Financial Accounting

Stuart A McCrary

ISBN 10: 0470393327 / ISBN 13: 9780470393321

Published by Wiley Nov 2009, 2009

About this Item

Neuware - Mastering Financial Accounting Essentials is a text for people who need to use accounting information in their everyday jobs. They need to be able to understand the language and the law in order to talk to accountants and clients in an intellectual manner. Part One of the book uses an extended scenario to present the basics of financial accounting. McCrary creates a new business from scratch. By the end of the scenario (and the end of Part 1), readers will have reinvented double-entry book keeping. Along the way, readers can delve as deeply as they wish to learn more about inventory valuation methods (for example, LIFO verse FIFO) and the timing of erosion of the productive assets (for example, straight line depreciation verses double declining balance). As before, McCrary will emphasize a general understanding of the process and the reports. Part Two will use financial statements. Using the extended scenario above, McCrary shows how internal managers calculate ratios and trends to evaluate business efficiency. McCrary shows how bankers will review the statements to determine solvency.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Financial Accounting
• Publisher: Wiley Nov 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470393327
• ISBN 13: 9780470393321
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 14D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 417 grams

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Synopsis

An indispensable hands-on guide to financial accounting

In light of recent accounting scandals, it is critical that all financial practitioners understand and play by the rules of the accounting field. Starting from the assumption that the reader is not familiar with any accounting jargon, Mastering Financial Accounting Essentials presents material in a way that explains the key features of modern accounting step by step and helps you develop an intuitive understanding of accounting. Each chapter presents important accounting concepts, from inventory valuation methods and the timing of erosion of productive assets to how internal managers calculate ratios and trends to evaluate business efficiency.

For those who need to understand the language and law of this discipline in order to communicate effectively with accountants and clients, Mastering Financial Accounting Essentials will be an indispensable guide.

About the Author

Stuart A. McCrary is a Principal at Chicago Partners, a division of Navigant Consulting, Inc. He is a trader and portfolio manager who specializes in traditional and alternative investments, quantitative valuation, risk management, and financial software. Prior to joining Chicago Partners, McCrary was president of Frontier Asset Management, managing a market-neural hedge fund. He also held positions with Fenchurch Capital Management as a senior option trader and CS First Boston as vice president and market maker of over-the-counter options. Prior to that, McCrary was a vice president with the Securities Groups and a portfolio manager with Comerica Bank. McCrary has published two previous books with Wiley: How to Creat and Manage a Hedge Fund and Hedge Fund Course.