The CFO manages the financial structure and oversees the financial performance of an organization, so this is a critical and demanding management position. The CFO Guidebook provides the CFO with detailed advice regarding how to be most effective in every aspect of the job. The book covers all parts of the CFO's traditional finance role, including budgeting, fundraising, investments, going public, investor relations, and share management. It goes on to address more recent additions to the ...

The accounting for and reporting of transactions for a homeowners’ association, as well as other common interest realty associations, is quite extensive. In Accounting for Homeowners’ Associations, we cover all aspects of the accounting for many types of common interest realty associations, with an emphasis on homeowners’ associations. The book addresses the accounting for all types of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, as well as financial statements, disclosures, and c...

There is likely to be some amount of conflict in the workplace, with competing interests and clashing personalities. If not dealt with properly, it can poison the work environment. Conflict Management provides guidance in how to navigate through conflict situations. It does so by addressing the causes of conflict, the choices available for how to deal with it, and how to work through a conversation to resolve the issue. The book also addresses specific conflict situations and how ...

A property manager needs to maintain the accounting records for a number of property owners, which calls for a unique chart of accounts, journal entries that pertain to specific property transactions, and periodic reports that convey the financial essentials to owners. Property Management Accounting addresses these topics and more, giving the accountant a firm grounding in how to deal with any property-related accounting issue that may arise.

Accounting for a major project presents the accountant with a multitude of difficult accounting issues. The Project Accounting manual shows how to deal with these concerns by describing the ideal cost collection system and how to record expenses and revenues within it. The manual also addresses the management of change orders, allowances, and contingencies, while noting the impact of GAAP requirements on specific project issues, including interest capitalization and the treatment ...

Construction Accounting addresses every aspect of the accounting for a construction business. The intent is to not only explain accounting concepts, but also provide examples and show how an accounting system can be constructed and operated. The book pays particular attention to unique aspects of construction accounting that are not encountered in other industries, including the job cost ledger, change orders, back charges, percentage of completion calculations, and the treatment of antici...

This book clarifies for the accountant the intricate series of activities needed to correctly close the books at year-end. Following the guidance in this book reduces the risks of having closing errors and issuing incorrect financial statements. The book itemizes closing activities for the fiscal year, as well as other activities required at the end of the calendar year. There is a particular emphasis on such major areas of accounting as receivables, inventory, fixed assets, payables, and ...

Errors and fraudulent transactions can be remarkably difficult to spot. In the Forensic Analytics manual, we provide a number of tools for teasing out these problem transactions from the masses of data in which they are normally hidden. Techniques covered include Benford’s Law, outlier analysis, round numbers analysis, growth spurt analysis, policy threshold analysis, and time-series analysis. The manual also gives extensive coverage to the process of importing data into Excel, so...

Cost accounting is one of the most essential tools used by managers to fine-tune operations and improve profitability. Cost Accounting is designed for the college student who needs in-depth coverage of all cost accounting concepts, incorporating practical advice regarding their real-world usage. The text goes well beyond the traditional cost accounting topics of inventory valuation and cost analysis to also cover inventory management, price setting, target costing, constraint analysis, and...

The treasurer can provide significant value to a business, not just by managing its money, but also through fundraising activities and proper attention to the management of credit and risk. The Treasurer's Guidebook shows how to enhance the treasurer position; it does so by discussing how the treasury department’s performance can be organized and fine-tuned, focusing on bank relations, cash concentration systems, investment strategies, financing sources, credit management, insurance, and m...

This book shows how to maximize the benefits to be gained from an acquisition, while reducing the risk of failure. It does so by discussing the strategies that are most successful for buyers, the steps and pitfalls in the acquisition process, how to gain government approval of an acquisition, and how to conduct a sufficiently detailed due diligence investigation. The book goes on to address those legal structures that are most beneficial from a tax perspective, how to develop a sensible pu...

Today's financial executive needs a way to assess the financial performance and financial position of business organizations. The Business Ratios Guidebook provides one of the best ways to do so by describing more than 200 ratios and other measurements. When applied to an organization's financial statements, these ratios can clarify its results, liquidity, and cash flows. The measurement areas covered include performance, return on investment, share performance and constraints. Examples of...