Executive Education
PLATINUM
SERIES
For institutions that fund, govern, audit, and scale the finance function. Each program delivers 200+ scored questions, domain heat maps, gap analysis, and 90-day action plans.
A 58-PART DIAGNOSTIC SERIES
Organizational Finance Assessment Kit
300+ assessment items across 16 functional domains. Covers Accounting, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Compliance, Systems, and Reporting — with readiness scoring, heat maps, gap analysis, 5 meeting agenda templates, 12 Cardinal Rules, and a full 90-day action plan.
Vendor Selection Toolkit
A practical framework for evaluating outsourcing partners, reducing vendor risk, and selecting high-performing teams with confidence.
PE Portfolio Oversight Program
200 diagnostic questions across 10 domains for Operating Partners and Portfolio Managers. Covers Financial Architecture, Value Creation Planning, Revenue Quality, EBITDA Engineering, Working Capital, Management Assessment, Technology, Risk, Exit Readiness, and Portfolio Synergies.
The ERP Nervous System Audit
A CFO-focused framework for assessing ERP architecture, identifying system weaknesses, and building a scalable, integrated, and data-driven enterprise.
Banking & Credit Risk Assessment
200 diagnostic questions for Commercial Lenders and Credit Officers. Covers Financial Statement Quality, Cash Flow & Debt Service, Collateral, Management Quality, Industry Position, Revenue Durability, Operational Efficiency, Covenant Structure, Fraud Risk, and Early Warning Systems.
The First 90 Days
A CFO-focused framework for assessing leadership effectiveness, organizational readiness, and strategic progress during the critical first 90 days.
The Audit Master Program
The complete audit execution framework for internal and external audit teams. Structured from risk assessment and planning through fieldwork, evidence evaluation, findings documentation, and final opinion. Includes workpaper templates and quality review protocols.
The Revenue System Diagnostic
A practical framework for assessing revenue operations, eliminating bottlenecks, and improving conversion, cash flow, and customer value.
Internal Audit Architecture
The blueprint for designing a world-class internal audit function. Covers charter design, risk-based audit planning, audit universe development, resource modeling, stakeholder management, technology enablement, and reporting to the audit committee.
The Strategic Outsourcing Playbook
A CFO-focused playbook for evaluating outsourcing strategies, selecting the right partners, and maximizing long-term operational and financial performance.
The 3rd Party Trinity
Three complete diagnostic programs in one: Customer Credit & Relationship Assessment (5 domains, 100Q), Vendor Risk & Performance Assessment (5 domains, 100Q), and Strategic Partner Governance Assessment (5 domains, 100Q). 300 diagnostic questions across 15 domains.
The Enterprise Value Driver Map
A CFO-focused framework for connecting operational performance to enterprise value and prioritizing the drivers that maximize long-term valuation.
Corporate Governance & Board Architecture
The design blueprint for high-functioning boards and governance systems. Covers board composition, committee structure, charter design, information flows, CEO oversight, compensation governance, audit committee effectiveness, and the CFO's role in enabling board decision-making.
The Global Shared Services And Outsourcing Governance
Assess the effectiveness of your global shared services and outsourcing governance to identify operational gaps, strengthen controls, and improve finance performance.
Capital Structure & Treasury Fortress
The complete framework for capital structure decisions and treasury function design. Covers optimal leverage analysis, debt instrument selection, covenant architecture, liquidity management, interest rate risk, FX exposure management, and the treasurer's operating playbook.
M&A Integration Nervous System
The operating system for post-merger integration. Covers the 100-day plan, financial integration sequencing, systems consolidation, cultural integration, synergy tracking, and the CFO's role as integration architect from due diligence through full integration.
Anti-Fragile Turnaround & Restructuring
The CFO's complete playbook for financial distress, turnaround, and restructuring. Covers liquidity crisis management, stakeholder communication, covenant waiver negotiation, operational restructuring, workforce reduction execution, and building the bridge to stabilization.
Global Tax & Legal IP Strategy
The complete framework for international tax planning and IP protection strategy. Covers entity structure optimization, transfer pricing design, treaty benefits, BEPS compliance, IP holding structures, royalty regimes, and the CFO's role in global tax governance.
