Key takeaways
Host: Beth Kaplan, managing director, Deloitte & Touche LLP
1 Overview CPE credit | Specialized knowledge
This year ushered in more transformation as businesses traversed reality with more seasoned pandemic experience and a better understanding of a changing world. What are some of the key takeaways this year, and what should controllership know for the year ahead? We’ll discuss:
- How disruption has presented controllership with a unique opportunity to optimize and refresh the function
- Insights on events shaping the economy, their impact on finance, and next year’s economic possibilities
- Transformation of the workforce, workplace, and work emerging this year, and considerations for the year ahead
Meet the speaker

Beth F. Kaplan
Beth is the founder and chief adviser for the Center for ControllershipTM and managing director for Finance Transformation and Controllership Services at Deloitte & Touche LLP. She has more than 35 years of experience in roles as an auditor, CFO/controller, and financial operations consultant, and specializes in helping the Controllership function improve overall finance processes, reduce cost of delivery, and reduce risk. She has served some of the largest global and national organizations as they transform their controllership function driven by mergers, accounting changes, and system transformations. Beth has been published several times with insights into financial close and reporting process improvements, effective control design, the role of the controller, and technology transformation for the future of controllership.
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