Handbook of Finance for Non-Finance Professionals
About This Book: Handbook of Finance for Non Finance Professionals
— The book brings together finance topics for non-finance professionals under one cover. —
It comprises the following sections:
Section A: Building blocks of finance
• basic concepts of finance encompassing investment decisions, financing decisions and returns;
• broad understanding of financial statements which comprises
- Balance Sheet including equity, assets and liabilities;
- Statement of Profit & Loss;
- Statement of changes in equity; and
- Cash flows and its components.
Section B: Interpretation of financial statements
• Comparative financial statement analysis;
• Common size statements;
• Trend ratios;
• Forecasting techniques;
• Ratio analysis including profitability analysis, liquidity analysis, solvency analysis, return on investment and DuPont Financial Analysis.
Section C: Application of finance in business
• Developing a business plan based on business strategy, annual budget and rolling cash forecasts;
• Strategic cost management techniques for decision making;
• Financial due diligence as a pre-requisite to mergers and acquisitions;
• Concepts of business valuation in a simplified form;
• Enterprise risk management;
• Corporate restructuring in the form of expansion, contraction and corporate control;
• Broad understanding of consolidated financial statements for a group based on financial statements of individual organizations.
Author: B D Chatterjee
Published on (Date): 12 November, 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd
Format: Hardcover
