Finance Controller of the Future

This five-day programme is made up of two modules, each offering a powerful mix of theory and practice. 

Module 1: Strategic performance management (3 days + intro webinar)

• Understand the performance measurement framework
• Discover how to link organisational structure to financial performance measurement and incentive schemes
• Dive into strategy mapping and balanced scorecards
• Explore strategic cost management and the role of activity-based costing
• Dive into traditional costing systems and performance analysis
• Learn how cost-to-serve models can help you make better marketing and sales decisions
• Understand time-driven activity-based costing and its impact on capacity
• Discover or deepen your knowledge of the theory of constraints

Module 2: Business Intelligence and Analytics for Controllers (2 days + intro webinar) – 2,895 Euro (excl. VAT)

• Discover the potential benefits of controllership analytics
• Learn various budgeting and variance analysis techniques - and the methodologies for automating them
• Learn how to use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques for predictive modelling, forecasting and KPI dashboarding
• Explore advanced analytics in an applied way, and use data to diagnose problems and predict the future
• Become more data-driven by using case studies to work with complex data sets and data visualisation tools 

If you only need to brush up on your digitisation skills, you can take module 2 on its own. Simply tick the box on the registration form.

• Track and measure the progress of your corporate strategy
• Develop and implement systems for corporate finance management
• Get a toolkit of ready-to-use performance models and techniques
• Develop a business partner mindset that will help you drive, measure and communicate value creation across your organisation

• Professionals who are already in, or are transitioning to, a financial business partner role
• Finance controllers and managers who want to become strategic partners to the leadership team or C-suite
• Professionals who want to work with non-finance colleagues to create value in their organisation

In previous editions, we had the pleasure of welcoming participants from companies like:

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Did you know you may be eligible for:

• Group discount: Register three participants from the same company at the same time and get 15% off
• KMO-portefeuille: Flemish SMEs can apply for funding to cover training costs
• Alumni discount: Vlerick alumni receive 10% off as a thank you for their loyalty to the Vlerick Business School

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