The Purpose of the Positive CFO Program is to develop Strategic CFO’s that can help us in achieving our vision of “helping our clients and our people change the world”! In our view, to be a Strategic CFO means that a Finance Professional has evolved beyond accounting, spreadsheets and finance-related tasks and has taken a seat at the Management Team table as a peer. Just as a Chief Product Officer is no longer just focused on coding or a Chief Marketing Officer is focused on more than just lead generation, a Chief Financial Officer must evolve into a Business leader that is driving the business forward not just focused on compliance or Finance deliverables. A Positive CFO will be invited to the Management table for strategic discussions, not to just warn against the risks of an objective, but because their business insights are highly valued by the Senior Leadership Team, the Board of Directors and more broadly across strategic stakeholders. To achieve that, A Positive CFO must truly understand the role of a CFO within a company. This understanding can only come from a combination of Professional Development and Verifiable work experience. Positive Venture Group has designed its Professional Development Programs, including this Positive CFO Program, to develop the best Strategic CFO’s… A Positive CFO!
FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
Co-operative education is a three-way partnership between the university, students and employers. Students apply their classroom knowledge in a series of four-month work experiences. You, the employer, enhance a student’s education, while reaping the unique benefits of CO-OP employees.
- Year-round access to well-motivated, qualified employees.
- Access to potential full-time staff in a controlled environment, reducing your costs and risks.
- Access to a cost-effective source of temporary employees for peak periods or special projects.
- A say in what students learn by working with the university.
- Promotion of your organization as one that believes in developing the potential of young people.
- Access to a great pool of French-speaking, English-speaking and bilingual students.
Most work terms run at least 15 weeks, or four months. They can be no shorter than 13 weeks. Some master’s students, as well as some science and engineering students, are available for 8 or 12 months’ work terms.
All jobs are reviewed by a CO-OP Program Coordinator, and only those providing students with work experience related to their professional development are approved. Administrative activities involved in a job should be less than 10% of the entire workload.
When you first contact SSC, you are assigned one of our Program Coordinators, depending on your discipline of interest. This person is your main contact in our office. As you move through the recruitment process, you also work with a representative from CO-OP Administrative Services, who assists with job posting and interview scheduling.
Internships offer usually one discipline-specific, supervised, structured paid or unpaid, and for academic credit work experience or practice placement.
Work Experience intersperses one or two work terms (typically full-time) into an academic program, where work terms provide experience in a workplace setting related to the student’s field of study and/or career goals.
Community Service Learning (CSL) integrates meaningful community service with classroom instruction and critical reflection to enrich the learning experience and strengthen communities. In practice, students work in partnership with a community-based organization to apply their disciplinary knowledge to a challenge identified by the community.
Field Placement provides students with an intensive part-time/short term intensive hands-on practical experience in a setting relevant to their subject of study. Field placements may not require supervision of a registered or licensed professional and the completed work experience hours are not required for professional certification. Field placements account for work-integrated educational experiences not encompassed by other forms, such as co-op, clinic, practicum, and internship.
