CPE & Event Catalog

Social media strategy. Unique content posting. Engaging content creation. Maximizing content.

Contract law. Contract terms and conditions. Contracting risks. The request for proposals. Project preparations. Monitoring contract performance. Tender and acceptance. Demobilization and close out. Warranties and remedies.

Inventory management. Fixed assets management. Accounts payable management. Equity management.

Cash management. Credit and collections management. Billing management.

Closing the books. Financial statements. Public company financial reporting. Management reports.

Controller job description. Payroll management. Department management. Budgeting. Capital budgeting. Computer system selection and installation.

Introduction to cash management. The bank reconciliation. Cash receipts. Types of payments. Investment alternatives. Credit rating agencies. Foreign exchange. Cash management controls.

Forecasting as a valuation tool. Bank and banker selection. Ten hints for toolbox success. Seven cases.

Financial statement analysis. Integrated strategic and financial planning. Action-oriented business metrics. Activity-based management. Five cases.

Understand what capital investment is and why it increases a company's assets. Learn common metrics used by companies to evaluate various investments. Learn the business life cycle and how it impacts the funding life cycle. Understand the types and sources of equity and debt available to companies Learn how to minimize a company's weighted average cost of capital. Understand the advantages and disadvantages of the different ways a company can return capital.

Overview of corporate finance. Financial planning. The initial public offering. Debt financing. The cost of capital. Working capital management. Investment alternatives. Mergers and acquisitions. Interest rate risk management. Corporate finance measurements.

Types of corporate fraud. Introduction to fraud risk. Fraud risk prevention programs. Fraud investigations.

Corporate governance and risk management. ESG and DEI trends. National infrastructure. Uncertainty and risk considerations.

Corporate structure entity choice comparisons Form 1120 and Schedule M-1 or M-3. Items for book-tax differences. Tax accounting methods. Uniform capitalization rules. Minor discussion on depreciation: capitalization, gain, loss and recapture. Carrybacks, carryforwards and credit. Case study and presentation in return. Mergers and acquisitions impact on the returns.

Materiality. Social and financial performance. Research methods. Epistemology. Model uncertainty. Replication.

Business forms and characteristics. Corporate formation and capitalization. Corporate principals and employees. Basic fringe benefits. Business entertainment. Insurance. Retirement plans. Nonqualified deferred compensation. S corporations. Business dispositions and reorganizations.

Corporations definition. Capital gains and losses. Charitable contributions.

Cost accounting. Cost accountant job description. Types of costs. Inventory valuation, and more.

Overview of cost management. Cost-volume-profit analysis. Constraint analysis. Cost-reduction strategy. Sales and marketing effectiveness. Administration cost reduction. Finance cost reduction. Capital budgeting decisions. Cost management measurements.

Cost management. Cost management principles. Job order costing system. Overhead allocation. Cost-volume profit analysis. Cost behavior analysis. Budgeting system. Controlling cost centers. Measuring the performance of a profit center. Evaluating an investment center. Making non-routine decisions. Making long-term decisions. The effect of income taxes on investment decisions. Process costing. Quality management. Inventory and order management.