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(SSMG414/26) Surgent’s Improving Your Profits: Identifying Cost Cutting Opportunities
Part of one's duty as a CPA working in industry is to safeguard the assets of the organization. Cost cutting is one way to preserve assets and maintain a company's competitive position in the industry. However, what keeps us from ridding our organizations of unnecessary costs? In this course, we will look at the factors...
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(SSMG420/26) 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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(SSMG402/26) 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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(SSMG424/26) Surgent’s Project Management: Tips, Tricks, and Traps
Recent economic, societal, and political changes have shown us the need for numerous projects and the need to manage those projects in a unique way. Project management is a way of thinking highly recognized and practiced by large organizations, but often neglected by the smallest companies and entrepreneurs. This course quickly discusses the basics of...
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(SSMG423/26) 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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(SSMG401/26) 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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(SSAA444/26) Surgent’s Data Analytics for Accountants and Financial Managers
Data analytics and mining are the fastest growing disciplines in accounting and general management. Many organizations are either planning programs or have them already underway. Unfortunately, a number of these attempts fail due to poor planning/preparation and a lack of commitment, training, and clear vision of the program's goals. Today there is no shortage of...
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(SSMG413/26) Surgent’s Innovative Forecasting and Budgeting: Moving Beyond the Traditional Techniques
Will we ever get used to the rapid pace of change? Is our organization changing as fast as society? These are just some of the questions that must be asked and will be discussed in this program. Forecasting and budgeting are two words that often draw an adverse reaction from many financial professionals; let us...
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(SSMG403/26) Surgent’s CFOs as Leaders of Organizational Change: Driving Innovation and Navigating Economic Uncertainties – Panel Discussion
This engaging panel discussion will explore the evolving role of CFOs as strategic leaders of organizational change. As companies face unprecedented challenges - economic shifts, technological advancements, and the increasing need for innovation - CFOs are stepping beyond traditional financial stewardship to become catalysts for transformation. The panel will be facilitated by Surgent's Accounting and...
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(SSMG405/26) 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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