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(SSMG125/25) Surgent’s Project Management for Finance Professionals
The past few years have shown us the need for numerous projects and the need to manage those projects in a unique way. Project management is an important part of every organization; however, often companies do not differentiate between project management and operations management. Sometimes the finance professional is called upon to serve on a...
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(SSMG103/25) Surgent’s Achieving High Levels of Compliance and Customer Service in Your Organization
Probably one of the greatest conflicts in an organization is determining which is more important: compliance or customer service. This program digs deeply into the issue and prepares the finance professional to achieve high levels of compliance and customer service in the department and in the entire organization. We will examine both disciplines from an...
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(SSMG116/25) Surgent’s Increase the Efficiency of Your Organization
There are only two things that any organization needs to accomplish for success: serve the customer well and do it efficiently. This short program will concentrate on the efficiency side, which is always near and dear to the heart of the financial professional. We will develop a well-proven program to increase efficiency in a way...
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(SSMG122/25) Surgent’s Integrated Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting for Organizational Success
Planning may be one of the most important assignments of the finance professional; however, it is often accomplished in a way that can harm the organization. In many cases, huge sums are spent only to have a planning document developed that does not serve to bring the company together, but rather causes internal division. In...
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(SSMG117/25) Surgent’s Innovative Forecasting and Budgeting: Moving Beyond the Traditional Techniques
Did 2020 show us that planning doesn't work? It might seem that way. But, obviously some organizations survived far better than others due to their ability to handle unexpected change. Forecasting and budgeting are two words that often draw an adverse reaction from many financial professionals; let us help you turn that frown upside down...
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(SSMG106/25) Surgent’s Capital Planning in Light of COVID-19
Capital planning as a concept has undergone few changes; however, following the recent pandemic, we suddenly saw that our old system didn't work with the rapid change that was required. This program will take a look at capital planning in light of what we have learned from COVID-19, and specifically apply it to the small...
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(SSMG110/25) Surgent’s Enterprise Risk Management for Small and Medium-Sized Companies
2020 taught us that major risks can come at us from any direction and with barely a warning. All organizations operate in a risk environment; however, generally only the large for-profit organizations pay a lot of attention to risk management. Or, other organizations equate risk management to insurance and completely miss some of the most...
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(SSAA168/25) Surgent’s Controllership Skills Update: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances
Mergers, acquisitions, and partnering have long been strategic vehicles to grow or change an existing organization. Corporate America has extensive experience in merging with or acquiring firms. However, its track record of being able to unify an acquired firm with the acquirer and provide a single organization with increased growth potential has been somewhat shaky....
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(SSMG123/25) Surgent’s Integrated Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting for Organizational Success
Planning may be one of the most important assignments of the finance professional; however, it is often accomplished in a way that can harm the organization. In many cases, huge sums are spent only to have a planning document developed that does not serve to bring the company together, but rather causes internal division. In...
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(SSMG124/25) Surgent’s CFO/Controller’s Roadmap to Success: Integrated Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting
Did 2020 show us that planning doesn't work? It might seem that way. But, obviously some organizations survived far better than others due to their ability to handle unexpected change. Many organizations spend huge amounts of money and effort at planning, forecasting, and budgeting and all too often the three disciplines are separated and not...
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