18th UPDATEBuilding public sector finance capability for the long-term future

3 FOCUSED WORKSHOPS TO ADD TO YOUR ALL-ROUND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT!

1. Communicating your performance story

2. The finance professional’s guide to influencing

3. Winning with Microsoft PowerBI

IN-DEPTH CASE STUDIES, ADDRESSES AND INTERVIEWS WITH:. Ministry for Environment. Department of Internal Affairs. Creative HQ. Head of State Sector Finance

Profession’s Office. Callaghan Innovation

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8-9 MARCH 2017 | TE PAPA, WELLINGTON

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GET OPINIONS AND INSIGHTS INTO:. Harnessing strategic finance capability to add value. Improving budgeting and forecasting across the public sector . Improving budgets, forecasts and performance reporting systems

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The 18th One Stop Update for the Accountant in the Public Sector is the event to gain valuable insights into accounting, finance, law, tax and communication skills for the year ahead.

MAKE EVERY CPD HOUR COUNT AT ONE STOP - THE TOP 5 REASONS TO ATTEND:

UPDATES ON LEGAL, TAX, ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS TRENDS

HEAR ABOUT INDUSTRY AND INNOVATIVE PRACTICES

GAIN STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES ON FINANCE THROUGH KEYNOTES

MASTERCLASSES AND POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS FOR IN-DEPTH SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

CONNECT AND NETWORK WITH YOUR PEERS OVER THE TWO DAYS

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

18th UPDATE

LARA ARIELL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, INLAND REVENUELara is on secondment as CFO for 12 months until early 2017. Lara joined the Tertiary Education Commission as Deputy Chief Executive - Finance in February 2014. Prior to joining the TEC, Lara worked for the Ministry of Justice, initially as the CFO and then as General manager Performance and Improvement, Courts and Tribunals. Lara has also spent time as the CFO at Te Papa Tongarewa, the Museum of New Zealand, and working in planning and finance teams across the public sector. She started her career working in receivership and insolvency with accountancy firm Price Waterhouse and then McCallum Petterson and Co.

GREG CAIN, PARTNER, KENSINGTON SWANGreg Cain is a partner at Kensington Swan, specialising in employment law and health and safety. Greg assists clients with restructurings, sickness management, performance and disciplinary matters, bullying and other investigations, dealing with personal grievances, holidays, restraints of trade and other contractual questions, and representing clients in employment litigation as well as on Worksafe investigations.

CATHY SCOTT, PRINCIPAL ECONOMIST, NZIERCathy Scott is a Principal Economist at NZIER and comes with more than a decade of economic and policy advice across government. She has worked in the public sector in senior roles in ACC, the Ministry of Primary Industries, Housing and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. She was a background in economics and public policy. She has a wide ranging policy background, including interests in the primary sector, social policy, and economic policy.

JOLEEN PIPER, SENIOR STRATEGIC ADVISER, MINISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENTJoleen joined The Ministry for the Environment in January 2016 as Senior Strategic Finance Advisor. As a member of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand, she has held senior finance positions in Public & State Owned Enterprise within New Zealand. Joleen found her passion for the Primary Sector in New Zealand while holding senior roles at Landcorp Farming Limited.

RON STUART, MANAGER - GOVERNMENT ICT SUPPLY STRATEGY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Ron is a futurist, strategist and decision scientist with a history of providing outstanding results to both the private and public sectors in areas such as organizational and ecosystem design, ICT strategy and design, restructuring, workforce planning, outsourcing, change management, human capital management and supply chain management including strategic procurement and strategic sourcing. As Manager Government ICT Supply Strategy he has been involved in the recent design and deployment of the New Zealand Government ICT strategy, supplier relationship management framework and the ICT public cloud marketplace.

