Commercial Awareness and Business Decision Making Skills
How to understand and analyse company financial information

A financial statement phrase book and dictionary rolled into one!

Paul Rodgers (Author)

9780750683845, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 19 July 2007

272 pages
23.4 x 16.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.49 kg

This book is designed to act as a financial statement phrase book and dictionary rolled into one. It will enable those new to the financial world to draw meaning from the wealth of information contained within financial documents that were previously considered out of bounds.

Furthermore, although the pages within this book will be an invaluable springboard to those starting out in the world of accountancy, its primary aim is to enable commercial managers working within every facet of a business to meet clearly defined objectives.

It will enable these professionals to take commercial documents and visualise how they interact with the work of an accountant, explaining why every board of management appears to focus on financial data.

Introduction
The purpose of financial information - Getting inside the mind of an accountant - Getting inside the mind of an economist - Financial and management accounts – Why care about the differences - The building blocks - Seeing double!
Matching the Numbers to the Buying and Selling Process
The snapshot – Assets and liabilities
The Video – Income and expenses
Cash is King
The tricks people play – Provisions - Dealing with uncertainty - Commercial substance over legal form
Adding Value - Common size accounts - Ratio analysis made easy - Understanding risk
Pictures and Words – Understanding the extras
. Yet another professional – The Auditor!
Key point summary.

Subject Areas: Management accounting & bookkeeping [KFCM]