The New CFO Financial Leadership Manual, 3e

The comprehensive guide for CFOs who need an overview of leadership basics from strategies to management improvement tips

Filled with pragmatic insights and proactive strategies, The New CFO Financial Leadership Manual, Third Edition is destined to become your essential desktop companion. This thorough guidebook is filled with best practices to help you, as CFO, to improve efficiency, mitigate risks, and keep your organization competitive.
* Includes updated information on the relationship of the CFO with the Treasurer, registration statements and Fedwire payments, acquisitions integration, legal types of acquisitions, and government regulations
* Contains control flowcharts for the main accounting cycles
* Provides new chapters on Investor Relations and Risk Management for Foreign Exchange and Interest Rates
* Features an itemized list of the key tasks every new CFO should complete when first entering the position, a checklist of 100 performance measures, and a detailed discussion of employee compensation plans


The reference CFOs and other financial managers can turn to for quick answers to questions they have as well as to help them plan their financial strategy, The New CFO Financial Leadership Manual, Third Edition is mandatory reading for every CFO wanting to play a strategic role in their organization.

Today's Chief Financial Officer is faced with responsibilities that have become as diverse and dynamic as they are important. In addition to the management of day-to-day financial activities and the implementation of a long-term fiscal strategy, the CFO must also keep abreast of up-and-coming key issues such as electronic commerce, risk management, and outsourcing. These duties require both a thoughtful consideration of the changing nature of this job, as well as a reliable step-by-step guide to the nuts and bolts. New chapters to be covered in this edition include investor relations and risk management for foreign exchange and interest rates. This book is a reference work that CFOs and other financial managers can turn to get quick answers to questions that they have as well as to help them plan their financial strategy.  The tentative contents is: (1) CFOs place in the corporation; (2) Financial strategy; (3) Tax strategy; (4) Information technology strategy; (5) Performance measurement systems; (6) Control systems; (7) Audit function; (8) Reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission; (9) Cost of capital; (10) Capital budgeting; (11) Other financial analysis topics; (12) Cash management; (13) Investing excess funds; (14) Obtaining debt financing; (15) Obtaining equity financing; (16) Initial public offering; (17) Investor relations; (18) Taking a company private; (19) Risk management: General; (20) Risk management for foreign exchange and interest rates; (21) Outsourcing the accounting and finance functions; (22) Mergers and acquisitions; (23) Employee compensation; (24) Bankruptcy.

The comprehensive guide for CFOs who need an overview of leadership basics from strategies to management improvement tips Filled with pragmatic insights and proactive strategies, The New CFO Financial Leadership Manual, Third Edition is destined to become your essential desktop companion. This thorough guidebook is filled with best practices to help you, as CFO, to improve efficiency, mitigate risks, and keep your organization competitive. Includes updated information on the relationship of the CFO with the Treasurer, registration statements and Fedwire payments, acquisitions integration, legal types of acquisitions, and government regulations Contains control flowcharts for the main accounting cycles Provides new chapters on Investor Relations and Risk Management for Foreign Exchange and Interest Rates Features an itemized list of the key tasks every new CFO should complete when first entering the position, a checklist of 100 performance measures, and a detailed discussion of employee compensation plans The reference CFOs and other financial managers can turn to for quick answers to questions they have as well as to help them plan their financial strategy, The New CFO Financial Leadership Manual, Third Edition is mandatory reading for every CFO wanting to play a strategic role in their organization.