2024 Global Financial Reporting and Valuation Conference

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Navigating Disruption in the Digital & AI Era. This session will cover how to turn disruption into competitive advantage, monetizing investments in digital, data, and talent, enabling innovation and organizational agility to drive sustainable, profitable growth, proactively managing enterprise risks to maintain stakeholder trust, and client stories and insights from the latest KPMG global surveys.

Making AI Capabilities Real Through Demos and Client Stories. This session will cover the future of FP&A through Intelligent Planning & Analytics, the future of Accounting through Intelligent Close, and GenAI for accounting and regulatory compliance.

SEC Reporting & Accounting Change. Join us for the latest insights on SEC’s rulemaking activities, including pause on SEC climate rules, and FASB standard setting and implementation, including updates on segment reporting, software accounting, DISE, environmental accounting and other matters.

From Data to Decisions: Exploring the Impact of Driver-based Forecasting. This session will explain how driver-based forecasts can help businesses enhance their financial reporting, clarify the path to achieving strategic goals, and more effectively communicate their company’s value to investors. It will also highlight how to improve prospective financial information (PFI) utilized for financial reporting, including measuring, and comparing key metrics and KPIs with industry peers. This session is tailored for a diverse audience, including CFOs, FP&A leaders, corporate development teams, and other financial leaders, equipping them with the insights needed to develop more confident and reliable forecasts.

Navigating Sustainability in Business: From Reporting to Value Creation. Dive into the multifaceted world of sustainability in business with our comprehensive session. Our panel of subject matter specialist and business leaders will demystify the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and its impact on financial reporting, provide insights on how to capitalize on value creation opportunities through tax incentives and green investments, and examine the role of sustainability in M&A, from deal models to due diligence and integration. Throughout the discussion panelists will highlight strategies to embed sustainability into the core of your business operations for enhanced long-term value.

Governance & Compliance: The CAO Agenda. This session will cover key Governance & Compliance issues for the Chief Accounting Officer, focusing on the evolution of the IC environment, risks following new technology roll-outs and integrations, including GenAI and the databases required, cyber security and data retention.

Navigating Complex M&A to Realize Value Creation. This informative session will provide an overview of deal complexity and outline the potential for game changing value creation through transformative M&A, highlight the importance of involving business leaders early and gain alignment across functional and business leaders during this journey, and provide specific insights and takeaways for finance leaders and their teams regarding their role in transformative M&A.

Legislative Update. Insights and broad ramifications of the November election as related to tax law, fiscal policy and the outlook for 2025. 

Global Economy. Insights and updates on today’s rapidly evolving economic landscape, including central bank interest rate decisions and trade dynamics.