Hyper-Growth Scaling Pains Diagnostic
The diagnostic for finance functions growing faster than their systems. Identifies the 12 most common scaling failure points — close process breakdown, reporting lag, control gaps, system obsolescence, talent gaps — with prioritized remediation plans and implementation roadmaps.
AI Operating Framework & Agent Governance
The complete framework for AI adoption, governance, and risk management in finance. Covers AI use case prioritization, model risk management, data governance for AI, agent oversight, bias detection, regulatory compliance, and the CFO's AI governance accountability.
Comprehensive Tax Audit Strategy Playbook
The complete playbook for managing tax audits across federal, state, and international jurisdictions. Covers audit risk assessment, documentation strategy, examiner management, issue resolution, appeals process, and the policies that prevent audits from becoming crises.
Revenue Operations Command Center
The diagnostic framework for building a world-class Revenue Operations function. Covers pipeline analytics, forecasting methodology, quota design, compensation modeling, customer lifecycle economics, and the CFO's role in RevOps governance and commercial accountability.
Global Outsourcing: Build vs. Buy Framework
The complete framework for outsourcing decisions and global delivery model design. Covers the build vs. buy vs. outsource decision matrix, vendor selection, governance structure, SLA design, transition management, and ongoing performance optimization for global operations.
AI, Cyber & ERP Convergence
The diagnostic for the three technology domains with the highest CFO exposure — artificial intelligence governance, cybersecurity risk management, and ERP system integrity. Covers control frameworks, vendor risk, incident response, and board-level technology risk reporting.
Digital Payments Treasury Tech Fintech
This diagnostic assesses the organization's payment infrastructure and treasury technology — evaluating payment method optimization, bank connectivity, cash visibility, fraud prevention controls, and the technology stack that supports modern treasury operations. It examines the migration from paper-based payments to electronic processing, the security controls that protect against payment fraud, and the treasury management system capability that provides real-time cash positioning. Organizations completing this assessment accelerate payment processing, reduce fraud exposure, improve cash visibility and build the treasury technology foundation that supports growth without proportional headcount increases.
Finance Transformation Playbook
This diagnostic evaluates the finance function's readiness and progress toward transformation — assessing the operating model evolution from transaction processing to business partnership, technology modernization, process optimization, talent development, and the change management discipline that sustains transformation momentum. It examines the CFO's transformation vision, the investment case for finance modernization, and the metrics that measure whether transformation efforts produce actual capability improvement. Organizations completing this assessment build the multi-year transformation roadmap that evolves the finance function from backward-looking reporter to forward-looking strategic partner driving business performance.
Investor Relations & Earnings Communication
This diagnostic assesses the organization's investor relations infrastructure — evaluating earnings process management, guidance methodology, analyst relationship management, shareholder engagement strategy, and the communication discipline that builds and maintains credibility with the investment community. It examines earnings call preparation, press release quality, non-GAAP metric consistency, SEC disclosure compliance, and the crisis communication protocols for negative surprises. Organizations completing this assessment build the IR capability that ensures the organization's financial story is communicated accurately, consistently, and credibly to every stakeholder who influences the company's valuation.
Private Company Exit Planning
This diagnostic evaluates exit readiness for private companies considering IPO, strategic sale, PE transaction, or recapitalization — assessing financial statement audit readiness, GAAP compliance gaps, internal control maturity, historical financial restatement risk, and the management reporting infrastructure that buyers and investors expect. It examines quality of earnings preparation, due diligence readiness, data room organization, and the operational improvements that maximize enterprise value. Organizations completing this assessment build the two-to-three-year exit preparation roadmap that transforms a private company's financial infrastructure from founder-grade to investor-grade.
Debt Architecture & Lender Relationship
This diagnostic assesses the organization's debt structure, covenant compliance, lender relationship management, and the treasury infrastructure that supports optimal capital structure decisions. It evaluates credit agreement terms, covenant calculation accuracy, borrowing base management, refinancing readiness, and the financial reporting package that maintains lender confidence. The program examines leverage optimization, interest rate risk management, debt maturity scheduling, and the scenario analysis that stress- tests the capital structure under adverse conditions. Organizations completing this assessment build the debt management discipline that maintains access to capital while optimizing the cost of borrowing.
