Data and Predictive Analytics and Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs (Virtual) (DPAB-VIR)

4.00 CPE Credit Hours

The role of the accountant will continue to morph at a rapid pace. The progression from bookkeeper to accountant to controller/CFO has changed due to data analytics and business intelligence. Accountants will be more valued by what information they can derive and interpret to improve the organization instead of transaction aggregation and reporting. This course will highlight how data analytics, predictive analytics and business intelligence will become a central component of the accountant's responsibilities.

• Understand how data analytics is an expectation of accountants. Reporting is a base commodity and must be improved with data analytics in the accounting/finance department.
• Learn how visual application can complement and sometimes outweigh traditional financial reporting.

• Identify the four phases of analytics and their relationship to the accounting function and career advancement.
• Learn how business intelligence impacts the accounting role for staffing, data acquisition and analysis and machine learning (RPA).