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The Value-Driven CFO
A limited number of all inclusive spaces are still available (day packages have sold out) and the registration deadline is approaching. To guarantee your spot in the program, you must register by May 4.
To register, please complete and return this form.
Program Description
Who Should Attend
Dates, Facilities and Registration
What Others Have Said
Alumni
The Curriculum
Faculty
Program Description
Globalization, volatile exchange rates, trans-border acquisitions and divestitures, corporate governance, off-balance sheet vehicles, executive compensation, need for timely and accurate information, increased reporting regulations, insights into business drivers, corporate dashboards, becoming a business partner - if this short list does not give you a feeling of a “harried” CFO under pressure then nothing will. The pressure to perform and demonstration of value-added has never been so intense and the CFO is in the middle of this storm and is expected to be an integral part of driving enterprise performance. The days of simply doing the variance analysis and month end closures and reconciliations are over.
Amidst this onslaught of change and pressure, CEOs and Boards have another expectation from their CFO’s – enhance shareholder value. Create it, enhance and refine it, acquire it, link strategies that support it, and create a reporting architecture to drive it through the enterprise – the Value-Driven CFO.
This program will take you beyond the traditional financial and management reporting as well as the traditional debits and credits, and guide you on designing value-driven performance indicators and compensation incentives, and help you find become the go-to value adding CFO.
Who Should Attend
Are you one of the drivers of performance in your enterprise? Does your senior management rely on you to analyze and make key financial decisions? Are you involved in making acquisitions and divestiture decisions? Do you provide the Board and external shareholders/stakeholders with performance analysis? Are you viewed as a trusted advisor to the Board? Are you considered an integral part of the CXO team? Are you interested in improving your knowledge with leading edge best practices in the Finance function? Are you interested in learning about new tools and methods to add value to your enterprise? Do you want to run the best CFO organization? Do you want to go beyond the stovepipe finance function? If so, then this program is for you.
This program has been designed with private sector, for-profit organizations in mind. Participants from organizations in the public and not-for-profit sector may still benefit from the program but should understand that some areas of focus may not apply to their organizations. Please contact Lawrence Wong if you are uncertain if this program will be ideal for you.
Dates, Facilities and Registration Information
Date:
June 25 – 28, 2012
The program begins Monday, June 25 at 4:30PM, and ends Thursday, June 28 at approximately 4:00PM.
Location:
White Oaks Conference Resort & Spa, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Program Fees:
The program cost includes individual room accommodation and all meals at the White Oaks Conference Resort & Spa (a limited number of spots without accommodations are available).
White Oaks is a premium, four diamond, five-star resort and has achieved a reputation for outstanding comfort, service and atmosphere to ensure a memorable learning and retreat experience for all executives who attend.
| All-inclusive (meals and accommodations) - Recommended | Day package (all meals included, accommodations not included)** | |
| ICAO Members and CAs | $3,550 - a few spots still available | $3,050 - Sold out |
| Non-Members | $4,050 - a few spots still available | $3,550 - Sold out |
**A limited number of program spots are available to those who do not wish to have accommodations. As there may be evening activities (including networking opportunities and group work), to maximize your program experience, this option is recommended only for those who reside in the near vicinity. This option is subject to availability.
Registration:
A limited number of spaces are still available and the registration deadlines is approaching. To guarantee your spot in the program, you must register by May 4.
As of April 30, the day packages for this program have sold out. There are still a few all-inclusive (meals and accommodations) spots remaining.
To register, please complete and return this form.
For any other information, please contact Lawrence Wong, CA, at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario at: 1-800-387-0735 ext. 343 or at lwong@icao.on.ca
What Others Have Said
The best promotion we can think of are testimonials from your colleagues, members of the ICAO, who have previously attended this course. Here is what the alumni of this particular program have to say about it:
- "...this course was invaluable in providing insight on how finance can facilitate and contribute to transformation and value creation."
- "...that was the best presented, most content rich course I have taken...I will be back."
- "I came looking for things that I would not normally be exposed to. Success. I love the content, intellectually engaging."
- "...very informative and helpful."
- “Vijay is an excellent seminar leader. His use of real life examples and his anecdotal approach make him one of the best seminar leaders I have had.”
- “Delivery was excellent. Info was presented concisely. Great takeaways.”
- “ Vijay was excellent – sought confirmation of understanding. Good pacing and good use of humour.”
Alumni
Our alumni include participants from: Fiera Foods Company, Wynford Group, Ricoh Canada inc., Atlantic Lottery Corp. London Life Insurance Company, Bell Canada, The Printing House Ltd., The Allan Candy Company Ltd., Triumph International (Canada), Hydro One Networks Inc., The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Orezone Gold Corporation, and MTS Allstream Inc.
The Curriculum
Over the course of three highly interactive and hands on days, you will develop, refine and gain insights into many interrelated areas:
An Enlightened CFO and the Finance Organization
- The enterprise model and the finance function
- Partnering with business
- Adding value to the Board
The Value Mirage
- The elusive shareholder value
- How does one define a profitable enterprise?
- How does one recognize and create value?
- Valuing an enterprise for acquisition/divestiture
- Lessons from the past
Beyond Financial Numbers
- Enterprise strategy and CFO
- Dashboards – designing and using
- Linking the dots – leading and lagging indicators
Searching for Gold: the product – channel – client dilemma
- Going from general ledger to sub – ledgers
- From Financial Accounting to Management Information – the role of Business Intelligence
- Designing actionable Management Information
From Numbers to Execution to Incentives
- What is wrong with traditional budgeting?
- Designing value-driven incentives with the right alignment
- Exception based Management Information – Speeding the Event to Knowledge cycle
Faculty
Dr. Vijay Jog is the Founder - President of Corporate Renaissance Group, a firm dedicated to driving better business management and performance. He is also the Chancellor Professor of Finance at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University.
He has received numerous awards for his research and teaching including: three Best Paper Awards for 'the Most Original Research in Canadian Capital Markets'; two Research Achievement Awards in special recognition of "Outstanding Scholarly Contribution"; two Professor of the Year Awards "In Recognition of Outstanding Teaching and Service to Students"; four best paper awards and the Moulton Gold Medal for the Most Notable Contribution to the Published Records of Institution of Chemical Engineers, London, England.
His consulting career is global and spans over twenty years. His clients include almost every major federal government department and many other public and private sector organizations in Canada, U.S., U.K., Netherlands, South Africa, Namibia, Barbados, Trinidad, Poland, Ukraine, German, Austria, and India including some of the world’s largest corporations. He has worked with the most senior management of these organizations in helping them in their journey of improving corporate performance and shareholder/stakeholder value.
In recognition of his varied career, Vijay was recognized in the year 2001 as a “Leader in Management Education” in Canada by National Post in a Canada wide competition and was described as “Mr. Value Added” by the Ottawa Citizen.
For any further information or to register, please contact Lawrence Wong, CA, at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario at: 1-800-387-0735 ext. 343 or at lwong@icao.on.ca.