Transfer Pricing & Intercompany Governance
This diagnostic evaluates the organization's transfer pricing framework — assessing intercompany pricing methodology, documentation compliance, BEPS alignment, intercompany agreement completeness, and the governance infrastructure that ensures arm's-length pricing across all related-party transactions. It examines functional analysis accuracy, benchmarking study currency, CbCR preparation, and the consistency between transfer pricing documentation and actual financial flows. Organizations completing this assessment reduce double-taxation risk, strengthen audit defense positions, and build the intercompany governance framework that ensures transfer pricing compliance while optimizing the global tax position.
Sales & Use Tax Compliance Architecture
This diagnostic assesses the organization's sales and uses tax compliance infrastructure — evaluating nexus determination, taxability classification, exemption certificate management, return filing accuracy, and the technology platform that automates tax calculation across thousands of jurisdictions. It examines economic nexus exposure post-Wayfair, marketplace facilitator obligations, tax engine integration with billing systems, and the audit defense documentation that protects against assessments. Organizations completing this assessment eliminate exposure from unregistered nexus states, reduce audit assessments through proper documentation, and build the automated compliance infrastructure that scales with transaction volume growth.
ESG & Sustainability Reporting Framework
This diagnostic evaluates the organization's environmental, social, and governance reporting capabilities — assessing data collection infrastructure, reporting framework alignment (GRI, SASB, TCFD, ISSB), climate risk quantification, social impact measurement, and the governance structures that ensure ESG disclosures are accurate, consistent, and auditable. It examines SEC climate disclosure readiness, Scope 1/2/3 emissions measurement, supply chain ESG monitoring, and the integration of ESG metrics into financial planning. Organizations completing this assessment build the ESG reporting infrastructure that satisfies regulatory requirements, investor expectations, and the board's need for visibility into sustainability risks and opportunities.
Climate Risk, Carbon Accounting & Green Finance
This diagnostic assesses the organization's climate risk management and carbon accounting capabilities — evaluating greenhouse gas emissions measurement across all scopes, climate scenario analysis, carbon pricing impact, green finance instruments, and the transition planning that positions the organization for a low-carbon economy. It examines physical and transition risk quantification, carbon credit strategies, renewable energy procurement, sustainable supply chain management, and the regulatory landscape for climate-related financial disclosures. Organizations completing this assessment build the carbon accounting precision and climate risk governance that investors, regulators, and customers increasingly demand as prerequisites for long-term business relationships.
Procurement & Strategic Sourcing
This diagnostic evaluates the organization's procurement function through a financial lens — assessing total cost of ownership methodology, supplier selection rigor, contract management discipline, spend analytics capability, and the strategic sourcing processes that transform purchasing from a transactional activity into a margin-improvement engine. It examines maverick spend control, supplier consolidation opportunities, procurement technology maturity, and the make-vs-buy analysis framework. Organizations completing this assessment build the procurement architecture that reduces total cost of goods and services by 5-15% while improving supplier quality, reducing supply chain risk, and freeing working capital through optimized payment terms.
SaaS Metrics & Unit Economics
This diagnostic assesses the measurement infrastructure for subscription software businesses — evaluating ARR/MRR calculation accuracy, customer acquisition cost analysis, lifetime value modeling, net revenue retention tracking, and the Rule of 40 framework that benchmarks the growth-profitability balance. It examines cohort analysis capability, SaaS financial statement reconciliation, churn root cause diagnosis, and the board-level metrics dashboard that tells the complete SaaS story. Organizations completing this assessment build the metrics infrastructure that enables the CFO to report SaaS business health with precision — distinguishing sustainable, value-creating growth from growth that merely consumes capital without creating returns.
Real Estate, Lease Accounting & Facilities Strategy
This diagnostic evaluates the organization's real estate portfolio, lease accounting compliance, and facilities management — assessing ASC 842/IFRS 16 implementation maturity, lease portfolio optimization, occupancy cost management, and the lease-vs-buy decision framework for every significant asset. It examines lease modification accounting accuracy, facilities operating cost benchmarking, space utilization measurement, and the lease governance that prevents the portfolio from accumulating without strategy. Organizations completing this assessment optimize their second-largest fixed cost, achieve confident lease accounting compliance, and build the real estate strategy that aligns physical footprint with the hybrid work model.