8.30 Registration and coffee

9.00 Welcome from the ChairLara Ariel, CFO, Inland Revenue

9.10 Head of the State Sector Finance Profession’s Address . Evolving finance from stewardship to a catalyst for strategic change across the public sector. Driving finance stakeholder engagement through flexible partnerships. From trapped in a finance silo to maintaining a whole of business approach. Building a sustainable public sector finance function to equip long term growth for the futureThe Treasury - Speaker to be confirmed

10.00 The One Stop CFO Interview: Harnessing strategic finance capability to add organisational value. The CFO’s journey into the corner office. Evolving finance to be a strategic enabler to drive outcomes. Technology and the changing use of data in public sector decision making. Advice to accountants who eventually want to make it to the CFO’s officeRichard Perry, CFO, Callaghan Innovation

11.00 Morning break

11.30 The One Stop Economic Update for the Public Sector Accountant

We take a look at the top economic issues and their effects on public sector decision-making:. Record migration net flows coupled with the ageing population demographics. The strengthening kiwi dollar on trade economics. Free market economics on social spend and healthcare. The strain on natural resources due to changing industry modelsCathy Scott, Principal Economist, NZIER

12.20 The One Stop Employment Law Update: Toward safer workplaces and effective employment law compliance . On-call work - the new regime and the financial implications. Health and safety - the new rules relating to asbestos. Equal pay - how is the landscape changing?Greg Cain, Partner, Kensington Swan

1.00 Lunch break

2.00 The One Stop Update on Tax: Looking at current and upcoming changes to tax legislation

Your essential tax update on relevant tax issues for the public sector with a focus on:. Recent tax developments including the latest on GST. Tax compliance with employment issues such as PAYE and FBT . A Public Sector focussed impact analysis of Inland Revenue’s Business Transformation program Andrew Babbage, Partner, Deloitte Eddy Carter, Manager, Deloitte

2.50 PBE Standards Update - What is around the corner and in the pipeline. New PBE Standards and amendments projects. Current domestic and international projectsAimy Luu Huynh, Project Manager - Accounting Standards, External Reporting Board

3.40 Afternoon break

4.10 Case Study: Harnessing critical and creative thinking to push innovation within the public sector

Hear experiences from the R9 Accelerator as they innovatively helped deliver better public services:. Harnessing the power of all of the human mind to push innovation and "plug the gap in the market". Adopting scientific critical thinking to come up with creative solutions to business issues. How innovation is helping change the way we operateBrett Holland, Head of Acceleration, CreativeHQ

4.50 Summary remarks from the Chair & Networking drinks

DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY 8 MARCH 2017

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9.00 Welcome back from the Chair

9.10 The One Stop IFRS & IPSAS Update: The latest in IFRS and how it will affect the public sector accountant. IFRS round-up: the latest on financial instruments, share-based payments and revenue. IPSAS round-up: the latest on accounting for grants and on exchange and non-exchange transactions . What the new IFRS 16 means for public sector finance professionals. Getting value out of statements of service performance reportingRepresentative from EY

10.00 Case Study: Preserving New Zealand’s natural capital for our future

Understand the Ministry for Environment's initiative to raise awareness of the environmental impact on business decisions:. Applying Natural Capital thinking with the investment approach and cost benefit analysis. Broadening our understanding of the environmental impact to government agencies. Leading people to change mindsets and behaviours proactively Joleen Piper, Senior Strategic Adviser, Ministry for Environment

10.40 Morning break

11.10 The One Stop Tech-Byte: Case Study - Driving cloud adoption in the public sector to deliver better public services. Understand the strategic importance behind the move to public cloud . Potential security issues on the public cloud and what can be done to combat them. Delve into the short and long-term cost implications of the move to public cloud. The legal implications of data sovereignty issues with cloud adoption. An analysis of the DIA's Marketplace - an online cloud-services vendor portfolio for AoGRon Stuart, Manager - Government ICT Supply Strategy, Department of Internal Affairs

12.00 Managing a performance measurement programme that transcends people, systems and technology. Defining KPIs in terms of measurable outcomes and accountability on each contract / project. Accounting for the human element in performance measurement. Creating dashboards that link into real-time data and enable timely results

12.50 Lunch break

1.50 Afternoon Masterclass: The One Stop Excel Update: Tips and tricks to take you into 2017

Learn the latest excel techniques directly from the Excel experts in this morning masterclass. This may include but not limited to:. PowerBI and Excel - what you need to know . Using Excel to create financial models to model scenarios . Colouring the forecast lens with ExcelBrent Knauf, Senior Trainer, Auldhouse

2.50 Afternoon break

3.00 One Stop Sound-Bites: Getting the most value out of each conversation . Understand and respond positively to your listeners’ performance drivers and what motivates them. Building productive relationships with your internal customers one conversation at a time . Being present to all sides of the story and gain respect and interest in yours! . Probing techniques to discover aligned interests in conversations . Toolkit to productively communicate with a non-finance audienceRobyn Fond, Managing Director, ProQuest Consulting

