Overview
- Offers a comprehensive outline of core functions comprising the job of top financial professionals in small and mid-size commercial entities
- Addresses the qualitative change of the CFOs' and controllers' scope of responsibility in the constant struggle for commercial survival
- Provides practical guidelines on structuring, improving, and managing individual functions and tasks
- One of the few financial books ever that is fun to read
- Author maintains a blog for CFOs she contributes to regularly
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CFO Techniques: A Hands-on Guide to Keeping Your Business Solvent and Successful is a comprehensive and instructive working manual for multitasking chief financial officers and controllers working in the fast-paced commercial environment. Every senior financial professional with an ever-broadening span of control will benefit from this complete outline of the core activities—with specific descriptions of individual tasks—comprising the daily agenda of a successful CFO or controller. It covers everything from traditional responsibilities like budgeting and financial reporting, to more innovative tasks like performance analytics and business strategy development.
While emphasizing specific guidelines on what it takes to excel as a company's head of finance, the book refrains from overwhelming dryness by using cultural references, real-life examples, and a casual tone. With its bite-sized, easy-to-read chapters, CFO Techniques serves as both an invaluable desktop reference handbook and a good bedtime read. Whether you need a quick recommendation on treasury procedures, adhering to GAAP, keeping funds safe from embezzlers, or advice on dealing with the CEO, you will find the answers in this book.
- Guides you through CFO/controller core responsibilities, function by function
- Serves as a reference manual on financial matters specific to the small and mid-size commercial environment
- Goes beyond finance and accounting, addressing the administrative and behavioral issues all CFOs occasionally must address
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Table of contents (40 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Scouting Your Surroundings and Defining Your Mission
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Enforcing the Law: Policies, Procedures, and Controls
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Deep Pockets: Your Capital Resources
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Cash Must Flow: Treasury Management
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About the author
Marina Guzik s career in finance and accounting spans 24 years, with the last 17 years in chief financial officer and controller positions in small and mid-size companies. She has worked in both the public and private sectors, including manufacturing, global supply chain, e-commerce, professional services, asset management, and consulting. Marina s functional expertise spans a broad range of tasks and duties, from international treasury to mergers & acquisitions and everything in between. She holds several academic degrees, including a master's in business administration in accounting. She believes in the strength of fundamental knowledge and commercial acumen, which can be intelligently applied to any particular business model.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: CFO Techniques
Book Subtitle: A Hands-on Guide to Keeping Your Business Solvent and Successful
Authors: Marina Guzik
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3757-0
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Apress Access Books, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Marina Zosya 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4302-3756-3Published: 22 December 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-3757-0Published: 25 January 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 380
Topics: Business and Management, general