Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
Overview
Welcome to a management course that helps CFOs and Controllers lead the Accounting Department. It is essential that the Accounting Department have a Vision which is aligned with the Business goals. Controllers must also be comfortable with wearing multiple 'hats' in the business. The head of the Accounting Department must be skilled in a variety of leadership skills, technical skills, managerial skills and current management techniquest.
Delivery Method: Individual webcast
CPE Credit: Business management & organization
Program Level: Intermediate
Highlights
- Accounting
- Leadership
- Management
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
CPAs and corporate financial managers
Objectives
- Understand and describe their Vision for the Accounting Department
- Leverage ChatGPT (Generative AI) to improve the accounting department in all areas of process, systems, employee performance and leadership.
- Understand the tradeoff of wearing Multiple Hats
- Learn Servant Leadership concepts as well as Leadership characteristics
- Learn the importance of implementing Lean Office techniques within the Accounting Department
- Understand their role in managing Employees
- Recruit Retain Develop and Correct Mistakes
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
James Lindell, AICPA
James T. Lindell, CPA, M.B.A., is president of Thorsten Consulting Group, Inc., a Wisconsin-based provider of strategic and financial consulting, professional speaking, training and executive coaching. He has an extensive background in senior management, including positions as CFO and corporate assistant controller. Lindell has worked with a variety of industries, including manufacturing, health care, nonprofit, distribution and food processing. A chair for The Executive Committee (TEC), he is an American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) member and instructor, Wisconsin Institute of CPAs (WICPA) member and Financial Executives Institute (FEI) member. Author of the AICPA course “AICPA’s Annual Update for Controllers” and a contributing author of the AICPA course “Fast Close, Soft Close, Virtual Close – Now Days, Not Weeks,” Lindell is a faculty member of the American Management Association and the Center for Professional Education.
Non-Member Price $159.00
Member Price $129.00