Preparing for a CFO Role
Total Credits: 1 including 1 Business Management & Organization - Non-technical
- Average Rating:
- 93
- Categories:
- ACPEN Industry Institute | Industry | Practice Management
- Faculty:
- John L. Daly, MBA, CPA, CMA, CPIM
- Course Levels:
- Intermediate
- Duration:
- 1 Hour
- License:
Description
Preparing for a CFO Role
John L. Daly, Executive Education, Inc.
Many accountants spend their early career trying to develop technical skills, yet a surprising proportion of public company Chief Financial Officers don't even have an accounting degree. What does it take to become a CFO and be successful once you get there? Whether you are early or late in your career, this session will provide valuable insights. Come hear stories of a real world CFO’s successes and failures.
Essential Skills for Financial Leaders Conference The world is changing and you need to keep up to date to advance in your career. Come gain the insights of three financial veterans who will talk about the essential skills you need for the next 10 years.
Basic Course Information
Learning Objectives- Understand how effective leaders build trust
- Know how to best prepare yourself to become a CFO
- Learn tips that will help you project cash flow weeks, months or years into the future.
- Hear three financial veterans discuss the skills that will be necessary for the next 10 years.
Major Subjects
- Why building trust is essential
- How trusting relationships makes us more effective
- Steps to build trust
- The surprising backgrounds of CFOs
- Non-technical skills you need to be a CFO
- How to improve your skills every day
- How to gain better control over cash flow
- Techniques to project sort terms cash flows
- Techniques for projecting cash beyond the next quarter
- Recent trends in financial management
- Insights from the COVID crisis
- Skills you’ll need for tomorrow
Course Materials
Important Course Information_Read First (0.47 MB) | Available after Purchase |
CFO_Role_PDF (372.7 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Handout (372.7 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Preparing for a CFO Role_Q&A (12.4 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Faculty

John L. Daly, MBA, CPA, CMA, CPIM Related Seminars and Products
John L. Daly, MBA, CPA, CMA, CPIM, is a Chelsea, Michigan-based management consultant specializing in costing, pricing strategy and pricing model development. He has taught continuing professional education courses since 1995 and began doing ethics seminars two weeks before the Enron scandal. John has been CFO for a Tier 1 automotive parts supplier and a large restaurant chain and COO for a window treatments manufacturer and retailer. He is the author of "Pricing for Profitability", published by Wiley and Sons and a novel, "Tool & Die".
Additional Info
Basic Course Information
Prerequisites NoneAdvanced Preparation None
Course Developer Don Minges, John L. Daly, Richard Karwic
Designed For All Financial Leaders
Yellow Book No
Original Recording Date 12/18/2020
Date Added to Catalog 10/09/2020
Additional Information
Instructional Delivery Method Group Internet BasedComplaint Resolution Policy Please contact Anne Taylor for any complaints. anne.taylor@acpen.com, (972-377-8199).
Official Registry Statement
Business Professionals' Network, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org
Refund/Cancellation Policy Please contact the ACPEN help desk 1-877-602-9877 or help@acpen.com if you wish to cancel your attendance for a previously purchased webcast and are requesting a refund or transfer.
Course Registration Requirements Online Registration
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