The Essential CFO

Discover the power of the CFO's role in delivering shareholder value During the past decade, the CFO role has expanded dramatically in its breadth, complexity, and criticality. Filled with proven strategies, best practices, and keen insights, The Essential CFO describes how today's CFOs are responding to their expanded roles within both public and private companies. With straightforward and pragmatic guidance, author Bruce Nolop shows how CFOs are partnering with CEOs to deliver shareholder value by articulating a strategic plan, determining capital allocations, managing the capital structure, driving financial performance, and implementing strategic transactions. Covers how CFOs are establishing robust accounting and risk management processes and effectively communicating with both external and internal constituencies Looks at the role of the CFO in transforming financial organizations to drive effectiveness and efficiencies Examines how CFOs can develop talent with the experience, expertise, and leadership skills to meet the challenges of the future Written from a balanced, top-down perspective of the modern CFO, The Essential CFO provides you with practical prescriptions for executing impactful corporate finance strategies.

Discover the power of the CFO's role in delivering shareholdervalueDuring the past decade, the CFO role has expanded dramaticallyin its breadth, complexity, and criticality. Filled with provenstrategies, best practices, and keen insights, The EssentialCFO describes how today's CFOs are responding to their expandedroles within both public and private companies. Withstraightforward and pragmatic guidance, author Bruce Nolop showshow CFOs are partnering with CEOs to deliver shareholder value byarticulating a strategic plan, determining capital allocationsmanaging the capital structure, driving financial performance, andimplementing strategic transactions.* Covers how CFOs are establishing robust accounting and riskmanagement processes and effectively communicating with bothexternal and internal constituencies* Looks at the role of the CFO in transforming financialorganizations to drive effectiveness and efficiencies* Examines how CFOs can develop talent with the experienceexpertise, and leadership skills to meet the challenges of thefutureWritten from a balanced, top-down perspective of the modern CFOThe Essential CFO provides you with practical prescriptionsfor executing impactful corporate finance strategies.