Finance Function Dysfunction: Assessing & Improving Your Financial Operations 2021 | The National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives | 2 March 2021 | Online

Having a strong and healthy finance function is important to every effective organization. But there are many challenges that can weaken an organization's finance function at its core including turnover in key positions, too few internal controls, doubtful data, too many time-consuming manual processes, having your best thinking depend on complicated Excel schedules, and finding it impossible to get financial statements done on time. Do any of these sound familiar? These pain points are often symptoms of deeper challenges within an organization's finance function. In this case study-based 60-minute session, participants will learn about a holistic approach they can take to assess the processes, controls, systems, and structure that their finance function uses to operate, and how to develop a road map to get them from today's challenges to the high-performing finance function of the future.