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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.
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.
B D CHATTERJEE FCA, ACMA, ACS, DIP IFR (ACCA – UK)
B D Chatterjee is a senior business and finance leader with over 40 Years of rich industry experience in overall business and finance function. He is a Chartered Accountant with CS and CMA qualifications and holds a diploma in IFRS from UK.
He possesses expertise in implementation of best practices in finance, corporate governance, change management through business process and financial reengineering and enterprise Risk Management. He has rich experience in Mergers and Acquisitions including financial due diligence and business valuation.
He has extensive knowledge and experience in industries like industrial gases, engineering polymers, agro chemicals, FMCG and dairy products, health care and manpower services, among others.
Apart from consulting practice, he has handled many high- profile leadership positions like CFO / VP / Director Finance assignments in global MNCs (Linde group, DuPont, and Kelly Services) and large Indian conglomerates (Mother Dairy group, Max India).
Currently, he is associated with a reputed International Think Tank ACCESS Health International Inc as their global CFO for over six and a half years.
He is also an established author and his books include contemporary business and finance topics like International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS), Business Valuation, Financial Due Diligence, Enterprise Risk Management and Corporate Governance published by reputed publishers. For details of the books please visit his website bdchatterjee. com
Email: bdchatterjee105@gmail.com
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