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SUMMARY:Surgent's Gaining a Competitive Advantage: Critical Skills for CFOs and Controllers (GCA4)
LOCATION:Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Surgent's Gaining a Competitive Advantage: Critical Skills for CFOs and Controllers (GCA4)\n\n12/15/26 12:00 PM CST\n - 12/15/26 03:30 PM CST\Description:\nAll organizations are looking for ways to gain an advantage over the competition. This practical and interactive session will present a toolkit of ideas to help CFOs, controllers, and finance professionals better position their organizations for the future. We know change is occurring at an exponential rate, and that has proven to be the case in all areas of finance, management, and leadership over the past year. The course deals with these new issues and will continue to be updated as necessary throughout the year. This year, we will take a special interest in the opportunities and threats of AI for the finance professional. Become the “financial hero” of your organization and make a positive impact on the bottom line.Objectives:
 Make better financial decisions that have a positive impact on the organization
 Lead the organization into the rapidly changing decade
 Apply what we have learned from the recent changes in organizations and in AI to have a positive impact on the organization
 Apply what we have learned from recent economic and political changes to have a positive impact on the organization
 Be familiar with the results of the case studies and exercises that reinforce key learning points throughout the course
 Presenters:Art Pulis, MBAField of Study:Business Management and Organization (2), Finance (2)Major Topics:
 Latest state of the economy
 Expense control that works
 Understanding our changing workforce and working environment
 Artificial intelligence
 Financial risk analysis
 Enterprise risk management, including looking at AI
 Improving bank relationships
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Surgent's Gaining a Competitive Advantage: Critical Skills for CFOs and Controllers (GCA4)<br /><br />12/15/26 12:00 PM CST - 12/15/26 03:30 PM CST<br />Description:<br />All organizations are looking for ways to gain an advantage over the competition. This practical and interactive session will present a toolkit of ideas to help CFOs, controllers, and finance professionals better position their organizations for the future. We know change is occurring at an exponential rate, and that has proven to be the case in all areas of finance, management, and leadership over the past year. The course deals with these new issues and will continue to be updated as necessary throughout the year. This year, we will take a special interest in the opportunities and threats of AI for the finance professional. Become the “financial hero” of your organization and make a positive impact on the bottom line.<br><br><b>Objectives:</b><br><ul>
    <li>Make better financial decisions that have a positive impact on the organization</li>
    <li>Lead the organization into the rapidly changing decade</li>
    <li>Apply what we have learned from the recent changes in organizations and in AI to have a positive impact on the organization</li>
    <li>Apply what we have learned from recent economic and political changes to have a positive impact on the organization</li>
    <li>Be familiar with the results of the case studies and exercises that reinforce key learning points throughout the course</li>
</ul><br><b>Presenters:</b><br>Art Pulis, MBA<br><br><b>Field of Study:</b><br>Business Management and Organization (2), Finance (2)<br><br><b>Major Topics:</b><br><ul>
    <li>Latest state of the economy</li>
    <li>Expense control that works</li>
    <li>Understanding our changing workforce and working environment</li>
    <li>Artificial intelligence</li>
    <li>Financial risk analysis</li>
    <li>Enterprise risk management, including looking at AI</li>
    <li>Improving bank relationships</li>
</ul><br />Location:<br />Webinar<br /><br />,  
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