The CFO of the future - strategic management

Event type: Mastercourse

Part of a series of workshops, spread out over the year, which will enable you to supplement your knowledge with all the latest tools, techniques and best practices and to drive positive growth and change inside your organisation.

Book the series or chose individual workshops - it could be the defining moment in your career.

Date Location Price  
26 September 2012 - 09:00 London Price: GBP 599.00
Members: £539.00 - CIMA members
Corporate discount scheme: £415.00
+ VAT on all prices

Who will benefit

These workshops are aimed at existing and aspiring CFOs (including finance directors/controllers/managers, strategic/business planners and anyone responsible for improving the finance and planning operations) who want to improve their knowledge and performance. They are applicable to both the private and public sector.

What you can gain

Based on many insights into how the best CFOs have improved their finance operations, this series provides the opportunity for you to take a career step-change in knowledge and performance. It will cover a wide range of topics including leadership, efficiency, strategy, profitability, planning and measurement.

Speaker Details

John McKenzie

John McKenzie began his career in Ford Motor Company, initially as an industrial chemist, then in quality management and engineering. In 1986 John joined Unipart, initially as Operations Manager and latterly as Business Development Manager with responsibility for internal consulting and change management as well as leadership of the ABC/M team. In this role he became one of Europe’s leading practitioners and experts in the field of ABC.

In 1995 John moved to Armstrong Laing Plc, producers of advanced ABC/M software, as Director of Consulting. In 2000 he was appointed group-wide International Market Development Director.
In 2005, John joined SAS, as Head of Financial Intelligence, responsible for budgeting, financial planning, ABC/M, and performance management software.

To date he has spoken at over 300 conferences and seminars in the U.K., Europe, Middle East, South Africa, Australia and USA, on diverse topics such as Financial Planning, Strategic Management and Accounting, Performance Measurement, Advanced Budgeting, Activity Based Costing and Management and Process Re-engineering.

Outline

Strategic management

You need to become a key member of the strategy team at every level of the organisation. This means improving and using your knowledge of strategy tools (such as the balanced scorecard) and strategic decision making (how to allocate funds to the best opportunities) to enhance the strategy process. This workshop will teach you how to:

  • use the power of mission statements to guide management decisions and set ethical standards
  • define success in terms of aspirational goals at every level of the organisation
  • identify and focus on intangible assets and key value drivers to improve performance
  • use the three classic customer value propositions to agree your strategic position and align processes and measures
  • use balanced scorecards to set goals, measure performance and align investments
  • see the organisation through the eyes of a venture capital partner and encourage innovation
  • lead a strategy review meeting, manage risk and encourage balanced decisions.

Case examples are drawn from a wide range of organisations.

    The course starts with registration and coffee at 9.00 and ends at 5.00. Morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea are provided. 
    6 CPD hours (where applicable)