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Instructor
Jim Lindell
Instructor
Jim Lindell is President of Thorsten Consulting, a strategic and financial consulting firm that offers professional speaking, training, and executive coaching. Over the past two decades, Jim has delivered over 5,000 hours of C-suite executive coaching. His professional experience includes Chief Financial Officer, VP-Finance, Corporate Controller, and Corporate Assistant Controller. Industries include manufacturing, healthcare, not-for-profit, distribution, and food processing.
Jim is a CPA and has received the Certified Speaking Professional designation, the highest earned designation from the National Speakers Association. Jim is a Vistage Chairman (Executive Coach and Facilitator) and responsible for two groups in the Milwaukee area.
Jim is the author of Controller as Business Manager, Controllers Annual Update (Best Seller,) Analytics and Big Data for Accountants, and many other courses on strategic and financial leadership. Jim has been published by the AICPA and Wiley.
Jim is a twelve-time recipient of the AICPA’s Outstanding Discussion Leader Award.
Also, Jim is a member of the Irish rock/folk music group “Deep Pool” and is unwilling to admit that he may have played his last rugby match.
We have transitioned from a hard and slow close to a soft and fast close. However, accountants may still struggle with the balance between information accuracy and availability. To be successful, accountants must provide quicker information availability to impact organization results. Simply reporting on results is no longer acceptable. In this course, you will learn how to shift your processes for the close in a way that minimizes errors and extra work while increasing the satisfaction of your stakeholders.
• Identify top roadblocks to adopting a fast close
*The Close Process – Big Picture
Prior management experience.
Aspiring leaders and leaders of teams and organizations