Bernard Fevry

THE 88 ESSENTIALS YOU MUST KNOW IF YOU ARE A NEOPHYTE in FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING and CORPORATE FINANCE Bernard Fevry

In this book, I would like to speak to neophytesThis word has classical roots in ancient Greek meaning newly planted or newly converted. Here, I use this word for person new to a subject or an activity What is the syllabus?Starting from the 3 main financial statements, the participants will learn how to read them, to understand their mechanisms, to crack them to highlight the drivers of performance and cash production. In order to be more fluent in the financial language, a large chapter is dedicated to the multiple financial acronyms, indicators and ratios. At last, I propose an algorithm, a sort of marked path for you to complete a financial analysis by ratios. What is the target audience?-Administrators to master the financial issues of their company-Shareholders to understand financial questions and answers during the shareholders meeting-Investors to know the financial drivers under an investment decision-Entrepreneurs to avoid financial mistakes-Non financial managers to facilitate the dialogue with accountants and financial managers-Bankers to better advice companies customersI apologize, dear reader, because I have to use sometimes a basic knowledge of mathematics to reinforce the calculation of drivers and indicators, but in case of math phobia, you are allowed to jump directly to the core explanation. I hope that you will enjoy this overview of corporate finance and feel more comfortable with the concepts.