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Host: Beth Kaplan, managing director, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Presenter: Josh Parrish, global controller, DIH Holdings
Kelvin Espinal, senior manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Matthew Hurley, partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
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At a time with many changes—from new disclosure rules and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) regulations to opportunities around emerging technology implementations—it seems not a month goes by without a new challenge. Now halfway through the year, how are controllers and accounting leaders meeting these challenges? We’ll discuss:
- Steps organizations are taking to operationalize and implement new disclosure requirements
- How controllership teams are leveraging previous regulatory lessons learned to address new standards and regulation complexities
- Managing increased expectations for controllership to be agents of change amid transformation
Meet the speakers
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.
Matthew Hurley
Matt is a partner in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Controllership, Accounting and Reporting practice. He focuses on assisting clients address and operationalize complex accounting and reporting requirements and challenges through his significant experience in process and data remediation, accounting process and controls transformation, and accounting systems. Matt has led numerous cross-functional and large global teams, maintains Deloitte’s International Financial Reporting Standards certification, and serves in various leadership roles within Deloitte including serving as the Accounting Standards & Processes domain leader.
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