Park Avenue Presentations: How to Develop Effective Accounting Policies, Procedures, and Processes

How to Develop Effective Accounting Policies, Procedures, and Processes

Duration: 90 minutes

Webinar Description

Your business is expanding rapidly, but your business management systems are ineffective. You need to standardize your management processes to clear up confusion. What does it take to efficiently run your business? How do you get senior management to back the standardization of your processes? There are many accounting processes involved in running your business, e.g., procure-to-pay, order placement to collection, payroll, production, customer service, systems support, and financial reporting. This webinar can help you develop a solid plan to move your organization toward regulatory compliance, efficiency improvements, standardized processes, and adequate documentation of your policies and procedures.

Miles Hutchinson, experienced CPA and financial analyst, will discuss the basic principles of policy and procedure design, how to plan a project, including a detailed project budget, how to write clear and concise standards, how to obtain senior management approval of your policies and procedures, how to ensure compliance with those procedures, and the most efficient way to keep your processes up-to-date. He will provide practical instructions and guidance for testing the quality of your accounting procedures.

Bonus: Use Mr. Hutchinson's unique Microsoft™ Excel™-based project planning tools to organize the steps, timeline, project leaders and teams for your accounting projects. Learn the best resources to help you complete the project with stellar results.

Agenda

Starter Question: There's so much to do! Where and how do I begin?
How to prioritize your list of needed procedures
Aligning the role of policies and procedures with your business model
How to involve the right people to ensure acceptance and success
How to write a practical and effective leadership endorsement memo
Step-by-step action plan for smooth development and rollout of new policies
Useful templates and plans to develop your policies and procedures
Where and how to introduce internal controls into the development process
How to use the power of language to design unequivocal action-oriented procedures
How to provide for exception transactions
Don't reinvent the wheel - where to find samples of pre-written policies and policies and procedures to help you finish this project in record time
References to rich resources to help you develop effective policies and procedures

Logistics

90-minute webinar (Travel-Free) delivered over the Internet.
Unlimited listeners per connection - bring the entire department.
Q&A session with the expert.

This event will be presented live with a PowerPoint presentation to be viewed on your computer. You may listen to the audio of the webinar by telephone or through your computer. The PowerPoint slides will be provided shortly before the event. Once you register, you will receive an email which is your receipt and which includes your instructions for dialing in and logging on. You will also receive an email reminder 24 hours before the webinar.

What is a webinar?

A webinar is a live Internet based seminar. Webinars are a way for participants in many different locations to see and hear a presentation and view PowerPoint slides. You can also have your colleagues attend the webinar using one connection.

What kind of equipment do I need?

You will need a computer with an Internet connection (high speed service such as DSL or cable works best) and a telephone. You may listen to the webinar through your computer speakers, in which case you will not need to use a telephone connection. Internet access is not required for phone-only participants, but you will not be able to see the speaker’s slides.

How can I share the webinar with my colleagues who may not be able to attend the event?

CDs of each program will be available for sale and can be shared with your business associates.

Can I get a copy of the PowerPoint slides used in the webinar?

The PowerPoint slides will be available on the materials page link in the confirmation email that will be sent to you no later than the morning of the day a webinar is presented.

How do I ask a question during the webinar? Will my question be answered during the presentation?

A question and answer session will be scheduled at the end of each webinar. You can then ask a question by typing it into the question box that will be provided to you duringthe webinar. You may also ask a question through the telephone connection. As many questions as possible will be answered during the Question and Answer period.