Corporations rely on their controllers and financial managers to provide a wide array of accounting functions, from processing accounts payable and receivable transactions to closing the books in a timely manner. Accomplishing these activities are the foundation of a successful career. However, in order to be truly notable and recognized as an innovative thinker in an organization, a controller must acquire first-rate skills in the area of financial analysis.

This book helps controllers, financial managers, and treasurers develop and apply top-notch financial skills in their jobs and throughout their companies. By obtaining a broad knowledge of skills and applying them to a multitude of situations, readers will achieve deep insights into why their company performs as it does, and can transmit this information, along with recommendations for improvements, to other members of the management team, enhancing the corporation’s overall financial performance.

With a focus on operational analysis as well as wide-ranging coverage of all other financial analysis topics, this second edition provides a thorough analysis of topics that will help further readers’ careers, including:

* New: What-if analysis
* New: Intangible asset measurement
* New: Eliminating products and services
* Using Microsoft Excel® to conduct financial analysis
* Evaluating capital investments, financing options, and cash flows
* Evaluating acquisition targets
* Increasing shareholder value
* Determining the breakeven point
* Forecasting future business conditions
* Evaluating operations, processes, and managers
* Analyzing risk
* Determining the cost of capital
* Using sample analysis reports
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