Brilliant Budgets and Forecasts: Your Practical Guide to Preparing and Presenting Financial Information (Brilliant Business) - Softcover

Secrett, Malcolm

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273730916 ISBN 13: 9780273730910

Publisher: Pearson Business, 2010

Synopsis

Writing spreadsheets, budgets and forecasts is an important part of many managers roles, but do you need help in understanding and presenting the information in a clear and concise way? This step-by-step guide shows you the advantages and potentials of using spreadsheets. After reading this book you’ll be able to master company accounts; understand balance sheets, profit and loss accounts and cash flow systems; and learn to analyse and monitor your company’s financial performance.

BRILLIANT OUTCOMES:
· How to save time and gain control of your business.
· Ability to understand, analyse and present financial information in a clear and concise way.

BRILLIANT FEATURES:
· Up-to-date examples and spreadsheets.
· On-line downloads of examples and spreadsheet models
· New 234mm X 156mm format to make

About this title

About the Author:

Malcolm Secrett began his professional career with BT, initially as an Electronics and Telecommunications Engineer and then in a variety of management roles. After leaving BT he established a consultancy providing financial planning and forecasting, cost and productivity analysis and improvement, analysis of work flow procedures, productivity improvements, quality systems, and the implementation of IT systems for financial planning and control.

Building on an innate ability to de-mystify and explain, Malcolm has developed a uniquely pragmatic approach to aspects of management all too often regarded as the sole domain of specialists – including financial forecasting and control, conventional and activity based costing, and the day-to-day application of spreadsheets.

His articles and books have been published throughout the world in English, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and several other languages.

Malcolm is the managing director of iBase Media Services Ltd, (www.ibase.com) a software development company specialising in digital asset management and digital multi-media library systems. He also offers business consultancy with special emphasis on increasing profitability through cost management, and the avoidance of insolvency.

From the Back Cover:

Brilliant Budgets and Forecasts: Your practical guide to preparing and presenting financial information

 

Save time and take control of your finances, today.

 

Budgets and forecasts play a crucial role in financial planning, but you don’t have to be an expert in finance to know how to use them well.

 

Whether you manage budgets, run your own business or simply want to get to grips with finance, Brilliant Budgets and Forecasts shows you how, in clear and simple steps, to master these essential finance tools.

 

Brilliant outcomes:

·        Know how to create effective budget and forecast frameworks.

·        Understand how to efficiently monitor costs through profit and loss sheets.

·        Be confident controlling and improving financial performance.

And much more!

 

Visit www.pearson-books.com/budgets to download free templates to help you get started.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson Business
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0273730916
• ISBN 13: 9780273730910
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 324