LIVE WEBINAR
Wednesday, October 14 | 11am ET
Duration: 1 hour
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Finance leaders are closing books in 15+ days while managing spreadsheet chaos, manual reconciliations, and audit scrambles. Meanwhile, regulatory deadlines (IFRS 18, XBRL, ESEF) are tightening, and auditors are asking readiness questions now. What if you could close in nine days - audit-ready, zero manual errors, compliant on day one? This session shows how to build a quantifiable ROI business case that moves beyond "freeing up staff" to address the real drivers: time savings, risk reduction, and strategic finance enablement.

We'll explore how finance teams are restructuring their close processes to reclaim 40+ hours per month, eliminate compliance risk, and convert year-end scrambles into repeatable, audit-confident cycles. Attendees will learn:

• How to calculate and defend your close cycle ROI: Quantify time savings (hours/month), risk reduction (zero manual errors, 100% audit-ready), and the cash flow impact of week-end close reporting
• What a 9-day close requires: Integration, automation, and process discipline; what tools and governance enable it; how to avoid spreadsheet migration traps
• How to prepare for regulatory change (IFRS 18, XBRL compliance): Build compliance into your close process design from day one; avoid re-work cycles
• How to measure and communicate close cycle ROI to finance leadership: Time freed for strategy, audit confidence, and operational resilience

SPEAKERS

Calen Keene
Director of Product Management, InsightSoftware

Joseph Voss
Fractional & Interim CFO