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Book Description

Gives you the confidence to ask the right business questions, make the correct finance decisions and competently speak the language of commerce to your colleagues, managers, customers and stakeholders.

The Financial Times Guide to Finance for Non-Financial Managers will show you how to transform seemingly complex financial information and statistics into data that makes sense. And into data that you’ll feel confident talking about. You’ll learn the language of finance, which will help you better formulate decisions on a day-to-day basis. The book will also help you identify the warning signals and understand key performance indications and ratios.  You’ll learn how to make better financial decisions, identify ways to increase profits and have increased confidence in approaching capital projects and making sound business decisions.

Table of Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Dedication
  4. About the author
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Data and Decisions
  8. 2 Who Uses Accounting Information and Why
  9. 3 The Language of Finance
  10. 4 Profit and Loss Business Drivers
  11. 5 Cash and Profit - Understand the Difference
  12. 6 The Balance Sheet
  13. 7 Budgets and Forecasts
  14. 8 The Management Accounts Pack
  15. 9 Capital Investment (Capex) and Investment Appraisal
  16. 10 Health Checks and KPIs
  17. Appendix A Sample Management Accounts Pack
  18. Appendix B Sample Full Published Accounts
  19. Appendix C Sample Abbreviated Published Accounts
  20. Appendix D List of Regulators
  21. Appendix E Sample Budget
  22. Appendix F Sample Health Check Report Form
  23. Appendix G Glossary of Finance and Investment Terms
  24. Index
  25. Endorsements
  26. Imprint
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