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The Fast Close, Soft Close, Virtual Close? Now Days Not Weeks (CCFL)

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Date(s): 

11/2/2010                                                   Credit Hours:  8

Instructor(s): 

James Lindell

Location(s): 

Illinois CPA Society 550 W Jackson Blvd Ste 900 Chicago, IL 60661-5742

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 Event Code:   C37156

Program Overview

In this information-intensive business environment, shifting strategic direction and gaining competitive advantage hinges on having the latest information about your organization’s strengths and weaknesses as quickly as possible.  Never has there been greater urgency to produce relevant, reliable, real-time decision-quality information that can be acted on before opportunities disappear. Organizations are scrambling for ways to accelerate their ability to collect and disseminate critical information to managers. What will your company do? During this thought-provoking course, look at the opportunities that a soft or virtual close can bring to your organization. Develop the skills to  
determine the resources and processes included in your current closing system.   
  
• Select options to improve closing and reporting  
• Revamp accounting processes to speed data collection and reporting  
• Implement a closing-process improvement plan  

Time:  Registration: 8:00am / Start Time: 8:30am - End Time: 4:30pm
Cost:  Member Fee: $305 / Non-Member Fee: $390
Registration: To register click on the "Register" button at the top of the page or call ICPAS CPE at (800) 993-0393
Who Should Attend
• Accountants responsible for financial reporting systems and consultants who advise clients on accounting systems
Program Highlights

• Improving financial and accounting processes  
• Using technology to speed the close  
• Reducing the risk of materially misstating results  
• Planning for closing improvement  
• Obtaining support for changing to a fast or virtual close  
• Leading-edge tools to redesign the finance function  
• Developing the information that users need and want  
• Doing it better than the competition  



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