2 Day Online Conference Focusing on Best Practices in Accounting and Finance: April 20-21, 2022 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

The "Best Practices in Accounting and Finance 2022" conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Best practices in accounting result in better overall functionality of your organization. This conference will cover a number of key areas where you'll be challenged to increase your level of efficiency. Speakers are experts from the Big Four and niche financial consulting companies. You will earn 16 CPEs.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the latest accounting best practices in key areas
• Recognize what your peers are doing to improve their information reporting
• Evaluate cutting edge topics and tools and determine if they fit your organization

Who Should Attend:

• CFOs (and their staff)
• Controllers
• VPs of Finance
• Accounting Directors and Managers
• Senior Accountants
• Revenue Managers and Analysts
• Internal Auditors
• Tax Accountants
• Treasury Staff
• Internal Control/SOX Managers
• Public Accountants
• Educators

Agenda:

Agenda: DAY 1

8:45 - 10:15 Leadership in the COVID-19 Crisis: Finance and Accounting Implications

• Key considerations for stabilizing, ensuring liquidity and preserving cash
• Restructuring within the organization and rethinking around operating costs
• Strategic considerations for executive compensation and benefits
• Enhanced disclosure requirements

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 12:00 The Future of Finance

• Leveraging technology to reach goals in quality, service and cost
• Practical insights and examples

12:00 - 12:45 Lunch

12:45 - 2:00 Best Practices in Currency Risk and Hedging

• COVID-19 Q&A
• LIBOR Replacements
• Hedge-able risk, documentation, effectiveness testing

2:00 - 2:10 Break

2:10 - 3:15 Valuation Best Practices

• Value drives decisions and results
• Strategy and planning, evaluating opportunities, negotiating and closing transactions, execution and integration
• Industry standards for valuation models
• Valuation of intangibles

3:15 - 3:20 Break

3:20 - 4:40 Cybersecurity Trends

• Social media risk landscape
• Malware, brand hijacking, lack of control over content
• Customer service dissatisfaction, record retention & employee posts
• Crisis management, bloggers disclosures, data leakage protection
• Tips and Best Practices

Agenda: DAY 2

8:45 - 10:15 Cash Management: Best Practices

• Structuring a solid system in times of volatility
• Creating value in the cash management function
• Achieving maximum cash visibility

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 12:00 SPACs

• Market Trends
• SPAC transaction basics
• Transaction accounting considerations

12:00 - 12:45 Lunch

12:45 - 2:00 Attracting and Retaining Accounting & Finance Talent

• Perks vs. Vulture
• Attracting candidates
• Virtual interviews
• Retaining staff
• Training and development
• Culture vs. Subcultures
• Developing people managers
• Connecting with your team

2:00 - 2:10 Break

2:10 - 3:15 Digital Transformation: Automating Assurance, RPA and Process Automation and more

• Risk monitoring Return to Work (RtW) strategy in response to COVID-19
• Automating assurance and compliance needs
• Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

3:15 - 3:20 Break

3:30 - 4:40 Fraud Risk Management

• Prioritize fraud risk and determine risks that warrant attention
• Install controls to mitigate fraud risks
• Share leading practices with business functions

Speakers

• Krisi Rossi O'Donnell, LaSalle Network, Chief Recruiting Strategist
• Lindsi Scanlan, CFGI, Partner
• Casey Caram, Deloitte Consulting, Senior Manager
• Helen Kane, Hedge Trackers, LLC, Founder & CEO
• Muazzam Malik, Protiviti, Managing Director
• Scott Laliberte, Protiviti, Managing Director
• Karim Anani, Ernst & Young, Partner
• Condola Brivitte, Ernst & Young, Senior Manager
• Sandra Tullis, Opendoor, Treasury Group
• Brent McDaniel, KPMG, Partner

For more information about this conference visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/1fgpno