Description

This is part 2 of the new Blockchain Fundamentals for Accounting and Finance Professionals Certificate. (link to bundle and underline URL)

The new Blockchain Fundamentals for Accounting and Finance Professionals Certificate offers you the opportunity to build a foundation toward becoming a strategic business partner within your organization and with your clients. Intended to provide real-world literacy on blockchain and digital assets, this webcast will give you the knowledge needed to anticipate potential benefits and risks of the technology, structure and functionality, and to translate that into relevant business application and value.

During this webcast, part 2 of the certificate, we will examine the evolving blockchain landscape, identify business applications and the risks and challenges of blockchain adoption. You will also learn the role accounting and finance will play in shaping processes, technical controls and future trends around blockchain.

Instructor: Kirk Phillips,Nina Kilbride

Target Audience

Accounting and finance professionals looking for more information on how blockchain technology will impact the profession

CPAs that serve or advise clients and would like to understand the impact of blockchain technology

Managers, CFOs, Controllers, and decision makers looking to understand the benefits of blockchain and make informed business decisions

Course Objectives

Identify blockchain solutions for multiple industries and how it will affect accounting and finance

Identify business opportunities associated with blockchain technology

Identify risks of blockchain technology and cryptoassets such as technical risks, regulatory considerations and more

Learn to verify information written in a block finance practitioners may not need to design, build, deploy and maintain but they may need to verify

Identify blockchain trends

Subjects

Blockchain processes, technical controls and the role of accounting and finance professionals

Risks and challenges of blockchain adoption

Attributes of permissioned and permissionless ledgers and other solutions

Blockchain trends