Key Financial and Economic Issues Facing the Financial Executive

Prerequisites

Experience as a Financial Executive or desire to become one.

Objectives

• Take a strategic perspective relative to risk management and crisis management in an uncertain economic climate to include employee shortages, skill set shortages, and baby boomer retirements.
• Review the impact uncertainty and risk at the operational level relative to short and intermediate term decision making.
• Determine the safety and soundness of the financial plans for your organization in an uncertain economic climate specifically as it relates to capital adequacy and strategic direction.
• Manage the debt and equity mix for your organization in a rapidly changing economic landscape.
• Analyze the impact of the credit markets on your banking relationships and financial needs of the organization and the organizations ability to raise capital.
• Determine the impact on an organization of competing in a supply chain constrained environment
• Evaluate the impact of federal, state and municipal deficits and unfunded mandates as it relates to tax planning in a post pandemic recovery or recession
• Determine the safety and soundness of your critical businesses processes in an uncertain environment.
• Influence growth through acquisition of distressed organizations during the next recession
• Pave the economic way ahead for the CFO/Controller in 2023 and beyond.