NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Chris McChesney, a global leadership expert at FranklinCovey, co-author of the Wall Street Journal #1 best-seller, The 4 Disciplines of Execution, and a primary developer of FranklinCovey's solution for strategic goal achievement in organizations, will serve as a keynote speaker at KPMG LLP's 27th Annual Accounting and Financial Reporting Symposium, one of the accounting industry's most popular educational programs on financial reporting issues. The audit, tax and advisory firm organizes the annual Symposium to focus on the most important existing and emerging issues that financial executives need to know.
This year's Symposium, offering 16 CPE credits, will occur Nov. 30 - Dec. 1 in Las Vegas.
"Symposium attendees will benefit from Chris McChesney's insight, his high-energy and engaging message that will help them develop a strategy for achieving key organizational goals to drive measurable business results," said John Ebner, KPMG's National Managing Partner – Audit.
Additional speakers throughout the two-day event will focus on implementation of the new revenue recognition, leases, and financial instruments standards; cyber security; data and analytics; IFRS; business combinations; and internal controls. Discounts are available for KPMG alumni, and for groups of three or more. Visit KPMG Executive Education's Symposium website to learn more about the content and to register to attend. Watch a video about the Symposium at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwHsCrLh2s&feature=youtu.be.
WHAT: KPMG LLP's 27th Annual Accounting and Financial Reporting Symposium
WHEN: Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, 2017
WHERE: Las Vegas
REGISTER: Visit KPMG's Symposium website to learn more and to register.
About Chris McChesney
Chris McChesney is the Wall Street Journal #1 National Best-Selling Author of The 4 Disciplines of Execution. In his current role of global practice leader for FranklinCovey, Chris is one of the primary developers of FranklinCovey's The 4 Disciplines of Execution solution. For more than a decade, he led FranklinCovey's design and development of these principles, and consulted with multiple Fortune 100 and 500 organizations to improve their strategy execution.
About KPMG Executive Education
From basic and advanced technical accounting courses and seminars for CPE Credit to in-depth conferences, KPMG Executive Education provides a range of effective continuing education learning experiences for corporate executives and their staffs in the accounting, finance and business management professions. To learn more, and find registration information for the Annual Accounting and Financial Reporting Symposium, go to www.execed.kpmg.com.
About KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm (www.kpmg.com/us), is the independent U.S. member firm of KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG International"). KPMG International's independent member firms have 189,000 professionals, including more than 9,000 partners, in 152 countries.
About FranklinCovey Co.
FranklinCovey Co. is a global, public company specializing in organizational performance improvement. We help organizations and individuals achieve results that require a change in human behavior. Our expertise is in seven areas: leadership, execution, productivity, trust, sales performance, customer loyalty and education. FranklinCovey clients have included 90 percent of the Fortune 100, more than 75 percent of the Fortune 500, thousands of small and mid-sized businesses, as well as numerous government entities and educational institutions. FranklinCovey has more than 100 direct and partner offices providing professional services in over 160 countries and territories.
Contact: Elizabeth Lynch
KPMG LLP
201.505.6316
elizabethlynch@kpmg.com
SOURCE KPMG LLP