Speaking and executive education

Finance transformation is an operating conversation.

Alicia Dahling brings revenue recognition, finance operations, evidence, control, and practical automation into one clear conversation for executive audiences.

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Signature sessions

Useful in the room. Actionable after it.

The Cost of Control Debt

Why finance automation fails when evidence, ownership, and review are treated as afterthoughts.

Audience leaves able to

Recognize control debt before it becomes transformation drag
Separate repeatable work from accountable judgment
Design automation that leaves a usable evidence path

ASC 606 Beyond Compliance

How revenue recognition becomes an operating model across contracts, data, systems, controls, and teams.

Audience leaves able to

See where technical conclusions break down in operations
Connect policy to process, ownership, and system behavior
Create support that follows the decision from source to report

From Spreadsheet Heroics to a Finance Operating System

A practical path from invisible workarounds to a finance model that can scale without losing accountability.

Audience leaves able to

Map the real work before choosing the tool
Design clear decision rights and handoffs
Sequence modernization around business risk and adoption

Formats

Built for the conversation your audience needs.

KeynoteExecutive briefingWorking sessionWorkshopPanel

Designed for

CFOs and chief accounting officers
Controllers and revenue leaders
Finance transformation teams
Executive and portfolio leadership groups

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About Alicia

Corporate finance depth, translated for the room.

Alicia Dahling brings more than two decades of corporate finance leadership across HP, HPE, DXC Technology, and Perspecta. She connects technical accounting, finance operations, controls, systems, and execution in language leaders can use.

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