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Automate to Activate Efficient Accounting Close
Current accounting closings are too time consuming. Closings are too document dependent. Technology is not maximized. Many activities are being accomplished remotely. COVID-19 has amplified these conditions and made the closing process even more difficult. Companies must find a way to conduct closing activities with efficiency in terms of both time and accuracy. This Webinar will outline ways to improve the closing process in a technology based environment. These items will be covered:
- Developing a detail close game plan.
- Focus of data rather than documents.
- Establishing accounts payable as the core of all closing activity.
- Re-Imagine a new normal with automated paperless accounts payable.
- Empower employees with specific actions and responsibilities.
- Employ technology to the maximum.
- Establish data driven real time processes, activities & actions.
- Ensure file & records integrity with defined points of authorization, approval, review & validation.
- Compare in-house processes to remote reality.
- Purge process of in-house dependent events.
- Assign specific cross functional tasks.
- Create new closing techniques in a technology-based environment with fully integrated activities & events.
- Create close processed that are efficient and accurate in a remote oriented environment.
- Maximum the use of technology in the closing process.
- Create seamless integration to the general ledger.
- Improve time in the close process.
- Closing the books in three days.
Overview of the webinar
Accounting is often called a series of closing the books.
Timeliness in closing the books is key and typically takes too long.Automation through integrated technology is the key to quick efficient accounting close. COVID-19 has destroyed traditional business norms. Many finance & accounting related functions & activities are being done remotely. This poses a challenge in the monthly and quarterly closing process. Attendees with take away:
- Review of closing challenges in a COVID-19 Environment.
- Challenges of in-house vs in-home closings and solutions to accomplish efficiently.
- How to develop a detail close plan.
- How to establish a closing coordinator.
- Converting processes from document to data.
- The utilization of Accounts Payable as the focal point for the close process.
- Seamless input of transactions from the closing process to the general ledger.
- Conducting the close process equally as efficient for in-house ad in-home activities & events.
- How to re-imagine the entire close process to achieve efficiency & accuracy.
- How to maximize the use of technology in the close process.
- Deal with the COVID-19 reality and use lessons learned to create new closing norms.
- Automation the key to efficient accounting close.
- Closing the books in 3 days or less.
- Creating a closing game plan & coordinator.
- Efficient accounting close in “work from.
Who should attend?
- Beginning non-financial professionals.
- Intermediate non-financial professionals.
- All financial professions seeking a refresher.
Why should you attend?
To understand how to conduct efficient closings in an environment where many activities are accomplished remotely and currently in an environment of document driven manual processes independent of each other. Companies must re-imagine the entire closing process and conduct in an environment that is data vs document driven and the maximum use of technology. Theme is Automate to Activate for efficient closing. Move from manual efforts to interactive processes.
Faculty - Mr.Carl Young
Carl Young is an Author, Speaker, Trainer, Consultant & Coach. He holds an MBA and completed graduate studies in Accounting and Taxations. He is a former CFO of a 275M High growth technology-based company. He has over 25 years of senior-level business management experience. He has over 25 years of training experience in finance, accounting and business management. Former CEO of his own small parts manufacturing company. Former Senior Financial Associate of a major consulting firm.
He is a member of the American Society of Corporate Controllers. Member of the Council of Experts of the investment firm Gerson & Lehrman. Member of the Society of Industry Leaders sponsored by Standard & Poors. Member of the National Association of Accountants.
An engaging & entertaining speaker and trainer who draws from his experiences as a former CFO to make relevant teaching points. Sessions are rich in content, lively, full of energy and include lots of audience interaction. He has branded himself Mr Simplicity. His goal is to make finance & accounting relevant to non-financial professionals with tools & techniques that are simple to understand and apply.