The Vest Pocket Controller (eBook)

Steven M. Bragg (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2010 | 1. Auflage
448 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-62558-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The all-new fast-reference problem solver for controllers

The Vest Pocket Controller is the handy pocket
problem-solver that gives today's busy executives and accountants
the helpful information they need in a quick-reference format.

Whether in public practice or private industry, professionals
will always have this reliable reference tool at their fingertips
because it easily goes anywhere-to a client's office, on a business
trip, or to an important lunch meeting.

* Covers management areas a controller is likely to
encounter

* Easy-to-use Q & A format offering hundreds of explanations
supported by a multitude of examples, tables, charts, and
ratios

* Other titles by Bragg: Running an Effective Investor
Relations Department: A Comprehensive Guide, Accounting Best
Practices, Sixth Edition, and Just-in-Time Accounting, Third
Edition

Packed with practical techniques and rules of thumb for
analyzing, evaluating, and solving the day-to-day problems every
controller faces, The Vest Pocket Controller helps you
quickly pinpoint what to look for, what to watch out for, what to
do, and how to do it.

Autor

Steven M. Bragg, CPA, has been the chief financial officer or controller of four companies, as well as a consulting manager at Ernst & Young and auditor at Deloitte. He is the author of over thirty books primarily targeted toward controllers and their needs. Bragg received a master's degree in finance from Bentley College, an MBA from Babson College, and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Maine.

Inhalt

Preface.

About the Author.

Part I Accounting Standards.

One Revenue Recognition.

Two Investment Accounting.

Three Inventory Accounting.

Four Fixed Asset Accounting.

Five Debt Accounting.

Six Stockholders' Equity.

Seven Lease Accounting.

Eight Foreign Currency Accounting.

Part II Accounting Management.

Nine Closing the Books.

Ten Cash Management.

Eleven Receivables Management.

Twelve Inventory Management.

Thirteen Debt Management.

Fourteen Equity Registration.

Part III Financial Analysis.

Fifteen Financial Analysis.

Sixteen Pricing Analysis.

Seventeen Cost Reduction Analysis.

Eighteen Metrics.

Part IV Control Systems.

Nineteen Budgeting.

Twenty Capital Budgeting.

Twenty-One Control Systems.

Part V Public Company Accounting.

Twenty-Two SEC Filings.

Twenty-Three Public Company Accounting Topics.

Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.4.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Controlling / Kostenrechnung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Rechnungswesen / Bilanzen
• Schlagworte: Accounting • Controlling • Corporate/Managerial Accounting • Rechnungswesen
• ISBN-10: 0-470-62558-9 / 0470625589
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-62558-3 / 9780470625583