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    Corporate Finance: The Overlooked Finance Career Corporate finance has been overlooked as a secondary choice for an undergraduate finance major that wasn’t able to break into Wall Street. Until recently, the reputation of holding a corporate finance job was not as prestigious as an investment-banking resume. In this paper, my objective is to enlighten the reader on the career paths of an entry-level corporate finance analyst and why I decided that corporate finance is the right path for me. The corporate finance is the department that deals with the firm’s source of financing, developing the firm’s capital structure, and the decisions made to grow the firms business in order to maximize investor’s wealth (shareholder and bondholders). Within corporate finance, the average firm is separated into three divisions, which are 1. Controller 2. Financial, Planning, and Analysis (FP&A) 3. Treasury Controller The controller department usually has the worst reputation of the three departments and often referred to as financial…

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    accounting and finance is and why I have chosen to study it at the University of Birmingham. Accounting and finance are two separate disciplines that have some similar characteristics. The main difference between accounting and finance is that finance focuses on the present and future whereas accounting focuses on the past (Aspillera, 2014). The University of Birmingham is amongst the top providers for accounting and finance due to its credibility, infrastructure and status making it one of the…

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    Edwards, John J. Hampton, Wood and Sangster have shown the role of accounting and finance in controlling resources of a business, where business will account for what it owns and owes. That is goods purchased and expanses prepaid or accruals. In addition to this financial decisions will be made such as: the impact on current assets in deciding the creditor limit and current liabilities when deciding on payments of debts. Also Michael Jones portrays the effect of costing in planning for…

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    The advantages of Globalization of finance are the reduction of financial risk, improve the allocation of capitals, and reduce borrowing cost. Every business small or large has some form of a financial risk. The reduction of financial risk may require a business to plan for potential risk and existing risk. A company needs to plan ahead for future difficulties seen or unforeseen. Improving the allocation of capitals is one of the most important decisions associated with a company’s success and…

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    Personal Finance Paper

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    In this paper, I will evaluate Alice’s goals by using the S.M.A.R.T. planning model and information which are introduced in the book Personal Finance by Rachel Siegel and Carol Yacht, Chapter 1 (2009). Evaluation has to be done on following: a. Pay off student loan b. Buy a house and save for children’s education c. Accumulate assets d. Retire e. Travel around the world in a sailboat EVALUATION a. Pay off student loan Alice has a significant debt obligation – Student loan of $53,000;…

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    Personal Finance Tool

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    CFO Tool 3 & 4 Whoever you are, and whatever income or debt you have, I think it is important to try to think of yourself like a business entity. Like a business you will have income and expenses. A balance sheet and an income statement tell a business what they are worth, defines income and spending, and also helps the firm set and measure goals. Both of these tools are useful for long term planning. A business is often measured by profits, and your budget is the same way. Since the…

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    There are thirteen states in America that require students to take personal finance as a mandatory class. Many schools in America believe that students shouldn’t take personal finance because it doesn’t help the students to understand financial concepts. Personal finance is a class that teaches students to make financial decisions and responsibilities. It should be mandatory for students to take personal finance before graduating high school. Students should take personal finance because it…

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    3 Types Of Finance

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    decades of experience and cultivation to even be considered mastered. Comparatively, a profession in finance comes with the same if not more stress, struggles and tribulations. However, once I have gained the knowledge and proficiency needed to be successful in my field of work, the rewards begin to outweigh the risk. Finance can be described as the study of money and how it is managed, and the actual process of acquiring needed funds. This is primarily because we live in an affluence driven…

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    Finances (business) has always been really interesting to me, that is why I chose it to be my major. Although combat arms would be a hell of a lot more fun, I believe there will be more opportunities when I get out if I utilize my degree while I’m an officer. Finance Corps officers have five core competencies, fund the force, banking and disbursing, accounting support and cost management, pay support and management internal controls. All of these competencies relate directly towards my degree.…

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    SAP: Finance Case Study

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    Introduction This paper will discuss the potential benefits of one or more of the solutions for finance that are available by SAP. For each solution, these benefits will be analyzed and I will determine if I agree with the procedures and explain why or why not. Lastly, information from the previous assignment will be used and a determination whether or not this enterprise module will be useful to my organization. Definitions First, before we can get into evaluating the solutions that are…

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