Transforming the Finance Function for Quality, Efficiency and Growth

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Transforming the Finance Function for Quality, Efficiency and Growth

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12 July 2012 (Thursday), Sunway Putra Hotel Kuala Lumpur


financial management

finance transformation provides an opportunity for the finance and accounting function to improve its operating efficiency and provide high-quality financial and management information to support decision-making.

it also provides an opportunity to improve its effectiveness by engaging finance personnel with the skills to collaborate with the business by contributing to improving decision-making, financial performance, efficiency and growth.

CourSE ouTLinE

Financial Leadership• the cPa vision process• the financial leader’s environment• expanded role as a communicator of solutions• how financial leaders create organisational value• moving from the information age to the knowledge age

Creating a case for change• the current business climate driving finance transformation• the challenges faced by the cfo and the finance team• the required shift in the finance function and finance professional• Business partnering – an essential for finance transformation• reinventing the cfo

Best practices in world class finance functions• setting the framework for best practice finance• efficiency and effectiveness in finance• evolving finance organisation structures to deliver value• shared services – contributing to finance best practice• how best practice organisations are performing• KPis to improve the finance performance

Core capabilities of the finance function• attributes of best practice finance functions• finance process improvement using lean six sigma• emerging finance and accounting skills and competencies• thinking beyond the numbers in management reporting• the emerging strategic role of finance• contributing to business value add

Financial and management accounting tools• management accounting – beyond the numbers• Beyond budgeting – moving to dynamic rolling forecasts• risk management and the finance professionals role• Business analytics the future of performance management

oBJECTivES

• understand what best practice strategic management accounting means and looks like

• learn new management accounting tools and techniques such as: Beyond Budgeting; activity Based costing, management, and budgeting; rolling forecast techniques

• understand the emerging strategic role of finance professionals and finance teams

• improve the risk management role of your finance team• develop business partnering as the way forward for finance

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METHodoLoGy

lectures, discussions and case studies.

WHo SHouLd ATTEnd

accountants, finance managers and financial controllers, and anyone who is in the accounting profession.

FACiLiTATor

SuCHiTrA MAHEndrArAJ

suchitra mahendraraj has been a training consultant for the past 9 years and contributed to the success of many projects and programmes. she is a fellow of the chartered association of certified accountants, uK, an associate of the chartered institute of management accountants, uK, and chartered accountant of the malaysian institute of accountants.

suchitra has been trained and certified in several leadership and Professional development Programs and is certified by advanced training (uK) ltd and Pembangunan sumber manusia Berhad (PsmB).

suchitra has also presented at major conferences to both local and foreign participants. she has also carried out teen youth programmes and lectured for diploma and degree programs with various leading institutes.

her energetic character combined with her innovative and pragmatic presentations instils a sense of purpose that generates results.

she has been trained and certified in several leadership and Professional development Programs, strengthening her ability and skills as a consultant. she is a certified trainer by advanced training (uK) ltd and Pembangunan sumber manusia Berhad (PsmB).

she is a professionally qualified accountant. she is also a fellow of the chartered association of certified accountants, uK, an associate of the chartered institute of management accountants, uK, and chartered accountant of the malaysian institute of accountants.

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12 July 2012 (Thursday), Sunway Putra Hotel Kuala Lumpur

Contact : VeraTel : 03 2279 9358Fax : 03 2273 5167Email : [email protected] : Malaysian Institute of Accountants Dewan Akauntan No. 2, Jalan Tun Sambanthan 3 Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur


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Johor, Sabah and Sarawak.Fee includes course materials, lunch and 2 tea breaks per day.Admittance will only be permitted upon receipt of full payment. Registration made by fax must be followed immediately by payment.

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DISclAIMERMalaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) reserve the right to change the speaker(s), date(s) and to cancel the programme should circumstances beyond its control arises. MIA also reserve the right to make alternative arrangements without prior notice should it be necessary to do so. Upon signing the registration form, you are deemed to have read and accepted the terms and conditions.

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Our programmes can be customised to meet your in-house training requirements. Please call for details.

*If you have never attended the MIA’s flagship Conference before, drop your name card when you attend our CPE programmes and stand a chance to win one of five seats worth RM1,600 to attend the MIA Conference 2012 on 27 & 28 Nov @ Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. (Name cards will be collected from 1 April till 30 August 2012, and the winners will be announced in October 2012. If you have registered & paid, we will refund you! Each winner is required to submit a 50-word testimonial to MIA after attending the Conference)

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Transforming the Finance Function for Quality, Efficiency and Growth