Transforming Your Career: Achieving Success in the Controller's Seat

Increasingly, Controllers have to master more than technical accounting skills to become strategic leaders for their companies. Today, Controllers need to be able to explain the debits and credits at a high level to the CFO while keeping one hand in the weeds, anticipate the risks their company faces in an increasingly complex, competitive, and regulatory landscape and be an expert in ever-changing technology. Yet these skills aren’t taught in school. Join Mike Whitmire, CEO and co-founder of FloQast, and best selling author of Controllers Code: The Secret Formula for a Successful Career in Finance as he shares what accounting professionals need to know to become the Controller of tomorrow. This will be an interactive session moderated by Chris Sluty, co-founder and CPO of FloQast. Mike will delve into his “secret” formula for what it takes to remain not just relevant, but to excel in a career in finance in the coming years. Watch this webinar to learn: 1. How the role of financial leaders is rapidly evolving and important new skills and requirements considered necessary. 2. What key traits and knowledge are becoming paramount for career advancement and how to best acquire these 3. About the increasing role of technology and its understanding plays in one’s career and how to use it to your advantage. This session is perfect for finance professionals. Please note this is a pre-recorded webinar and CPE credits are not available for this session.