In most organizations, there exists a significant disconnect between strategy and finance. Irrelevant data, growing complexity, and impertinent measures keep business leaders from focusing on the key issues. A rampant lack of financial knowledge plagues the entire strategy process and stifles value creation. This session will present the entanglement between finance and strategy and help financial and non-financial leaders discover the story behind the numbers to drive holistic business value.
This session offers 1.5 credits in the field of Management Services.
For many organizations, accuracy in projected project financials means more than an educated guess. Significant changes in the forecasted performance of projects highlight internal weaknesses in financial talent. Proper processes, training, and a culture of teamwork are key to improving this critical skill set. This session will discuss best practices in financial controls, technology deployment, and the roles and responsibilities necessary to create a predictable outcome in construction jobs.
This session offers 1.5 cpe credits in the field of Accounting.
For contractors who self-fund their medical plan, there are few areas of significant financial exposures with risks often unknown and unmanaged until it is too late. Using specific, recent, and highly relevant experiences from Banks Construction, this session will detail these risks in stop loss and leave/absence management for contractors. Further, Banks Construction CFO Bill Zobel will outline his newly enacted risk/financial mitigation and best practices to remove/drastically reduce these potential multi-million-dollar risks.
This session offers 1.5 cpe credits in the field of Personnel/Human Resources.
During this panel discussion, learn how future trends in technology are affecting the heavy/highway sector from all industry vantage points.
This session offers 1.5 cpe credits in the field of Information Technology.
A shift in workforce dynamics in the construction industry has been rapid and substantial in recent years. Attracting and hiring talent today requires a reset of how we view and execute the hiring process. In this session, key workforce drivers and how they impact hiring and interviewing will be discussed, as well as strategies for handling these dynamics, attracting the right candidates, and identifying the wrong candidates.
This session offers 1.5 cpe credits in the field of Personnel/Human Resources.
Much like the transformation of the CIO during the early 2000s, the role of the CFM will change. Companies will require CFMs to lead differently. Tomorrow’s CFM must lead their teams into a new era of financial management where cross-departmental strategies are designed with input and insight from and through the financial lens. This session will explore four characteristics of modern leadership.