Your Own Finance Career

Who this book is for

Người làm tài chính trong doanh nghiệp Việt Nam, kế toán trưởng, phụ trách tài chính, người kiêm cả sổ sách lẫn dòng tiền ở công ty vài chục người. Người đọc là NGƯỜI LÀM NGHỀ: họ giữ con số và phải giải thích chúng, nhưng người quyết chi thường là người khác. Sách nói về tài chính DOANH NGHIỆP, không phải đầu tư hay tài chính cá nhân.

Sound familiar?

• Years in the role and the work is still recording and reconciling, with nobody asking their view.
• Strong on software and journal entries, lost when explaining to an operator.
• Doesn't know whether to go deeper technically or move into management.
• Wants to move but can't name a company number they changed.

Each chapter answers one question

1. Chapter 1: Am I recording decisions, or helping make them?

   Which stage is most of my time spent in?

   Recording, explaining, joining decisions: each stage calls for a different kind of skill.

2. Chapter 2: Does a long list of duties prove my worth?

   Which company number have I changed this year?

   Anyone can say what they are responsible for; few can point to a number they changed.

3. Chapter 3: Which of my skills will still matter in five years?

   Of what I know, what will still be useful in five years?

   Tools change constantly; ways of thinking about cash flow and the business do not.

4. Chapter 4: Will a small or large company teach me more?

   What would my next workplace teach me that this one does not?

   At a small company you touch everything; at a large one you learn standards; they are two different things.

5. Chapter 5: Can I refuse when the boss wants it booked wrong?

   If I am asked to record something in a way I think is wrong, what do I do?

   Sooner or later every finance person meets a request they should not carry out.