This certificate is the first part of the Agile Finance Transformation Certificate Series, a comprehensive three-part program that provides best practices, expert advice and lessons learned from Fortune 100 leaders.
The future of finance is digital
Make the future yours by gaining an understanding of how to adopt digital strategies to achieve operational excellence in finance and accounting to lay the foundation for delivering greater value to your organization.
Standardize and re-engineer
Implement a standardized data model and re-engineer legacy processes to conform to the standards while maximizing automation.
Look up to the cloud
Cloud applications and other advanced technologies provide a standardized data model and enable automation, making the cloud the heart of your digital transformation.
Streamline processes
Automation helps streamline processes and increase accuracy to deliver results faster and more easily. It also makes your finance and accounting team members more productive and more satisfied with their work.
Go big
Understand how to create a finance operating model that can remain relevant to your business while also providing the ability to scale your function.
Lessons from experience
Learn directly from Oracle finance executives who share proven best practices along with lessons learned and measurable results from the company’s own successful digital transformation..
This course provides 3.5 CPE in Finance, 2.5 CPE in Management Services and 1 CPE in Information Technology.
Digital Badge: On completion of this certificate, you will receive a digital badge to share with your online professional network. The badge will be available as a downloadable PDF certificate suitable for printing and framing. 
Topics
- Foundational technologies of operational excellence
in finance
- Benefits of a unified data model
- How cloud-based applications automate, simplify, and
optimize processes
- The technology needed to create a scalable model for
operational excellence
- The increased importance of risk and control in
finance
- The expanding role of finance in data security
Learning Outcomes
- Analyze how technology has raised the performance bar
for finance teams and roles.
- Determine how finance leaders foster continuous
improvement and process streamlining.
- Recognize the foundational components of operational
excellence in finance.
- Compare new, accelerated models for procurement,
period close, reporting, and more to traditional models
- Identify best practices for quote-to-cash
subscription-based business models.
- Determine how companies use automation to strengthen financial governance, security, and control.
Who Will Benefit
Accounting and finance professionals at any level who execute core finance functions and want practical knowledge to prepare for — and accelerate — their digital finance transformation
Presenters
Gena Alexander, Senior Director, Source-to-Settle Strategy and Operations, Oracle
Bonnie Barger, Vice President, Order-to-Cash Strategy and Operations, Oracle
Seema Bedi, Director, Americas Payroll Business Transformation Operations, Oracle
Aman Desouza, Senior Director, Risk Cloud Strategy, Oracle
Scott Gawel, Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller, Oracle
Rick Hargarten, Senior Director, Financial Governance and Compliance, Oracle
Emily Lee, Senior Director, ERP Product Management, Oracle
Kieran Leiper, Senior Finance Director, Controller, Oracle
Conny LeMieux, CPA, CISA, CFE, CISSP, Head of Internal Audit, Dropbox
Val Maher, Vice President, Global Accounting and Controller, Oracle
Sandra Regan, Senior Finance Director, Controller, Oracle
Alex San Juan, Vice President, Finance Systems, Oracle