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BONUS | Doreen Remmen - Today's CFO
Doreen Remmen, CMA, CSCA, CAE, IMA's CFO and Senior Vice President of Operations, is our featured expert guest who speaks on behalf of IMA as she explains the role of today's CFO. In this episode, Doreen highlights and emphasizes how CFOs roles and responsibilities must go beyond the finance function and are truly business partners as they need to be an integral part in all aspects of the business. While this episode is another bonus release as part of our IMA-focused mini-series and Doreen shares her perspectives as IMA's CFO, much of her insight is applicable to all organizations because of how the industry and the role has evolved. Adam Larson joined Doreen here in Montvale, NJ for a great in-person conversation about her traditional financial responsibilities and also engaged her on the non-financial aspects of her job. Doreen has been a member of IMA and now, as CFO, has a great perspective on what our members and the accounting profession need to know. Listen now for more information!
Ep. 28: George Azih - Lease Accounting Standards
George Azih, Founder and CEO of LeaseQuery, joins Count Me In to talk about the recent changes to lease accounting standards and how these new regulations ultimately led to his newest business venture. A financial authority specializing in technical accounting and accounting research, George has served as an auditor for banks, insurance companies, and brokerage firms. Prior to LeaseQuery, he performed Accounting Research and Technical Accounting for a Fortune 500 company, where he specialized in lease accounting, sale-leaseback transactions, build-to-suit arrangements, debt restructurings (modifications and extinguishments), asset retirement obligations and purchase accounting. With all this knowledge and experience, George explains how he recognized a business opportunity to help accountants, and also gets into potential future implications with regard to other accounting standards. Listen in to hear an interesting twist on accounting standards!