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Powerful Costing and Profitability Analysis — On Demand

Level: 2	CGA or Student Price: $129.00
Verifiable: Yes	Non-CGA Price: $169.00
CPD Hours: 2	Other Price: $139.00
Start Date: 01/01/2099	End Date: 01/01/2099
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes

All prices in Canadian Dollars

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How profitable is your organization? Where is your company making its money?

In most organizations, 80% of profits come from about 20% of the sales. The key to improving profitability is to understand the drivers of profitability and how to leverage core products or customers.

Too often, financial professionals are so occupied with the daily realities of reporting results that they don’t take the time to analyze them and improve them. Usually, it is fairly simple to identify revenue amounts. The challenge with understanding profitability at a detailed level relates more to understanding costs.

This webcast will teach you how to identify the drivers of costs and profitability and determine where efforts should be focused in order to improve overall profitability for the organization.

Presenter:

Karine Benzecar

This webcast will teach you to

identify how to analyze profitability within your organization
understand and model cost behaviours in your organizations
identify the four key components of costs and cost drivers
calculate profitability within your organization
design effective reports for management
conduct analysis to improve profitability
communicate more effectively with senior management and key decision-makers

Presentation outline

sources of profitability for companies
common profitability analysis which all companies should do
the four cost components
proper identification of overhead rates and common pitfalls
fixed versus variable costs — why it isn't always easy to identify them appropriately and how to do so
company cost structures and choosing the appropriate cost structure
balanced scorecards and how they help improve profitability

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If you want to go deeper, check out Effective Cost and Profitability Management, where you'll learn advanced tools for measuring and reducing costs — and how to highlight your accomplishments in doing so.

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About the Author and/or Presenter

Karine Benzacar, MBA, FCMA, CPA (Del), is Managing Director of Knowledge Plus Corp., an organization which specializes both in business training and in providing financial, accounting, and management information services. Karine is a seasoned industry professional with more than 15 years of solid industry experience. After beginning her career in the finance departments of Avon Products Inc. and Kraft Foods Inc., she held senior financial management positions at three major Canadian Banks — Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Nova Scotia, and Bank of Montreal. She has been working with IFRS since 2005 with selected clients.

Karine obtained an MBA from McGill University in Montreal. In addition to her industry experience, Karine has been teaching undergraduate and MBA courses at several leading universities including the University of Toronto, Concordia University, and Ryerson University. She is a highly acclaimed industry expert and has presented at international industry conferences. She has published numerous articles in leading journals such as The Bottom Line, Financial Post, Canadian HR Reporter, HRPAO Magazine, and The RMA Journal and has been quoted as an industry expert in industry publications.

Author Type: CGA-Canada

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