Common Sense CFO: Dealing with Ever Changing Accounting Standards and Strategy Demands
Total Credits: 2 including 2 Accounting - Technical
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- Categories:
- Accounting and Auditing | Personal Development | ACPEN Industry Institute
- Faculty:
- Bob Mims, CPA
- Course Levels:
- Intermediate
- Duration:
- 2 Hours
- License:
- Expires 30 day(s) after program date.
Description
GAAP is changing at an increasing rate. Every successful organization has a sound strategy. Financial leaders are faced with the dual challenge of navigating evolving accounting standards while strategically guiding their organizations toward sustainable growth and profitability. What are the newer accounting changes that will impact professional accounting? This seminar will equip finance professionals with the critical skills and practical insights needed to effectively manage the complexities of ever-changing accounting standards and upgrade your essential strategic planning skills. Strategic skills are mandatory today. Strategies that do not keep pace with the market are doomed to fail. If we do not keep up, our successor will.
Basic Course Information
Learning Objectives- Equip finance professionals with the critical skills and practical insights needed to effectively manage the complexities of ever-changing accounting standards
- Upgrade your essential strategic planning skills
Major Subjects
- Understanding the modern finance and accounting organization chart
- GAAP accounting changes
- Why so many changes?
- The speed of change and complexity
- Accepting reality
- Recognizing and fixing the top five accounting problems and errors
- Leases
- Revenue
- Management estimates
- Why is strategy necessary?
- What is strategy?
- The two keys to strategy?
- Why do some financial leaders lack strategic skills?
- Balancing strategy with our day-to-day roles
Course Materials
| IMPORTANT CPE Credit Instructions Read Before Webcast Updated 2025 (434.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Faculty
Bob Mims, CPA Related Seminars and Products
Bob Mims, CPA, is an entrepreneur and accounting/management executive based in Memphis, TN. He has served as a financial consultant across various industries in the role of planning, modeling and CFO capacities. Bob has had the privilege of serving as chair on an AICPA committee and on two FASB advisory committees. During his ten years with the accounting firm KPMG, he was selected national instructor of the year on three occasions.
Bob graduated from the University of Mississippi, and enjoys outdoor sports with his wife, 5 children, 2 service dogs, and a 20-pound cat named ‘Squirt’.
Dates
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Wed, Sep 03, 2025 - 02:00pm to 04:00pm EDT
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Sat, Sep 20, 2025 - 04:00pm to 06:00pm EDT
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Fri, Oct 10, 2025 - 10:00am to 12:00pm EDT
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Tue, Oct 28, 2025 - 12:00pm to 02:00pm EDT
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Fri, Nov 07, 2025 - 02:00pm to 04:00pm EST
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Wed, Nov 19, 2025 - 04:00pm to 06:00pm EST
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Thu, Dec 04, 2025 - 10:00am to 12:00pm EST
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Thu, Dec 18, 2025 - 07:00pm to 09:00pm EST
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Sat, Dec 27, 2025 - 02:00pm to 04:00pm EST
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Tue, Jan 13, 2026 - 04:00pm to 06:00pm EST
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Fri, Jan 30, 2026 - 10:00am to 12:00pm EST
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Tue, Feb 03, 2026 - 12:00pm to 02:00pm EST
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Fri, Feb 20, 2026 - 02:00pm to 04:00pm EST
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Tue, Mar 10, 2026 - 04:00pm to 06:00pm EDT
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Fri, Mar 27, 2026 - 10:00am to 12:00pm EDT
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Thu, Apr 02, 2026 - 12:00pm to 02:00pm EDT
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Sat, Apr 18, 2026 - 02:00pm to 04:00pm EDT
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Fri, May 08, 2026 - 04:00pm to 06:00pm EDT
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Tue, May 26, 2026 - 07:00pm to 09:00pm EDT
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Sat, Jun 06, 2026 - 12:00pm to 02:00pm EDT
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Tue, Jun 09, 2026 - 02:00pm to 04:00pm EDT
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Mon, Jun 22, 2026 - 04:00pm to 06:00pm EDT
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Additional Info
Basic Course Information
Prerequisites NoneAdvanced Preparation None
Designed For Current and aspiring CFO's and Controllers and/or Finance related professionals involved in teh budget process
Original Recording Date 08/2025
Course Developer The Knowledge Institute
Date Added to Catalog 04/2025
Yellow Book No
Additional Information
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Official Registry Statement
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Instructional Delivery Method
Group Internet Based
Course Registration Requirements
Online Registration
Refund/Cancellation Policy
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