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Financial Management (eBook)

Partner in Driving Performance and Value

Jack Alexander (Autor)

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2024 | 1. Auflage
720 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-394-22849-2 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive and insightful approach enabling finance mangers to contribute to business performance and valuation In Financial Management: Partner in Driving Performance and Value, experienced financial executive and consultant Jack Alexander delivers a fresh, new take on improving performance and creating shareholder value for CFOs, controllers, C-suite executives, and FP&A professionals. In the book, you ll learn about best practices in operational and strategic planning, forecasting, enterprise performance management, business valuation, capital investment, mergers and acquisitions, developing finance talent, supporting growth, and more. Frameworks for dealing with the pace of change and level of uncertainty in today s environment are also provided, including scenario planning, business agility and monitoring external forces. The book provides actionable insights and practical tools for finance professionals to contribute as trusted advisors and business partners. The author offers free access to financial models in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint templates on the accompanying website, as well as: Expanded and enhanced content from the author s widely read previous works Models, illustrations, examples, and dashboards Anecdotes and stories drawn from the author s 45-year-long career in financial leadershipPerfect for CFOs, controllers, financial executives, financial planning and analysis professionals, and accounting managers, Financial Management is also the ideal desk reference for treasurers, strategic planners, Certified Public Accountants, and equity research analysts. It s an essential and timely resource for financial leaders everywhere.

JACK ALEXANDER is a veteran Chief Financial Officer, financial management consultant, author, and lecturer. He advises businesses on strategic planning, value creation, mergers and acquisitions, financial planning and analysis, and more. He is a frequent keynote speaker on business performance management and financial leadership.

Preface

1. Partner in Driving Performance and Value

I. Fundamentals and Key Partner Capabilities

2. The Fundamentals of Finance and Financial Statement Analysis

3. Skills, Knowledge and Attributes for Financial Business Partners

4. Developing Predictive and Analytical Models

5. Presenting and Communicating Business Information

II. Financial Leadership in the 21st Century

6. Essential Ingredients for Value Creation: Growth and ROIC

7. Managing Hunan Capital and Building a High-Performance Finance Team

8. Strategic Analysis and Planning

9. The Role of Finance in Supporting Growth

10. The External View: Markets, Competitors, Economic and Geo-political Forces

11. Course Corrections: Business Transformations and Restructurings

12. Leveraging and Promoting Technology Investments

13. Scenario Analysis and Planning

14. Adaptability: Innovation Agility & Resilience

III. Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)

15. Enterprise Performance Management and Execution

16. Dashboards and Key Performance Indicators

17. Institutionalizing Performance Management

18. Benchmarking Performance

IV. Business Projections and Plans

19. Business Projections and Plans, Introduction and Best Practices

20. Budgets, Operating Plans and Forecasts

21. Long-term Projections

V. Planning and Analysis for Critical Business and Value Drivers

22. Revenue and Gross Margins

23. Operating Efficiency: Costs and Expenses

24. Capital Management and Cash Flow - Working Capital

25. Capital Management and Cash Flow - Capital Assets

26. Risk and the Cost of Capital

27. Capital Structure and Financial Leverage

VI. Valuation and Capital Investment Decisions

28. Capital Investment Decisions - Introduction and Key Concepts

29. Capital Investment Decisions - Advanced Topics

30. Business Valuation and Value Drivers

31. Analysis of Mergers and Acquisitions

VII. Summary

32. Summary and Where to From Here?

Supplemental Information

Glossary

References

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Website

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.1.2024
Reihe/Serie	Wiley Finance Editions
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
Schlagworte	Finance & Investments • Finanz- u. Anlagewesen • Institutional & Corporate Finance • Institutionelle Finanzplanung
ISBN-10	1-394-22849-X / 139422849X
ISBN-13	978-1-394-22849-2 / 9781394228492

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