Financial Management Essentials You Always Wanted to Know

Build a solid foundation in financial management—from financial statement analysis to capital budgeting—with clear explanations, practical examples, and hands-on exercises tailored for non-finance professionals.

Navigating corporate finance can be challenging without a formal finance background. This guide is designed for students, new managers, management professionals, and career switchers who need to understand key financial concepts and apply them confidently in real business situations.

• Analyze financial statements to evaluate business performance and make informed decisions.
• Understand the cost of capital and its role in strategic financial planning.
• Build and manage capital budgets aligned with organizational goals.
• Effectively manage working capital to maintain healthy cash flow.
• Learn the fundamentals of stocks, dividends, and capital structure.
• Apply financial forecasting techniques to support business planning.
• Reinforce understanding through chapter summaries, solved exercises, and practice questions.

Part of the Self-Learning Management Series, this compact and accessible resource gives professionals across industries the financial literacy needed to contribute meaningfully to business decisions—without requiring an advanced finance degree.

<b>Kalpesh Ashar </b> is a management consultant and corporate trainer holding an MBA (Dean’s Award Winner) from SPJIMR, one of Asia’s top business schools, and an Engineering degree with honors in Electronics. He has over 21 years of experience in large organizations and start-ups in Asia, USA, and Europe.<br> Kalpesh has worked in several project management roles, like Senior Project Manager, Delivery Manager, and Program Manager. He is passionate about writing on management subjects. His techno-business background gives him a unique position to write on management topics that are easy to understand for non-MBA graduates. His books are authored in a simple to understand manner without unnecessary use of management jargons.<br><br> <b>Vibrant Publishers</b> is focused on presenting the best texts for learning about technology and business as well as books for test preparation. Categories include programming, operating systems and other texts focused on IT. In addition, a series of books helps professionals in their own disciplines learn the business skills needed in their professional growth.<br> Vibrant Publishers has a standardized test preparation series covering the GMAT, GRE and SAT, providing ample study and practice material in a simple and well organized format, helping students get closer to their dream universities.