Crisis Communication & Stakeholder Management
This diagnostic assesses the organization's readiness to communicate effectively during financial crises — evaluating playbooks for restatements, material weaknesses, activist investors, regulatory investigations, data breaches, executive departures, and earnings misses. It examines the first 72-hour protocol, spokesperson preparation, legal review integration, and the stakeholder-specific messaging that maintains credibility under pressure. Organizations completing this assessment build the pre-built crisis communication capability that transforms reactive panic into disciplined response — because the reputational and financial damage from a poorly communicated crisis consistently exceeds the damage from the underlying event itself.
Family Office & Private Wealth CFO
This diagnostic evaluates the financial management infrastructure of family offices and ultra-high-net-worth wealth management — assessing governance architecture, investment reporting, tax planning complexity, estate and succession planning, entity structure administration, and the philanthropic compliance that private foundations require. It examines consolidated net worth reporting, multi-entity accounting, next generation preparation, risk management and insurance adequacy, and the privacy and cybersecurity protections that UHNW families require. Organizations completing this assessment build the family office operating discipline that preserves wealth across generations through governance, transparency, and professional financial management.
Manufacturing Cost Accounting & Production Economics
This diagnostic evaluates the manufacturing cost system — assessing BOM and routing accuracy, standard cost management, variance analysis rigor, overhead allocation methodology, inventory valuation compliance, and the production economics metrics that connect factory performance to financial results. It examines quality cost accounting, CapEx planning for production assets, supply chain cost management, and the manufacturing finance governance that ensures factory P&L reporting is as rigorous as corporate reporting. Organizations completing this assessment build the manufacturing cost architecture that produces decision- grade product costs — enabling accurate pricing, informed make-vs-buy decisions, and targeted operational improvement.
Inventory Optimization & Supply Chain Working Capital
This diagnostic assesses the organization's inventory management as a working capital discipline — evaluating inventory policy rigor, demand planning accuracy, safety stock methodology, obsolescence management, and the governance framework that treats inventory as a financial asset requiring optimization. It examines inventory turns by category, carrying cost quantification, warehouse accuracy controls, supplier collaboration programs, and the S&OP integration that aligns inventory investment with demand and supply. Organizations completing this assessment convert excess inventory into freed cash, reduce obsolescence write-offs, and build the systematic inventory management discipline that balances customer service with capital efficiency.
Freight, Logistics & Transportation Cost Management
This diagnostic evaluates the organization's total transportation spend — assessing freight cost visibility across inbound, outbound, intermodal, and premium categories, carrier management rigor, mode optimization opportunities, and the freight audit controls that prevent the 2-5% invoice error rate endemic in transportation. It examines international freight compliance, TMS technology deployment, and the premium freight tracking that identifies upstream failures creating expediting costs. Organizations completing this assessment aggregate scattered freight costs into a manageable category, capture savings through mode optimization and carrier negotiation, and build the transportation cost governance that controls 5-10% of revenue.
Warehousing, 3PL & Distribution Economics
This diagnostic assesses the economics of the organization's physical distribution network — evaluating warehouse cost per unit, 3PL selection and management, fulfillment center design, e-commerce fulfillment economics, labor productivity, and the inventory accuracy controls that ensure system records match physical reality. It examines returns processing cost, distribution cost accounting for customer and channel profitability, and the automation roadmap that transforms distribution from labor-intensive to technology- enabled. Organizations completing this assessment optimize their distribution cost structure, make informed in-house vs. 3PL decisions, and build the unit-economics visibility that connects warehouse operations to financial outcomes.
CapEx Planning & Capital Project ROI
This diagnostic evaluates the organization's capital expenditure management — assessing the business case development process, approval governance, project execution cost control, post-implementation review discipline, and the portfolio management framework that ensures capital is deployed where it generates the highest risk-adjusted return. It examines technology CapEx, facilities investment, equipment procurement, CapEx accounting and tax treatment, and the hurdle rate enforcement that prevents sub-economic investments. Organizations completing this assessment build the capital allocation discipline that treats every CapEx dollar as an investment competing for deployment against every alternative use of capital.
