Attend CFO Magazine’s Corporate Finance Excellence Conference and discover how top-tier CFOs deliver superior performance to their organizations by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the finance department.

Join CFOs from companies like Intuit and Under Armour and learn how to tackle such critical issues as enterprise risk management and the financial reporting cycle through specific company examples and case studies. Hear how top finance teams have successfully adopted the shared service center model and implemented new technology to improve finance communication and efficiency.

At CFO's Corporate Finance Excellence Conference, you will:

• Discover how CFOs have transformed their finance departments by overhauling their financial reporting process and changing the structure of their finance team
• Hear specific case-study examples that will give you the tools to solve critical finance challenges such as accounts payable cycle time and linking finance to procurement
• Take away best practices in financial reporting and risk management that you can apply to your company right now
• Network with your senior financial executive peers to learn from their experiences in leading change in corporate finance departments

 Early bird pricing is now available. Register now and save $500 off the full rate >

This high-energy workshop features America’s leading career and personal-brand strategist for chief financial officers and corporate finance executives. Cindy Kraft argues that the highly effective CFO fully understands and practices the principles of personal-brand positioning. She explains how you can do likewise and make a powerful and positive impression on key internal and external stakeholders. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:
    •    Boost individual and corporate credibility
    •    Use authenticity to become a more effective leader
    •    Leverage the core components of branding
    •    Exploit the role of social media in brand building
    •    Create an individualized communication plan for raising visibility

Leadership and Change Management—Breaking Through Failures
Michael Useem, Professor of Management, Director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania  

Renowned professor Michael Useem relays a compelling message: true leaders develop the capabilities required for making good and timely decisions in unpredictable and stressful environments, especially in moments when leadership really matters. In this interactive session, Professor Useem will help you explore your own leadership potential.

Stan Rubin, EVP, CFO, & Chief Risk Officer, Ocean Bank

Enterprise risk management (ERM) is a top CFO priority today. Regulators, directors, capital providers, and credit-rating agencies are demanding proof that ERM programs are strong and effective. In this presentation, you’ll hear from a risk management leader and gain a solid grasp of key practices and processes for assessing, quantifying, and managing business risks (known and unknown) that have the potential to derail corporate strategy.

Panelists: Todd Vick, CFO, Superior Global

Keynote: Be an Exceptional Presenter!

Tim Koegel,  Author, The Exceptional Presenter  



From the White House to boardrooms worldwide, Tim Koegel has strengthened the presentations, media relations, and communication skills of CEOs, CFOs, world leaders, business executives, managers, and sales professionals. He has previously brought CFO event attendees to their feet. Back by popular demand, Mr. Koegel leads this interactive session and shows how the bar has been raised once again in the digital era—and what you can do about it.  Copies of Mr. Koegel’s two books, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal best-seller The Exceptional Presenter, and The Exceptional Presenter Goes Virtual, recently named a Top Five Business Book by the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, will be distributed to each attendee.

Join in a stimulating discussion to explore creative approaches for increasing the capacity for innovation. Recent research indicates that over 95% of executives believe that the demand for IT far outstrips supply and that their companies are under investing in the type of innovation initiatives necessary to secure the future of their companies.  During this session, Susan will review the nature and value of “pent up” demand, the impact of various approaches to increase innovation capacity, and the implications regarding the future roles of IT and the rest of the business in managing IT.

Companies that consistently deliver competitive returns are organizations that know how to boost business process productivity over time and leverage cash flows with strategy in mind. These winners sport top-line growth that’s more than double that of their competitors. Their profitability is more than 25 % higher; and investment in working capital is 50% less. What are these companies doing differently? Learn how the leaders instill enterprise discipline around cash-flow optimization. Understand how the leaders deploy enabling plans and tools to be successful.