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Full Description
Build a better, faster forecast. In this Authority Guide, forecasting guru Simon Thompson shows you how to build financial forecasts quickly, effectively and cheaply through his unique, proven and easy-to-follow 10-step process. By learning how to create effective forecasts you will master the ability to understand the potential financial outcomes for your business and be able to communicate financial information in order to successfully raise investment or loans.
Contents
Part I: Welcome to my world - 1; Introduction - 3; Is this book for you? - 5; How will this book help? - 7; Doing it properly: profit and loss, cash flow and balance sheet - 9; Part II: Before you start - 11; Why do we forecast? - 13; The eight essential benchmarks of all good forecasts - 15; Understanding profit and loss, cash flow and balance sheet - 21; Part III: Ten logical, comprehensive steps to a great forecast - 29; An introduction to the ten steps - 31; Step 1: The global considerations - 33; Step 2: The chart of accounts - 43; Step 3: Opening balances - 49; Step 4: Capital expenditure - 53; Step 5: P&L: sales revenue - 59; Step 6: P&L: direct costs - 63; Step 7: P&L: overheads - 67; Step 8: Debt funding: bank and other loans - 73; Step 9: Investment and dividends - 79; Step 10: Publishing reports - 83; About Edge Forecast - 87; About the author - 89