Supply Chain Finance & Working Capital Optimization
This diagnostic assesses the organization's working capital management across the full cash conversion cycle — evaluating receivables optimization, payables strategy, supply chain finance programs, inventory working capital, and the cash forecasting infrastructure that connects operational decisions to liquidity outcomes. It examines reverse factoring implementation, dynamic discounting economics, contract terms negotiation for working capital impact, and the analytics platform that decomposes working capital by customer, product, and segment. Organizations completing this assessment release cash trapped in the operating cycle, reduce external financing dependence, and build the cross-functional working capital governance that sustains improvement.
Lean Finance & Operational Excellence
This diagnostic evaluates the finance function's operational efficiency — assessing close process optimization, process standardization, automation and RPA deployment, report rationalization, meeting discipline, error prevention methodology, and the continuous improvement program that drives incremental enhancement every quarter. It examines time and capacity management, the value-add vs. non-value-add ratio of finance team activities, and the operational excellence governance that prevents efficiency gains from reverting. Organizations completing this assessment eliminate the waste that consumes 40-60% of finance team time, compress the close cycle, and build the operational discipline that transforms finance from back-office processor to strategic business partner.
Tariff, Trade & Customs Compliance
This diagnostic evaluates the organization's customs compliance, duty optimization, and trade regulatory management — assessing HTS classification accuracy, customs valuation methodology, trade agreement utilization, Section 301/232 tariff exposure, export compliance, and the duty optimization strategies that legally reduce the cost of importing. It examines foreign trade zone feasibility, drawback program eligibility, tariff engineering opportunities, and the trade technology that enables compliance at scale. Organizations completing this assessment capture duty savings that most importers leave on the table, eliminate compliance violations that create penalty exposure, and build the trade management discipline that integrates customs into sourcing strategy.
Union Labor Cost & Collective Bargaining
This diagnostic assesses the economics of unionized workforce management — evaluating fully-loaded union labor cost modeling, collective bargaining agreement financial analysis, bargaining preparation strategy, grievance and arbitration economics, work rule productivity impact, and the benefits cost containment that addresses the fastest-growing component of labor expense. It examines strike preparedness, multi-union coordination, labor law compliance, and the long-term labor relations strategy that determines whether the union relationship creates or destroys value. Organizations completing this assessment build the financial rigor that transforms collective bargaining from an adversarial negotiation into a data-driven economic discussion.
ERP Selection & Implementation Readiness
This diagnostic evaluates the organization's readiness to select and implement an enterprise resource planning system — assessing business case rigor, requirements definition completeness, vendor evaluation methodology, implementation planning discipline, data migration strategy, and the change management infrastructure that determines whether the technology investment translates into organizational capability. It examines chart of accounts design, testing methodology, go-live readiness criteria, and the ERP governance framework that prevents post-implementation stagnation. Organizations completing this assessment make the most consequential technology decision with structured evaluation, realistic planning, and the financial design that the CFO must own.
Post-ERP Implementation Optimization
This diagnostic assesses whether the ERP investment is delivering its promised returns — evaluating feature utilization rates, process improvement opportunities missed during implementation, data quality governance, reporting and analytics enhancement, integration optimization, and the user adoption challenges that prevent the organization from realizing the system's full capability. It examines ERP security and controls, upgrade management, and the continuous value creation program that ensures the ERP evolves with the business. Organizations completing this assessment activate the 50-70% of ERP capability that most organizations leave unused, eliminate manual workarounds, and build the optimization discipline that maximizes technology investment returns.
Global ERP & Multi-Entity Architecture
This diagnostic evaluates the financial architecture that enables organizations to manage multiple legal entities across jurisdictions — assessing global ERP strategy, multi-entity financial design, intercompany accounting automation, multi-currency management, consolidation process, and the statutory compliance infrastructure that meets every jurisdiction's requirement. It examines global shared services readiness, global internal controls consistency, M&A integration methodology, and the global finance governance that prevents entity proliferation without oversight. Organizations completing this assessment build the unified financial architecture that enables real-time consolidated visibility while maintaining local compliance across every entity and every jurisdiction.
Finance Tech Stack Assessment
This diagnostic evaluates the complete portfolio of technology tools the finance function uses — from ERP at the core through close management, FP&A platforms, AP/AR automation, tax technology, treasury systems, GRC tools, and the data and analytics infrastructure that transforms transaction data into decision support. It identifies shelfware consuming license fees, spreadsheet workarounds masking system gaps, integration failures degrading data quality, and the technology debt accumulating from deferred upgrades. Organizations completing this assessment build the finance technology roadmap that rationalizes the current portfolio, fills critical gaps, and aligns technology investment with finance transformation objectives.
