
Member's Profile
tips on change mangement and how to shorten the closing process
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Anonymous Author
Exam questions did not seem to be clearly covered in the course
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Member's Profile
Good overview, laid out in simple and easy to understand terms.
5
Member's Profile
Well explained and a lot of useful and applicable information.
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Anonymous Author
Informative and educational. Thanks for putting this together.
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Anonymous Author
This was a brief overview to speedup a close with helpful tips.
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Anonymous Author
This course had useful ideas on how to make the close quicker.
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Member's Profile
The course is very helpful to understand the process of close.
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Anonymous Author
Blair Cook is a great course instructor and course is valuable
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Member's Profile
Excellent baseline presentation of straightforward material.
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Member's Profile
The supporting materials were helpful in reviewing the course.
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Anonymous Author
Great brief course to learn techniques for financial closings!
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Member's Profile
This guy is interesting, not dry at all, cool Canadian accent.
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Anonymous Author
Was well-rounded and informative based on the material length.
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Anonymous Author
this was a wonderful fast pace course that I very much enjoyed
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Anonymous Author
Short recap of challenges and ways to speed up financial close
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Member's Profile
Slides read like a book rather than a presentation or summary.
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Anonymous Author
Very good overview of the goals and steps and the reasons why.
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Anonymous Author
Good course. I learned a lot about a tighter close process.
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Member's Profile
Insightful commentary with real world, attainable, objectives
5
Member's Profile
Provides some good ideas for tightening up our close process.
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Anonymous Author
very helpful and learned alot of ideas to help moving forward
5
Member's Profile
Was a great course, I love the enthusiasm of the instructor.
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Anonymous Author
Several really good tips on how to improve the close process
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Member's Profile
Good overview of how to improve the financial close process.
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Member's Profile
straightforward review of material. helpful for calibration
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Member's Profile
Blair was very informative and offers some excellent advice!
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Anonymous Author
Useful tips and recommendations for a quick close process...
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Anonymous Author
Practical, useful guidelines for streamlining close process.
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Anonymous Author
Direct and to the point with some good ideas along the way.
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Member's Profile
This course was quick, concise, easy to follow and helpful.
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Anonymous Author
quick recap of closing process. Well defined and explained.
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Anonymous Author
Good course to help identify ways to efficient month close.
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Member's Profile
I especially appreciated the change management discussion.
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Member's Profile
Good course. Very insightful. Instructor is very engaging.
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Anonymous Author
good ideas for analyzing my organization's financial close
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Anonymous Author
Nice course. The material was insightful and provocative.
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Anonymous Author
Great course, with practical example, nice presentation
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Member's Profile
Good overview of how to improve financial close processes.
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Anonymous Author
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Anonymous Author
Presenter sounds like he is doing late night infomercials.
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Anonymous Author
Good and quick overview of ways to shorten a close process
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Member's Profile
Excellent presentation. Learned quite a bit in short time
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Member's Profile
Good info. Detailed slides that go along with the video.
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Anonymous Author
Very good and simple class. Good information. Thank you
5
Member's Profile
The course content was well organized and straight foward
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Member's Profile
Great job outlining steps to take for gradual improvement
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Anonymous Author
Great tips for key wins in accelerating the close process
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Anonymous Author
Great course, I learned a few good ideas that I will use.
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Anonymous Author
Good recommendations for speeding up the closing process
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Member's Profile
Blair is a great teacher. He hits the essential points.
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Member's Profile
This course contained helpful and practical information.
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Member's Profile
Creative ways of thinking built on real world experience
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Anonymous Author
Great course, liked the Appreciative Inquiry suggestion.
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Anonymous Author
Fast and easy course for ways to simplify close process.
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Member's Profile
Great course, I really enjoyed learning about this topic
5
Member's Profile
Short, sweet and to the point, this was a good course.
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Anonymous Author
A great overview of ways to improve month end process.
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Member's Profile
very active easy to listen to instructor with good tips
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Anonymous Author
Informative and Engaging CPE Course, Highly Recommended
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Member's Profile
The instructor was entertaining and easy to listen to
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Anonymous Author
The topic was useful and relevant to today's workplace
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Anonymous Author
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Member's Profile
Energetic delivery and some good ideas to comtemplate.
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Anonymous Author
I liked the way he explained the procedures in details
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Member's Profile
Very good refresher for financial close best practices
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Anonymous Author
Very informative and presented clearly and concisely.
5
Member's Profile
The course help me to organize the process in my work
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Anonymous Author
Very relevant information for accounting departments.
5
Anonymous Author
useful information and the slides were really helpful
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Anonymous Author
Some good ideas to close quicker.