Book : Financial Planning & Analysis And Performance...

-Titulo Original : Financial Planning & Analysis And Performance Management (wiley Finance)

-Fabricante :

Wiley

-Descripcion Original:

Critical insights for savvy financial analysts Financial Planning & Analysis and Performance Management is the essential desk reference for CFOs, FP&A professionals, investment banking professionals, and equity research analysts. With thought-provoking discussion and refreshing perspective, this book provides insightful reference for critical areas that directly impact an organization’s effectiveness. From budgeting and forecasting, analysis, and performance management, to financial communication, metrics, and benchmarking, these insights delve into the cornerstones of business and value drivers. Dashboards, graphs, and other visual aids illustrate complex concepts and provide reference at a glance, while the author’s experience as a CFO, educator, and general manager leads to comprehensive and practical analytical techniques for real world application.Financial analysts are under constant pressure to perform at higher and higher levels within the realm of this consistently challenging function. Though areas ripe for improvement abound, true resources are scarce-until now. This book provides real-world guidance for analysts ready to:Assess performance of FP&A function and develop improvement programImprove planning and forecasting with new and provocative thinkingStep up your game with leading edge analytical tools and practical solutionsPlan, analyze and improve critical business and value driversBuild analytical capability and effective presentation of financial informationEffectively evaluate capital investments in uncertain timesThe most effective analysts are those who are constantly striving for improvement, always seeking new solutions, and forever in pursuit of enlightening resources with real, useful information. Packed with examples, practical solutions, models, and novel approaches, Financial Planning & Analysis and Performance Management is an invaluable addition to the analyst’s professional library. Access to a website with many of the tools introduced are included with the purchase of the book. From the Inside Flap Financial Planning & Analysis and Performance Management offers a comprehensive and down-to-earth guide to financial planning and analysis (FP&A). Written by Jack Alexander, a former CFO and the author of Performance Dashboards and Analysis for Value Creation, this important text is filled with illustrative examples and visual aids and provides real-world guidance for professionals responsible for assessing and improving the performance of the FP&A function. Throughout the book, Alexander includes the most current thinking and shows how to put into practice leading edge tools to plan, analyze, and improve vital business and value drivers. In addition, the text reveals what it takes to build analytical capability and to effectively present financial information. Financial Planning & Analysis and Performance Management offers CFOs, FP&A professionals, investment banking professionals, and equity research analysts an important text that covers the fundamentals of finance through advanced topics and best practices. The author examines the key analytical tools and identifies the best practices in selecting key performance indicators (KPIs) and developing effective dashboards. It provides guidance on developing projections in uncertain times including budgets, operating plans, rolling forecasts, and long-term projections. The author also presents analytical frameworks for evaluating capital investment decisions, business valuations, value drivers, and mergers and acquisitions. Insightful guidance is provided on extending FP&A to important areas including innovation, agility, human capital management and competitor analysis. Throughout the text, author Jack Alexander offers an insightful CFO perspective to the critical areas that directly impact an organizations success. Filled with dashboards, graphs, and other visual aids the text also includes a companion website that