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Synopsis
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Preparing for a budget meeting? Submitting a business forecast, or Q2 reforecast? Trying to improve your profitability or cash flow? In business, sooner or later the numbers come to us all. Master them and use them to your advantage, and you will find that managing the numbers intelligently and quickly can be as critical to your success as managing people or strategy. From presenting a new investment to the Board to surviving those chance encounters with the Finance Director in the corridor, The Definitive Guide to Managing the Numbers is your personal guide to the territory where managers and numbers meet. From the author of the best-selling Definitive Business Plan, this book will show you, step by step, how to understand the essentials of business finance, and then how to use the numbers to make better management decisions, smarter investments and brighter presentations and reports. Illustrating a unique combination of financial concepts and management reality, Richard Stutely demystifies the world of finance for managers who want the numbers to be a source of inspiration not perspiration. With The Definitive Guide to Managing the Numbers, you can make the figures speak your language.Developed from the day to day experiences of real executives facing real business challenges, this book is designed to put you on a fast-track to using the numbers to make management decisions based on facts rather than gut feeling, and management presentations based on confidence rather than confusion.
This book shows you how to-
Attain mastery over the most important numbers and numerical techniques in business
Understand and analyze critical numbers for better business decisions
Prepare, present and analyze better spreadsheets and budgets
Build forecasts and re-forecasts with speed and accuracy
Plan and deliver perfect projects with feasibility studies, financial planning and control
Succeed where managers and numbers meet; on paper and in meetings.
Measure and manage the critical numbers in your business; from cash flow to cost-control.
Respond successfully when financial targets move or business outcomes deviate from forecasts
"Aspiring managers who have trouble with crunching numbers may have found a saviour in Richard Stutely." The Guardian
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About the Author
Richard has been managing the numbers throughout his career, which has
spanned banking and finance, government, and business in Europe, North
America, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
As a manager at all levels and a director, he has produced, managed and
analyzed hundreds of project plans, departmental and enterprise budgets,
cash flow statements, income accounts and balance sheets.
Richard received a solid grounding in finance and accounting with NatWest
and went on to become an investment analyst and chief economist with top
investment banks. He was formerly a member of the London International Stock Exchange
and has worked at HM Treasury, the British Finance Ministry.
As executive vice president of a multinational software company, Richard
developed and directly managed financial reporting and analysis for
subsidiaries in several countries. In addition, Richard developed one of the
world's first PC spreadsheet applications.
Richard has written several books including the international bestseller The Definitive Business Plan.
When Richard is not writing books or managing a multinational software
company, he runs seminars and lectures to MBA students and corporate
audiences.
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- PublisherFinancial Times/ Prentice Hall
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 140582218X
- ISBN 13 9781405822183
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
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