April 2018 Chapter Meeting

Business Acumen

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Technology and Stakeholder expectations are shifting at an exceptional pace, which presents numerous challenges to Project Managers. How can PM's manage stakeholder expectations in this fast-changing environment? How can we deliver projects successfully when the goal posts seem to be anything but stationary? David L. Atkinson is a Senior Manager in Accenture's Financial Practice, and he will provide some guidance on how to view the world of projects through the lens of "The New", and review some concrete steps you can take into your next projects to help keep pace with these challenges.

Social Time: 5:30 - 6:00 PM
Time Speaker will talk: 6:00 - 7:00 PM

David L. Atkinson is a Senior Manager in Accenture's Finance Practice. He works closely with clients to help deliver around Finance and Accounting Strategy and the technologies that enable the finance function. He has demonstrated his expertise while leading projects focused on Finance Organization design, Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting; General Ledger; Accelerated Month-end Close; and Statutory, Management, and Regulatory Reporting. David has also held various leadership positions within Accenture's finance practice to help drive Accenture's book of business across clients.

Specialties Include: Utilities Finance (Electric, Gas, and Water); Digital Finance; Robotic Process Automation; Utilities Regulatory Accounting and Process; Finance Performance and Analysis Transformation; Process Lead Finance Transformation, Finance Operations; Management; Statutory, and Regulatory Reporting; Record to Report; Consolidations; Accelerated Month End Close; Smart Grid Compliance Reporting; OBIEE; Business Objects; SAP FICO; Oracle Financials; PeopleSoft Financials.

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Information

Type of category: Events

Type of activity: Business Acumen

Date: April 17th, 2018

Hour: 5:30PM to 7:45PM

# of PDUs: 1

Price

Student: Free

Member Adults: Free

Non-member Adults: Free

Location

Alford Public Library