AI Deployment & Governance in Finance
This diagnostic assesses the finance function's readiness to deploy artificial intelligence responsibly — evaluating AI strategy, operational AI applications, ML-powered forecasting, AI for risk and compliance, data readiness, governance and ethics frameworks, generative AI usage policies, and the talent development required to work effectively alongside machine intelligence. It examines AI ROI measurement, implementation methodology, and the change management that helps finance professionals embrace AI augmentation. Organizations completing this assessment deploy AI where it creates measurable value while maintaining the human oversight, model validation, and ethical governance that responsible financial AI demands.
Offshoring, Reshoring & Location Strategy
This diagnostic evaluates the organization's location strategy for operations — assessing offshoring total cost of ownership, reshoring and nearshoring economics, labor market analysis, regulatory compliance burden, tax incentive capture, and the transition planning that moves operations without losing capability. It examines geopolitical and supply chain risk, workforce impact management, and the location governance that ensures the multi-location operating model delivers expected returns. Organizations completing this assessment make location decisions based on rigorous TCO analysis rather than wage-rate comparisons, accounting for the hidden costs that erode 30-50% of projected offshoring savings.
Global Shared Services Architecture
This diagnostic assesses the design, operation, and governance of global shared services centers — evaluating service catalog definition, SLA frameworks, operational efficiency metrics, technology and automation maturity, talent management, transition methodology, and the business unit relationship management that determines whether the SSC is perceived as a value creator or a cost-cutting imposition. It examines continuous improvement programs, SSC performance benchmarking, and the strategic evolution from transactional processing to analytical capability. Organizations completing this assessment build shared services operations that achieve scale economies while maintaining service quality and the governance discipline that sustains performance improvement.
International Entity Structure & Optimization
This diagnostic evaluates the organization's international entity portfolio — assessing entity purpose validation, international tax structure effectiveness, economic substance compliance, permanent establishment risk, transfer pricing governance, international cash management, and the multi-jurisdictional compliance infrastructure that maintains legal standing in every jurisdiction. It examines entity rationalization opportunities, cross-border M&A integration, and the governance framework that prevents complexity accumulation. Organizations completing this assessment simplify their international structure by dissolving purposeless entities, strengthen substance compliance for BEPS and Pillar Two, and build the entity governance that reduces compliance cost while maintaining tax and operational efficiency
FX Impact & Currency Risk Management
This diagnostic assesses the organization's foreign exchange risk management capability — evaluating exposure identification across transaction, translation, and economic dimensions, FX policy governance, hedging strategy and instrument selection, ASC 815 hedge accounting compliance, and the FX technology infrastructure that enables currency risk management at scale. It examines the P&L impact of currency movements, constant currency reporting methodology, and the FX governance framework that ensures hedging serves risk management objectives. Organizations completing this assessment quantify FX exposure that may be invisible, implement hedging programs that reduce P&L volatility, and build the reporting framework that communicates currency impact transparently.
Trade Finance & International Working Capital
This diagnostic evaluates the financial instruments and mechanisms that facilitate international trade — assessing letters of credit management, documentary collection optimization, trade credit insurance utilization, international working capital cycle management, and the export and import financing programs that fund cross-border transactions. It examines countertrade obligations, trade finance technology digitization, and the governance framework that ensures trade finance instruments are deployed efficiently and compliantly. Organizations completing this assessment optimize the cost of financing international trade, protect against buyer default through proper risk transfer, and build the trade finance infrastructure that enables confident expansion into international markets.
Multi-Jurisdictional Compliance Architecture
This diagnostic assesses the organization's capability to meet regulatory obligations simultaneously across every jurisdiction of operation — evaluating corporate entity compliance, multi-jurisdictional tax filing management, employment and labor law compliance, data privacy and protection, industry-specific regulations, anti-corruption and sanctions compliance, and environmental and safety requirements. It examines compliance technology scalability, compliance culture maturity, and the centralized monitoring infrastructure that prevents missed deadlines across hundreds of filings. Organizations completing this assessment build the compliance architecture that scales with jurisdictional expansion, reduces penalty exposure, and establishes the compliance culture that is the only control effective across every border.
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