This book dispels the
mystique surrounding financial statements and explains in simple terms:
- What appears on the typical
financial statements for a company
- How financial statements are
analysed in order to determine the profitability and viability of a company
- How group accounts are
prepared and how international accounting differences arise and are being addressed
- The appearance of financial
statements for banks and insurance companies and what the entries mean
This book will benefit
lawyers, managers in all businesses, large vs small, employees, employee representatives,
stock market analysts and investors, fund managers, credit controllers, insurance
underwriters, reinsurers, account managers and sales professionals and civil servants.
About the author
Ranjit Naik is an
international management consultant and trainer with a special interest in finance and
financial modelling. He trains regularly for a number of well-known training
companies including
Euromoney Training and DC Gardner. His repertoire includes financial analysis, corporate
finance, corporate credit analysis, financial modelling, financial planning,
real options analysis,
management information systems and project management. Ranjit is Financial Modelling for
Corporate Finance (London, Euromoney Books, 2002), and has
authored online courses for
the Internet.
A graduate of Imperial
College, London, Ranjit has over 30 years of business experience, acquired in
organisations such as GEC, IBM, Texas Instruments, John Brown and Chemical Bank. During
his long career he has served as engineer, systems analyst, project manager, management
accountant, financial analyst, MIS manager and business consultant.
216 pages