3.50 Improving the budgeting and forecasting process . Using rolling forecasts to accurately measure organisational performance instead of a measurement tool. Creating a proactive mind-set that questions wider organisational impact of decisions. Making sure that measurement metrics reflect current reality. Using driver-based models to allow for business drivers to automatically pull relevant dataWayne Buck, Accountant, Crown Forestry Rental Trust

4.40 Closing remarks from the Chair & Close of conference

DAY TWO: THURSDAY 9 MARCH 2017

WORKSHOP 1: FULL-DAY 9.00AM - 5.00PM

THE FINANCE PROFESSIONAL’S GUIDE TO INFLUENCING As the last frontier to suppliers and those with direct access to costs, finance professionals often find themselves in situations where they need to get their point across to various stakeholders on the monetary value of the long-term benefits versus unjustifiable cash outlays in the present. This half-day masterclass helps you go from zero to on the path to hero when it comes to explaining your position to various stakeholders:

PART A: Start with myself: Understand and analyse your own appetite for discussion:. Various stakeholders' motivations to push for certain outcomes. Assessing your own values and belief systems

to influence outcomes . Removing any internal / unconscious bias when

assessing proposals

PART B: Making the shift from negotiator to facilitator:. Preparing your case and potential responses to objections . Practical tips to improve your listening skills. Think on your feet to manage every aspect. The art of reaching a compromise if necessary. Changing behaviours through influencing attitudes and thinking. Communicating with internal stakeholders and with

external customers . Control your voice, tone and body language to exude confidence

Robyn Fond, Managing Director, ProQuest Consulting

A life passion of unleashing personal potential and leadership has been the guiding light for Robyn's chosen career path for over 20 years. She has inspired many individuals and companies in her ongoing quest to "awaken" individuals to their true personal leadership potential. From quality control assessments to long term leadership development programmes to one on one mentoring, Robyn invites us all to dig deep, be true to ourselves and to "aspire to inspire" others for your company and the greater good.

WORKSHOP 2: HALF-DAY 9.00AM - 12.30PM

WINNING FINANCE WITH MICROSOFT POWERBI As business needs dynamically change, Microsoft PowerBI helps you get more value out of your data through innovative storage and accessibility. This hands-on half-day post-conference workshop will take you through the basics of how to get started with PowerBI and give starting points to go on and explore more of PowerBI:

. PowerBI Basics: why you need it, how it differs from Excel

and how to get it. How Microsoft PowerBI’s cloud access helps decision-making . Integrating Microsoft Excel with Microsoft PowerBI . Accessing Microsoft PowerBI’s advanced

analytics capabilities . Introduction to using PowerQuery and PowerPivot . Create data models and get started on data modelling. Creating real-time and detailed dashboards in PowerBI . Data visualisation basics in PowerBI

Brent Knauf, Senior Trainer, Auldhouse

Brent has been a trainer at Auldhouse

Training for the past two years, but has

taught in the IT sector for the past 15 years.

He is passionate about Microsoft Project,

Microsoft PowerBI and Microsoft Excel.

WORKSHOP 3: HALF-DAY 1.30PM - 5.00PM

COMMUNICATING YOUR PERFORMANCE STORY TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES With shorter attention spans, a bigger appetite for visuals and information overload, event finance cannot hide from employing creative strategies to translate the numbers into a language palatable by all. This half-day post conference workshops takes off from the discussions within the conference and delves into further detail:

. Understand your audience and their needs

. Optimising reporting and analytic tools to tell your performance story in real time

. Using the balance scorecard as a dashboard to understand performance risks and measurable outcomes

. The move from less numbers to more words and even more visuals

. Across project timelines - linking project budgets and forecasts to match performance reports

. Sharpening story-telling techniques to get your message across to your stakeholders

. Knowing when to cut verbosity versus when to create engaging storylines

Gordon Rutherford, Senor Management Accountant, ADHB

Gordon has worked in the public/NGO sector since 2004. He developed his passion for financial communication while at Auckland Council where he was responsible for Treasury and Parks Services, before being appointed as Lead Financial

Advisor to the Planning Division. Gordon is an experienced Toastmaster and uses his strengths to report on organisational performance.

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