Live Webinar
5 Ways to Ease the Pain of Budgeting Season
John O’Rourke, Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Host Analytics
Wednesday,
Jul. 26, 2017
11:00 AM Pacific
Duration: 1 Hour
Educational Webinar
FREE
Still doing annual budgeting with spreadsheets? There’s a better way.
Budgeting season is right around the corner. If you’re still shuddering from the spreadsheets and email process of last year, or are struggling with legacy budgeting applications, sign up for this webinar to learn 5 Ways to Ease the Pain of Budgeting Season.
Learn about the key market trends in budgeting, planning and forecasting and discover the best practices companies are adopting to reduce the pain of annual budgeting.
Budgeting season is right around the corner. If you’re still shuddering from the spreadsheets and email process of last year, or are struggling with legacy budgeting applications, sign up for this webinar to learn 5 Ways to Ease the Pain of Budgeting Season.
Learn about the key market trends in budgeting, planning and forecasting and discover the best practices companies are adopting to reduce the pain of annual budgeting.
Learning Objectives
After attending this event you will be able to:
Streamline, as well as reduce the pain of, the annual budgeting process
Leverage your Excel skills while using the power of the cloud
Implement rolling forecasts to bring more agility into the planning process
Drive accountability among line of business managers
Speakers
John O’Rourke
Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Host Analytics
John O’Rourke is Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Host Analytics. With a background in accounting and finance, John has over 30 years of experience in the software industry and 20 years of experience in EPM product marketing at Hyperion Solutions, Oracle and Host Analytics. He has worked with many customers and partners on financial reporting and planning initiatives and has spoken and written on many topics in EPM. John has also held positions in strategic marketing and product marketing at Dun & Bradstreet Software, Kenan Systems, and Decisyon. John has a BS degree in accounting from Bentley University and an MBA from Boston College.
Holly Simpson
Manager, Solution Consulting, Host Analytics
Holly Simpson has held her position as Manager, Solution Consulting for the past 6 years with Host Analytics. She is a CPA with 20+ years of experience in finance and accounting systems, most recently with Microsoft and Billtrust, a SaaS provider of billing and payment solutions. Holly started her career as an auditor with Price Waterhouse and was the Controller for a high tech organization for 4 years.
Holly lives in Denver, Colorado because it is always sunny and is a avid cyclist and runner.
Holly lives in Denver, Colorado because it is always sunny and is a avid cyclist and runner.
Moderated by: Jess Bozzo
Content Manager, Argyle Executive Forum
Jess is the Content Manager for Argyle Executive Forum’s growing CFO virtual division. In her current role, Jess is responsible for the creation and implementation of virtual event themes, overviews, and working with speakers and partners to create engaging and timely content. Prior to joining Argyle, Jess got her start in audience development and marketing with NewBay Media. A graduate of Gettysburg College, and a New Jersey native, Jess currently resides in Hoboken.
Sponsors
Host Analytics - Host Analytics is the industry’s leading provider of scalable, cloud-based enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions. Companies of all sizes, from $10 million startups to $10 billion multi-nationals, rely on Host Analytics to provide financial planning, budgeting, modeling, consolidations, and reporting. Host Analytics has 700 customers in 90 countries including Bose, Boston Red Sox, FitBit, La-Z-Boy, Mayo Clinic, NPR, OpenTable, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Pinterest, Swissport, TOMS Shoes, True Value, and Vitamin Shoppe. Host Analytics is a private company backed by leading venture capitalists and is headquartered in Silicon Valley.
Continuing Education Information
Certified Public Accountant
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- Continuing Education Credit:
- 1 CPE Credits
- Field of Study:
- Accounting
- CPE Delivery Method:
- Group-Internet
- Program Location:
- Online
- Program Level:
- Basic
- Prerequisites:
- No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course. More information about CPE Credits
Continuing Professional Development
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- Continuing Education Credit:
- 1 Hours
- Field of Study:
- Accounting
- CPE Delivery Method:
- Group-Internet
- Program Location:
- Online More information about Hours
Certified Management Accountant
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- Continuing Education Credit:
- 1 CE Credits
- Field of Study:
- Accounting
- CE Delivery Method:
- Group-Internet
- Program Location:
- Online
- Program Level:
- Basic
- Prerequisites:
- No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course. More information about CE Credits