10 STEPS TO HIGHER EDUCATION BUSINESS OFFICE SUCCESS
Higher education often recruits accounting professionals from other industries. For a new hire, the field’s specialized demands and distinct culture can make the transition daunting.
When our CEO Jessica Ryals joined a college accounting department a decade ago, she wished for a handbook to help her understand the industry and manage the disparate tasks quite literally piling up on her desk.
Late nights soon followed, during audit season, while preparing for the board, and throughout the annual budget process. Where were the easier hours she’d imagined while working in public accounting?
Jessica wrote The Confident Campus Controller as the guide she wished she’d had.
In her first book, she draws on firsthand experience to show what it takes to succeed in the Controller’s seat and how to make the role more manageable, strategic, and effective.
Jessica - I just finished reading your book last night... I am fired up! I appreciate your work SO much. I feel validated, encouraged and empowered! I feel like I have been sprinting a marathon the past two years. This gives me hope and a plan. Everywhere I look I am finding legacy processes and legacy thinking. Thank you for writing this book even though the topic is not glamorous. Your work is my roadmap that I have been missing. Again, I am so encouraged! I also just purchased 7 copies for all my leaders.
Paula
WHAT’S INSIDE
Topics The Confident Campus Controller explores
Each chapter is full of practical advice and case studies involving stories from the 160+ clients served by CFO Colleague over its ten-year life.
Understanding and acclimating to the culture
Recognizing the needs of accountants and of those they serve
As CEO and owner of CFO Colleague, Jessica helps higher ed business offices solve complex financial and accounting challenges. Prior to her higher education work at Kenyon College (OH), she worked as an analyst for NIB Health Funds, Ltd. (NSW) and as a financial statement auditor for Deloitte (NY).
She earned a Bachelor of Science from Houghton College (NY) and an MBA from Trevecca Nazarene University (TN). Jessica and her husband have four children and live in Mount Vernon, OH.
