The Complete CFO Handbook From Accounting to Accountability

by Fabozzi, Frank J.; Peterson Drake, Pamela; Polimeni, Ralph S.

• ISBN13: 9780470099261
• ISBN10: 0470099267
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-02
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This must-have reference covers all of the major areas of cost accounting and analysis including product costing, relevant costs, cost-volume analysis, performance evaluation, transfer pricing, and capital budgeting. Includes methods of reorganizing, classifying, allocating, aggregating, and reporting actual costs and comparing them with standard costs. Equips experienced cost accountants with a reference tool and students with a thorough textbook. Provides numerous examples, succinct language, chapter review, glossary, and appendices. Includes an abundance of exercises, many of which are based on exam questions from the CPA and CMA exams.

Author Biography

Frank J. Fabozzi, PhD, CFA, CPA, is Professor in the Practice of Finance in the School of Management at Yale University. He is a Fellow of the International Center for Finance at Yale University and serves on the Advisory Council for the Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University. He has authored and edited numerous books in finance.

Pamela Peterson Drake, PhD, CFA, is the J. Gray Ferguson Professor of Finance and Department Head of Finance and Business Law at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. She is author or coauthor of numerous books and articles.

Ralph S. Polimeni, PhD, CPA, is the Vice Provost for Accreditation and Assessment and holds the Chaykin Endowed Chair in Accounting at Hofstra University, Long Island, New York. He has authored numerous articles and books on accounting.

Table of Contents

Preface

About the Authors

The Changing role of the CFO: From Accounting to Accountable

Funding

Capital Structure Decisions

Types of Debt Financing

Equity Funding

Structured Financing: Asset Securitization and Structured Notes

Strategy, Taxes, and risk Management

Strategy and Financial Planning

Basics of Corporate Taxes and Tax risk Management

Corporate Risk Management

Performance Evaluation

Financial Ratio Analysis

Cash Flow Analysis

Decentralized Operations and responsibility Accounting

Responsibility Center Performance Evaluation

Transfer Pricing

Asset Management

Capital Budgeting and Cash Flow Analysis

Capital Budgeting Techniques

Capital Budgeting and Risk

Leasing

Managing Short-Term Assets

Cost and Managerial Accounting

Classifying Costs

Costing and Control of Materials, Labor, and Factory Overhead

Job Order and Process Costing

Joint Product and Byproduct Costing

Master Budget

Standard Costing

Direct and Absorption Costing

Index

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