Understand the totality of issues facing CFOs and CEOs in order to help you better conduct your activities and advise and your colleagues/clients to make more informed business and financial decisions

• The big picture – how investors, analysts and the media impact strategic, tactical and governance decisions, and how best to manage their expectations
• Managing the board – how management and auditors can best address issues facing boards in an era of high public scrutiny and frivolous litigation
• The value drivers – how businesses are valued and how to direct an organization’s strategic and operating plans to focus on value creation
• Business vs. corporate – how best to develop a coordinated and complementary decision and accountability environment, to drive business performance while satisfying corporate governance requirements
• Financial services – how best to deliver sophisticated accounting, finance, planning and compliance services with a partnering mind-set, ensuring business buy-in, no surprises or missed deadlines.
• Risk management – how best to assess and manage both financial and enterprise risk, not just from a perspective of “what might go wrong” but “what must go right” to achieve organizational objectives
• Economic analysis – how best to apply macro- and micro-economic theory and analysis to better address the impact of business cycles on investment and operating decisions, including how to measure and account for the economic effects of transactions