CPA in a Day: The Business Acumen You Actually Need! Leadership USA Event

Jo has been asked to join the 2021 LEADERSHIP USA public seminar series of Colorado ALL-STAR SPEAKERS!! She will be presenting “CPA in a Day” on October 13th, 2021 from 9am – 12pm. The event is planned to be both LIVE and VIRTUAL!

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Did you know that “business acumen” has emerged as a “vehicle for improving financial performance and leadership development?”

An understanding of accounting and finance is essential for those who want to take on more responsibility at their organization and continue to advance their career. Whether your focus is the entire business, an individual product line, or a single department or cost center, knowing basic accounting and finance terms and standards are key to making good decisions and evaluating the decisions being made around you.

This means it’s time for you to learn the basics of your organization’s financial statements, including the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement, and how to analyze those statements using key financial ratios. This will provide you the confidence you need in your current position, aid in the development of necessary leadership skills to advance, and overall, allow you to contribute to the achievement of financial objectives at your organization.

Financial metrics are also critical for communication with those external to the organization – shareholders, financial institutions, customers, suppliers, and regulators. Understanding the professional ethics and conduct standards of financial professionals is essential to fulfill responsibilities to these, and all, stakeholders.

Financial professionals must be trusted advisors. Trust is earned through competence, acting in the public (not self) interest, and performing with the highest sense of integrity. As, sadly, these principles are not always upheld, we will also spend some time dissecting financial scandals in recent times to provide you with the skills to detect common accounting misdeeds such as inflated revenues and understated costs.

You may not be a CPA, but you will leave with the business acumen you actually need to become a knowledgeable, trusted “financial” decision-maker, advisor, and leader.

After this learning event, attendees will know how to:

• Speak the language of business – finance and accounting.
• Read basic financial statements and utilize in decision making.
• Use keenness and quickness to understand and assess business situations.
• Uphold the ethics and conduct standards of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
• Recognize and guard against financial shenanigans.

Check the Leadership USA website for more information and registration details!