The Controller’s New Role: Navigating the Changes in 2025

In our interactive, instructor-led 75-minute event, you will learn how today’s Controllers are expected to evolve beyond number crunching to become strategic catalysts who influence company direction and performance. You’ll discover how to leverage emerging technologies, bridge critical skill gaps, and meet executive expectations—all while improving the performance and decision-making of finance and operational teams.

Join us, and you’ll discover:

• The top challenges Controllers face in 2025 and how to overcome them
• Keys to balancing traditional responsibilities with strategic business influence
• Concrete tools for forecasting, automation, and rolling budgets
• How this transformation boosts performance across finance, HR, and leadership team

Program Highlights

Break Free from the Back Office: Expand Your Role, Influence & Strategic Value

• How to transition from traditional financial stewardship to a strategic leadership mindset
• Ways to build cross-functional credibility and influence across departments
• Integrating financial data into decision-making dashboards that guide company strategy

Control the Chaos: Lead Through Forecasting, Budgeting & Strategic Insight

• Apply rolling forecasts that fuel forward-looking decisions in dynamic markets
• Solutions for identifying cost savings, minimizing cash burn, and boosting resource efficiency
• Methods for aligning financial data with HR goals to support workforce planning and development

Modern Tools for a Modern Role: Leverage Tech, Train Talent, and Close the Gap

• How to select and implement financial software that supports automation and strategic visibility
• Learn to close the skill gap with structured cross-training, tech-savvy hiring, and staff development
• Techniques to ensure internal control compliance in a remote, paperless work environment

Live Question & Answer Session – Have your specific questions answered!

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Pamela Shull

Pamela Shull, CPP, SPHR gives you practical, real-world, effective guidance on a variety of accounting topics from payroll to overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Pamela, both a Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) and a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), has more than 50 years of experience as a director of human resources and payroll, controller, auditor, businesswoman, consultant, instructional designer, and trainer. She is a specialist in Canadian payroll, human resources and sales tax compliance. She has presented hundreds of seminars, workshops, and webinars to businesses in all major business sectors. Pamela is also the author of the recently released book "CP2100 Compliance Logbook.”