Part of one’s duty as a CPA working in industry is to safeguard the assets of the organization. Cost cutting is one way to preserve assets and maintain a company’s competitive position in the industry.
DESIGNED FOR
CPAs, CFOs, and Controllers looking to improve profitability by streamlining expenses for their own organization or for their clients
BENEFITS
- List behavioral biases that prevent companies from being streamlined
- Identify techniques that may be used to make cost cutting a part of the company’s culture and business strategy
- Describe techniques that may be used to discern whether additional headcount is necessary
- Demonstrate vertical and horizontal financial statement analysis
- List key considerations when benchmarking against competitors
- Describe contracting and negotiation techniques
- Discuss the business cycle and how cash flow management changes during each stage
HIGHLIGHTS
- What keeps companies from becoming streamlined?
- Behavioral biases
- Information processing biases
- Emotional biases
- How to deal with behavioral biases
- Connecting behavioral biases to cost cutting
- Creating a culture of cost cutting
- Rules of thumb for cost cutting
- Managing headcount
- Post-COVID common areas of excess cost
- Budgeting techniques
- Budget variances
- Benchmarking
- Common size financial statements
- Horizontal analysis
- Negotiation and contracting techniques
- Cash flow and the business cycle
PREREQUISITES
Basic knowledge of budgeting
ADVANCE PREPARATION
None