Planning for Accounting Department Disruption: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EDT
Presenter(s):
Wes Tomer, Managing Director, Outsourced Accounting Business Unit, Vault Consulting
Kristina Casey, Senior Consulting, Vault Consulting
Gary Linnen, CEO, PeerForward
Tommy Tepper, Vice President of Finance and Operations, SOS Children's Village
Description: Organizational disruption comes in all types and sizes from staff turnover, system failures, crisis management and even a pandemic. Is your accounting department prepared to pivot during disruption? What lessons can be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to plan for the future?
Attend this interactive session, which will include a panel of association executives, to learn how your organization can overcome disruption within your accounting department including how to minimize staff and financial impacts, control environmental impacts, protect your organization’s reputation, minimize impacts on program delivery all to enable the organization to return to normal.
You will leave this session with solutions to consider for your organization’s accounting department including standardizing internal processes, developing a strong internal control structure, documenting policies and procedures, integrating technology, reserve planning, disaster recovery plans, crisis communication plan, and business continuity plans.
Learning Objectives:
1. Learn how your accounting department can overcome disruption
2. Learn how to minimize the impact of disruption.
3. Learn which best practices have worked for fellow association executives.
4. Learn what lessons can be learned from the pandemic for future planning.
This event has been reviewed for CPE and CAE. If you would like to receive your CPE or CAE for this event, please email hq@far-roundtable.org
FAR is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State Boards of Accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual course for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org. Field of Study: TBD Program level is basic – update. There are no pre-requisites nor advanced preparation. It is Group-Live delivery method. Sponsor ID: 109395
FAR is a CAE Approved Provider. Program(s) will be evaluated monthly to meet the requirements for fulfilling the professional development requirements to earn or maintain the Certified Association Executive credential. Every program that we offer which qualifies for CAE credit will clearly identify the number of CAE credits granted for full participation, and we will maintain records of your participation in accord with CAE policies. For more information about the CAE credential or Approved Provider program, please visit www.asaecenter.org/cae.
For more information about this educational program, please contact the FAR office at: 1325 G Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005 or email (hq@far-roundtable.org).
