Course details
As a leader, having an understanding of accounting principles and roles empowers you to make the best decisions for your team and organization. As finances are often at the center of roundtable discussions, management accountants can be some of your most important allies. Finance consultant Joshua Rischin teaches fundamental accounting principles, then explores key ways to connect with your finance team, shares important questions to ask, and discusses how to build a framework of accountability.
Instructor
Joshua RischinDirector, Instructor at LinkedInJoshua Rischin is company director of Axium Solutions, a management consulting firm.
Joshua has worked in the professional services industry for more than 10 years and has delivered quality outcomes to over 20 organizations in both private and public sectors. He undertakes his work with a high degree of professionalism, using an outcomes-based approach to meeting client deliverables. At Axium, Joshua provides tailored, practical, and sustainable solutions to current and emerging business challenges.
Joshua is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD) and is also a senior member of the Australian Computer Society (MACS Snr).
He has attained a PMBOK Foundation accreditation, and holds a Negative Vetting Level 1 Australian government security clearance.
In 2001 Joshua completed the bachelor of commerce and bachelor of economics undergraduate qualifications at Monash University in Melbourne.
When Joshua isn’t busy delivering quality outcomes to his clients, he enjoys spending time with his family, bike riding, playing guitar, and listening to music (anything pre-2008).
Managers and accounting“-
I once saw a very senior manager toss a beautifully bound 30-page glossy finance report into the shredder without even looking at it. I’m not kidding, she did it right in front of me. Now look, the point she was trying to prove was that the information her finance team provided was worthless. But without even realizing it, she was proving another point. That she had completely removed herself from the financial aspects of her business and of course, the relationships that support this. This is a huge problem. So much value can be gained from having strong relationships with finance and accounting, both the subject matter, and of course, the people doing the work. Now, there’s a lot on your plate as a manager and you’re probably accountable for many major decisions but because there is so much at stake, there’s an even greater incentive to understand how you can utilize and support your accounting and finance…