The Controllership Series: The Controller Function - Cash and Investments 2 CPE

This course corresponds to our Controllership series. This course is dedicated to exploring the traditional controller role and stepping out of the box to identify areas where the controller can continue to add strategic value to their organizations. Within this segment of our controllership series, we discuss the area of cash and investments and explore how the controller can move these responsibilities into more of a strategic role.

In today’s world, the role of cash management is often a pivotal role in the organization. In economically difficult times, controllers may find that they spend a great deal of their time on understanding and managing the organizations' cash position. This is certainly important and, in some areas, can be seen as a staple of the lifeblood of the organization’s ongoing viability.

This course takes a look at some of the typical objectives involved in Cash management and then evaluates how those objectives can be further stretched into strategic pillars of the organization.

Controllers are essential to the day-to-day accounting for organizations. Yet, the role is not often readily understood. In today’s world of acronyms such as CFO, CEO, COO, CAO etc. the controller function may get lost in the shuffle. However, they are a critical group of professionals that will ensure the adequacy and transparency of accounting and financial reporting information.

Below courses are currently available on the site:

• The Controllership Series: The Controller Function - Elevating the Role
• The Controllership Series: The Controller Function - Strategic and Annual Planning
• The Controllership Series: The Controller Function - Cash and Investments
• The Controllership Series: The Controller Function - Inventory Process Part 1
• The Controllership Series: The Controller Function - Inventory Process Part 2
• The Controllership Series: Financial Statement Preparation and Presentation

Prerequisites

No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.

Learning Objective

• Discover and understand basic cash objectives.
• Explore and evaluate cash flow and cash collections.
• Identify cash flow basics.
• Explore and examine strategic cash flow.
• Discover and understand technology and its role in cash flow systems.
• Explore and examine strategic Investing.

Last updated/reviewed: March 28, 2024