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- Product code: 15470
- ISBN: 0273656554,
ISBN13: 9780273656555,
256 pages, Executive Briefing
Published by FT Prentice Hall on 2002
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Description of The Role of the Finance Director |
Now available in a fully revised third edition, updated to reflect the shifting nature of this pivotal role, this best-selling briefing is essential reading for all finance directors. As the business environment changes, so must the role of the finance director. No more just the keeper of the accounts, you are now often the guardian of the company's commercial strategy and an integral part of the planning process. The finance director of the future should be a team player, able to make informed financial decisions which take into account the customer, the strategy, the risks, the people, processes and systems necessary to effect them.
This briefing gives you a clear picture of the latest trends and thinking in the field, drawing on research conducted with finance directors, managing directors, chief executives and chairmen in both the private and public sector, and provides you with stimulating ideas about the shape of things to come.
New to this edition-
The coverage has been updated to reflect the changing focus of this role. Additional chapters cover the role of the FD as-
Strategist
Venture Capitalist
Commerce Manager
Risk Manager
Contents include-
The role and functions of the finance director
The FD in different environments
The FD as -
Director and strategist
General manager
Planning manager
Venture capitalist
Relationship manager
Financial manager
Treasury manager
Auditor- corporate governance
Corporate finance manager
e-Commerce manager
Risk manager
Resources manager
Information manager
Quality manager
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Contents of The Role of the Finance Director |
Introduction
1. The role and functions of the finance director
The changing role
Creating efficient, effective financial systems
Developing financial strategy
Balancing old and new skills
The evolving role, global markets and e-business
Key aspects of the role
2. The FD in different environments
Global variation in the FD's role
Different industries and sectors
The non-profit organisation
Managing Finance in the Non-Profit Organisation
Change and financial challenges for the future
3. The FD as director and strategist
An executive director
'Sacking' the Chief Executive
Succeeding the CEO
The Legal Position of the FD as a Director
Strategic planning and direction
Executive Directors and numeracy
4. The FD as strategist
Valuing the business
The critical importance of value creation
Unbundling and rebundling the value chain
Business models versus strategy
Business consolidation
Business simplification
Value sharing networks
The virtual organisation
Intellectual Property
5. The FD as general manager
Leadership
Culture
Information management
People management
Communication
Commercial
6. The FD as planning manager
Performance review
Financial strategy, planning and reporting
Forecasting and modelling
Benchmarking
7. The FD as relationship manager
Shareholders or stakeholders?
The critical role of investor and 'stakeholder' communications
'No surprises' - managing expectations
Media and communication
Evolution of the annual report
Suppliers
Government and regulation
The public
Employees
8. The FD as financial manager
Not just an accountant
No longer the controller, now the facilitator
Performance measurement
Value added or value earned
Setting goals for and measuring value creation
Profit and costs
9. The FD as treasury manager
The role of treasury
Controlling the 'burn rate' of cash
Planning for cash availability
Making derivatives work for you
Foreign exchange and commodities
10. The FD as auditor- corporate governance
The role of the audit committee
The historical perspective of governance
Risk assurance
The role of audit
Internal control
Risk and control self-assessment
Auditors
Fraud
11. The FD as corporate finance manager
The FD as venture capitalist
Seeing the business from an outside perspective
Acting as proxy for investors and stakeholders
Assuming business as usual
Investment appraisal
Mergers and acquisitions
Corporate finance and funding sources
12. The FD as ecommerce manager
Keeping up with the new economy
The strategic perspective of ebusiness
Integrating the internet with traditional business
B2B and e-procurement
Going it alone or shared arrangements?
13. The FD as risk manager
A new look at risk
Strategic evaluation of risk
Optimising risk and reward
The quantification of risk
Risk related returns
The cost of risk
Integrating a risk aware culture
People - the ultimate risk factor
14. The FD as resources manager
People, processes, systems
The FD as Change manager
The FD as leader
New skills, flexibility and adaptability
The importance of talent
Stress and the impermanence of work
Coaching, motivation, mentoring, empowerment
Tax
Resources and process management
Facilities management and outsourcing
Environment
The impermanence of pensions
15. The FD as information manager
Information strategy and the board
Global virtual operation
Changing ways of working
Service unbundling
Implementation of information systems
The internet
Financial information systems
16. The FD as quality manager
TQM is dead, long live TQM
Targets and quality costs
Engineering the processes and quality standards
Benchmarking
Quality and the finance department
17. The FD as a professional
Experience and qualifications
Ethics
18. The shape of things to come
A vision for Finance
The FD as knowledge manager
Planning your career
What the FD won't be
What the FD will be APPENDIX Survey Results
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