Financial Reporting Handbook

Financial Reporting Handbook
Author: Michael R. Young
Publisher: Aspen Publishers Online
Total Pages: 1824
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0735546029

Never before has a single reference provided such quick access to every critical aspect of financial reporting. In addition to covering the new Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, SEC rules and regulations, and corporate governance standards promulgated by the Independence Standards Board and the AICPA at institutions such as New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and the American Stock Exchange, the Financial Reporting Handbook tackles important underlying themes such as the centrality of the audit committee, the individual responsibility of executives, and the integrity of the outside auditor. Best of all, the Financial Reporting Handbook will be updated every quarter with the relevant laws and regulations that are developed and implemented.

The Handbook of Financial Modeling

The Handbook of Financial Modeling
Author: Jack Avon
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2020-11-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484265408

Financial modeling is a crucial concept for business leaders to understand and execute effectively, but few have the tools necessary to do so. While many professionals are familiar with financial statements and accounting reports, not many are truly proficient at building an accurate and practical financial model from the ground up. The Handbook of Financial Modeling provides these skills and so much more. Now in its second edition, The Handbook of Financial Modeling takes into account the new tech released since its successful initial release. Author Jack Avon uses his expertise to analyze the changes and improvements in industry-wide financial modeling through the past five years, in addition to instilling core concepts for readers of all experience levels. Approaching your company’s financial issues with a modeler’s perspective will transform and improve the rest of your business career’s trajectory. Financial professionals, students, business leaders, aspiring CFOs, and more will come away with all the tools necessary to precisely and efficiently monitor an organization’s assets and project future performance. The engaging case studies and Avon’s expert analysis leave you prepared to monitor and predict your organization’s finances effectively. Financial modeling’s latest technology is at your fingertips, and this book’s deep understanding of the topic ensures that you stay ahead of the pack. What You Will Learn Approach financial issues and solutions from a modeler's perspective Discover the importance of thinking about end users when developing a financial model Plan, design, and build a fully functional financial modelWho This Book Is For Analysts who would typically be middle management, VPs, and associates. It is also written for business graduates and MBA students.

The Basics of Financial Modeling

The Basics of Financial Modeling
Author: Jack Avon
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2014-11-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484208714

Learn to create and understand financial models that assess the value of your company, the projects it undertakes, and its future earnings/profit projections. Follow this step-by-step guide organized in a quick-read format to build an accurate and effective financial model from the ground up. In this short book, The Basics of Financial Modeling—an abridgment of the Handbook of Financial Modeling—author Jack Avon equips business professionals who are familiar with financial statements and accounting reports to become truly proficient. Based on the author's extensive experience building models in business and finance, and teaching others to do the same, this book takes you through the financial modeling process, starting with a general overview of the history and evolution of financial modeling. It then moves on to more technical topics, such as the principles of financial modeling and the proper way to approach a financial modeling assignment, before covering key application areas for modeling in Microsoft Excel. What You'll Learn Understand the accounting and finance concepts that underpin working financial models Approach financial issues and solutions from a modeler's perspective Think about end users when developing a financial model Plan, design, and build a financial model Who This Book Is For Beginning to intermediate modelers who wish to expand and enhance their knowledge of using Excel to build and analyze financial models

International Financial Reporting Standards

International Financial Reporting Standards
Author: Hennie van Greuning
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821359105

Formerly titleInternational Accounting Standards: A Practical Guide, this third edition summarizes each International Financial Report Standard in order to provide a broad and basic understanding of the key issues for each standard. In addition to these short summaries, each chapter contains a case study that stresses the practical application of key concepts in a particular standard. This provides the non-technical reader with the tools to participate in discussions on the appropriateness and application of a standard to a given situation. All of the accounting standards, issued by the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) are included in this book, as well as interpretations disseminated by the Standards Interpretations Committee (SIC) through 31 December 2003.

Guide to Financial Reporting and Analysis

Guide to Financial Reporting and Analysis
Author: Eugene E. Comiskey
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000-07-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780471354253

Navigate A Sea of Financial Complexity Due to the intricacies of contemporary business transactions, the numerous standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), and the vast variety of accounting and disclosure practices with their ever-changing terminology employed by reporting companies, financial statements and related disclosures have become very complex. This complexity can impede the work performed and the decisions reached by all users of financial statements-especially equity and credit analysts. Guide to Financial Reporting and Analysis is designed to remedy this situation by offering practical, user-friendly guidance. Through the use of contemporary financial statement examples, extant generally accepted accounting principles are explained and their application is demonstrated. Here are indispensable resources, including: * Comprehensive, point-by-point summaries and glossaries provided with each chapter * Hundreds of examples of contemporary financial disclosures taken from actual, highly recognizable companies * Thorough information on how reporting and disclosure rules impact reporting practices-and the implications these practices have for analysis * Goes beyond anecdotes and integrates throughout relevant findings from the financial reporting and analysis research literature . . . and much more, to help working professionals gain clarity and begin making better-informed decisions today by taking advantage of the rich treatment offered in this timely, much-needed guide.

Financial Statement Analysis

Financial Statement Analysis
Author: Martin S. Fridson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2002-10-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471264601

Praise for Financial Statement Analysis A Practitioner's Guide Third Edition "This is an illuminating and insightful tour of financial statements, how they can be used to inform, how they can be used to mislead, and how they can be used to analyze the financial health of a company." -Professor Jay O. Light Harvard Business School "Financial Statement Analysis should be required reading for anyone who puts a dime to work in the securities markets or recommends that others do the same." -Jack L. Rivkin Executive Vice President (retired) Citigroup Investments "Fridson and Alvarez provide a valuable practical guide for understanding, interpreting, and critically assessing financial reports put out by firms. Their discussion of profits-'quality of earnings'-is particularly insightful given the recent spate of reporting problems encountered by firms. I highly recommend their book to anyone interested in getting behind the numbers as a means of predicting future profits and stock prices." -Paul Brown Chair-Department of Accounting Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU "Let this book assist in financial awareness and transparency and higher standards of reporting, and accountability to all stakeholders." -Patricia A. Small Treasurer Emeritus, University of California Partner, KCM Investment Advisors "This book is a polished gem covering the analysis of financial statements. It is thorough, skeptical and extremely practical in its review." -Daniel J. Fuss Vice Chairman Loomis, Sayles & Company, LP

Financial Reporting Handbook

Financial Reporting Handbook
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Release: 2005
Genre: Accounting
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Issued in combined volumes: Vol 1: Financial reporting handbook ; Vol. 2: Auditing and assurance handbook.