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Common Sense CFO: Crisis Management, Innovation, and Other Expectations Put on CFOs

Total Credits: 2 including 2 Accounting - Technical

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Categories:
Accounting and Auditing |  Personal Development |  Professional Development
Speaker:
Bob Mims, CPA
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
2 Hours
Product Type:
Live Webcast - Also available: Live Webcast Replay  22
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Expires 40 day(s) after program date.
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Description

The role of today's financial leader, including CFO, transcends traditional financial stewardship; it demands agility, innovation, crisis management, and strategic foresight. This seminar will discuss the new, multifaceted skills and insights needed to excel in the dynamic role of modern finance. Through a blend of theory, research, and practical exercises, participants will explore the diverse roles of a CFO as innovation champions, technology evangelists, crisis managers, and change agents - leveraging practical principles to drive organizational success. Financial leaders can adapt or be left behind. Whether you are a seasoned CFO or aspiring to step into a leadership position, this seminar will discuss the essential tools and insights to navigate the newer demands of financial managers with confidence and competence.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Learn essential tools and insights to navigate the newer demands of financial managers with confidence and competence

Major Subjects
  • Championing the role of innovation in the workplace
  • Crisis management
    • What does it mean?
    • What is our role?
  • The roles we take on and differences between the roles we are assigned?
  • Current and future trends and expectations for financial leaders and CFOs
  • Top ten crucial skills for 2035 from the Far Side’s wisdom

Course Materials

IMPORTANT CPE Credit Instructions Read Before Webcast Updated 2025 (434.2 KB) Available after Purchase

Speaker

Bob Mims, CPA's Profile

Bob Mims, CPA Related Seminars and Products

Bob Mims, CPA, is an entrepreneur and accounting/management executive based in Memphis, TN. He has served as a financial consultant across various industries in the role of planning, modeling and CFO capacities.  Bob has had the privilege of serving as chair on an AICPA committee and on two FASB advisory committees.  During his ten years with the accounting firm KPMG, he was selected national instructor of the year on three occasions. 
Bob graduated from the University of Mississippi, and enjoys outdoor sports with his wife, 5 children, 2 service dogs, and a 20-pound cat named ‘Squirt’.
 

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites None
Advanced Preparation None
Designed For Current and aspiring CFO's and Controllers and/or Finance related professionals involved in teh budget process
Original Recording Date 08/2025
Yellow Book No
Course Developer The Knowledge Institute
Date Added to Catalog 04/2025

Additional Information

Complaint 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


Instructional Delivery Method

Group Internet Based


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


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. 


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