Transform your financial reporting from a sea of numbers into a strategic narrative that drives action.
One of the most common criticisms of non-finance managers, executives, and directors is that they have difficulty understanding the financial performance of their own organization. Often, variance analysis is overwhelming, confusing, and lacking in precision, begging more questions than it answers with superficial explanations. In this course, you will take a deep dive into how you can do variance analysis better. In the process, you will add significant value to management decision-making.
Using an audience-centric view, you will learn best practices using examples and case studies to improve traditional variance analysis using numbers and descriptive explanations. You will also learn to make variance analysis more visual through charts, graphs, and images. Finally, you will explore different structures that help facilitate a conversation about organizational performance. This impactful course is relevant to any financial professional involved in the preparation, reporting, review, or presentation of variance analysis. Honing this skill elevates your own executive presence and the level of influence and persuasiveness inside your organization.
18 activities • 17 videos • duration: 2h 47m
CPA, CA Leadership
Blair is a seven-time CFO, a director, and an educator at Executive Finance Partners - a professional development and executive coaching firm for financial professionals and executives. He also serves as a corporate director and audit committee chair of publicly listed companies: Terravest Industries and Clarke Inc. He is also the Board Treasurer of the Devour Food & Film Festival and serves on various committees of CPA Nova Scotia. Blair is the author of The Illiterate Executive: An Executive’s Handbook for Mastering Financial Acumen.
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The course helped me better understand what other stakeholders would benefit from when providing financial information/results etc.
not an area I currently work with but I was a cost accountant earlier in my career
Excellent detailed course well put together and very helpful.
Great content. Several items I will incorporate into my presentations for fincl stmts moving forward.
