Educational Webinar
The Controllership Series: The Controllers Role in Financial Forecasting
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Webinar Highlights
The controller helps forecast financials by calculating future revenue and income streams. In recent years, corporate finance has undergone many dramatic changes due to the growth of a number of high-tech tools. The responsibilities/competencies of the Financial Controller position (FC) has changed in recent years To maximize performance, Controllers must be aware of how the FC position is changing, and how they must adjust to these changes.
There are many types and methods of financial forecasting. This course will review the most prevalent forecasts and relative methods being used.
Learning Session
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Speakers
Lynn A. Fountain, CPA MBA CGMA CRMA, Former Chief Audit Executive
Ms. Fountain has over 30 years of experience in the business profession, which includes public and industry accounting, and over 20 years within internal and external auditing combined. She is a nationally recognized trainer and speaker and also a published author. She is a subject matter expert and specializes in Internal Audit, Sarbanes-Oxley, Enterprise Risk Management, Fraud, Governance, and Compliance.
Ms. Fountain has held two Chief Audit Executive positions for international companies. She currently performs consulting for companies on internal audit, risk management, internal controls, financial reporting, and accounting along with performing training. She has also been instrumental in the establishment of ERM, Sarbanes-Oxley and Governance frameworks.
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Objectives
After attending this event you will be able to:- Discover and define financial forecasting.
- Identify the types of financial forecasting.
- Recognize the quantitative steps to creating a pro forma statement.
- Pro forma forecasting using percent of sales.
- Forecasting using straight line and moving averages.
- Recognize the qualitative steps.
- Financial forecasting using linear regression.
- Financial forecasting using the Delphi method.
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