Public Sector Accounting & Reporting
Up-to-Date Information and Practical Strategies on How to Strengthen Your Department's Financial Management
October 25 and 26, 2011
Optional Workshop: October 27, 2011
OTTAWA, ONTARIO
Event Overview
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Hear practical advice and
strategies from a faculty of experts
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- Office of the Comptroller General, Treasury Board of Canada
- Deloitte
- Canadian Heritage
- KPMG LLP
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- International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board
- Health Canada
- FinEx Group
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Key Updates and Strategies for the Successful Management
of Your Financial Reporting
- Learn about the new Policy on Internal Control and its foundational relationship to financial statements, accounting and reporting, including the latest on OCG priorities, policies, and directions
- Examine a case study of quarterly reporting (TBAS 1.3): get best practices and learn how to avoid the stumbling blocks encountered by Canadian Heritage
- Get detailed insight and strategies for dealing with significant changes in financial reporting requirements for the public sector
- Examine lessons learned implementing the TBS policy on internal controls
- Analyze a case study of Health Canada's approach and process to business-integrated planning
- Understand new developments in IFRS and their implications for the public sector in Canada
- Learn how to integrate risk management into your financial forecasting
- Understand evolving international public sector accounting standards and their impact on Canadian government departments
- Hear about the top IT-related issues and the future of electronic record-keeping systems: understand the growing role of technology and e-records in accounting and reporting
- Get tips on internal controls and properly accounting for transfer payments
- Take home advice on performance measures for your finance-related functions
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Optional Half-Day Workshop
How to Set up an
Internal Controls Program
- Guidance for setting up internal controls: planning and scoping
- Identifying and assessing controls in place
- Streamlining processes: improving efficiency and maintaining sustainability
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Atelier facultatif en français
Établir et optimiser un programme
de contrôles internes
- Étapes à envisager au moment d'élaborer et mettre en œuvre les contrôles internes
- Comment déterminer l'efficacité de vos procédures et politiques
- Améliorer l'efficacité et soutenir la durabilité des processus
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The complex and ever-changing environment of accounting standards have made accounting and financial reporting an increasingly meticulous task for government departments and agencies.
At INFONEX's Public Sector Accounting and Reporting event, our distinguished faculty, which includes experts with decades of experience as public sector financial managers, will explore the topics that matter to you most. This event will provide you with the practical step-by-step guidance you need to prepare your department.
Public Sector Accounting and Reporting offers you the tools you need to keep on top of new and upcoming standards, as well as best practices for internal controls and quarterly reporting. You will leave the conference with the practical knowledge necessary to implement the new standards in your department's financial operations.
Don't miss this opportunity to take away practical knowledge you can begin applying right away in your own department or agency.
Register today!
Who Should Attend This Event
- CFOs and Directors General of Finance
- Not-For-Profit Public Sector Financial Reporting Departments
- Auditors, Audit Managers and Members of Audit Committees
- Directors and Managers of Accounting Financial Reporting
- Risk Managers and Risk Assessment Officers
- Senior Accountants and Chief Accountants
- Directors of Finance Compliance
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- Directors of Corporate Finance, Assurance and Advisory
- External Reporting, Reporting Standards, and Accounting Policy Officers
- Directors and Managers of Finance and Planning
- Budgeting and Financial Reporting Officers
- Assistant Deputy Ministers of Finance
- Controllers and Internal Auditors
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