self-paced course
Strategic Variance Analysis and Competitive Benchmarking
Discover the strategies top finance professionals use to turn data into powerful decisions. This course equips you with proven techniques like the ARCTIC framework and Business Driver Tree Analysis, combined with hands-on exercises to uncover opportunities, mitigate risks, and outperform competitors. Gain the skills to take your financial leadership to the next level.
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Your Instructor: Christian Wattig
What You'll Learn
Course Description:
Who Should Take This Course?
Management Accountants
Master advanced variance analysis techniques to drive strategic decision-making and improve cost management.
Finance Professionals
Strengthen your ability to benchmark against competitors and uncover opportunities to enhance profitability and efficiency.
Accountants
Develop critical skills to identify performance gaps, analyze financial variances, and contribute to informed organizational strategies.
FP&A
Gain actionable insights to analyze performance trends, forecast accurately, and support data-driven business planning.
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Behind the Scenes
Video Lesson Sneak Peek
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How The Course Works
Self-Paced Learning
Navigate through the course at your own speed, with the freedom to start, pause, and resume lessons whenever fits your schedule.
All-Inclusive Content
Gain access to a wide range of resources, including video lectures, reading material, formula guides, and practical exercises designed for in-depth understanding.
Interactive Quizzes
Test your knowledge as you progress with lesson quizzes that provide immediate feedback, helping reinforce learning and measure improvement. Take a comprehensive final assessment to demonstrate mastery of the subject matter.
NASBA Certification
Upon successful completion, earn a certificate recognized by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), showcasing your proficiency and dedication to professional excellence, and earn credits towards your annual CPE certification requirements, ie CMA, CPA, CIA, etc.
Meet Your Instructor
Christian Wattig
Christian Wattig is an accomplished FP&A expert with over a decade of leadership experience in multinational corporations and fast-growing tech start-ups. He spent eleven years at Procter & Gamble and Unilever, where he led FP&A and accounting teams. After earning his MBA from NYU Stern, Christian transitioned to the tech sector and played a pivotal role in taking Squarespace public as an FP&A leader. Now, he shares his expertise as the Director of the Wharton School's FP&A certificate program and via LinkedIn where he has more than 100,000 followers. He's taught employees from respected companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Walmart, Uber, Adobe, and Goldman Sachs.
NASBA Course Information
DELIVERY METHOD
QAS Self-Study
FIELD OF STUDY
Finance
CPE CREDITS
NASBA: 3
KNOWLEDGE LEVEL
Basic
PREREQUISITES
None
ADVANCED PREP
None
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many CPE credits can I earn?
The course will provide 3 NASBA-approved CPE credits.
Are there any prerequisites for this course?
No, there are no prerequisites. The course is designed for a basic knowledge level, making it accessible to beginners.
How is the course structured?
The course offers self-paced learning with video lectures, reading materials, formula guides, practical exercises, and quizzes for comprehensive understanding and skill development.
Are the lessons live or pre-recorded?
Our entire video library is pre-recorded making asynchronous learning possible for students from various time zones.