Business Intelligence (BI) 101 for Accountants - Free Live Webcast

Find out how to transform your management reporting with business intelligence (BI) technology in this free, one hour webcast on Thursday April 22nd. This live webcast qualifies for 1 hour of CPE credit.
See webcast details below.

Thursday, April 22nd
Eastern: 1.30pm, Central: 12.30pm, Mountain: 11.30am, Pacific: 10.30am

1 hour of CPE credit
NASBA field of study: Business Management Techniques
For: Controllers, CFOs and accountants working in business/industry.

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Webcast Details

Introduction

As an accountant working in industry you know the importance of tracking metrics and analyzing business performance. However, creating management reports often requires combining data from multiple business systems. This can be frustrating and time consuming if you don’t have the right tools on hand. In this webcast we will explain why operational data sources cause reporting problems and how business intelligence (BI) technology helps to overcome them. We will also look at traditional on-premise BI versus software as a service (SaaS) BI and give you the criteria needed to assess them for your business.

Webcast Objectives

Equip financial professionals with:

• an understanding of the benefits of using BI for management reporting;
• the ability to start evaluating alternative types of BI technology for their business.

Webcast Topics

• Business system data structures and their impact on management reporting.
• How to assess the efficiency of your own management reporting process.
• Business Intelligence technology 101: benefits, user functionality, technology components, BI vendor trends.
• Software as a service (SaaS) BI versus on-premise BI: how to determine which is right for your business.
• An introduction to Indicee's online reporting and analysis business intelligence tool.

About the Speakers

Mark Cunningham
Co-Founder, CEO and President of Indicee Inc. Mark is a thought leader and passionate entrepreneur. He is founder and chairman of Symmetrics (a producer of contact centre productivity software) and founder and CEO of Indicee (an online business intelligence tool). Over the years, he’s had to create (and deliver) countless data-driven spreadsheets, reports and presentations. He’s deeply familiar with the pains of pulling together and analyzing business data. That’s what initially motivated his family business, The Cunningham Group, to build the world’s first Windows-based reporting tool, Crystal Reports in 1991.

Geoff Devereux
Accountant and marketer, technology industry Geoff has worked extensively in the financial management and planning of Vancouver's emerging technology companies for the past 5 years. He has firsthand knowledge of the trials and tribulations businesses encounter when looking for new markets. Prior to getting lured into tech start-ups, Geoff worked in various fields including a 5 year stint in a tax accounting firm. Geoff holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Bowling Green State University and an Accounting Diploma from CGA.