How to Write a Financial Report

Learn how to write effective and easy-to-understand financial reports

How to Write a Financial Report accompanies the hugely successful How to Read a Financial Report (now in its 10th Edition) and helps readers learn the essential skills needed to write, analyze, and communicate financial and accounting reports, statements, and information. Designed specifically for non-specialists, this reader-friendly resource covers the fundamentals of financial reporting and writing in jargon-free English. The books value is enhanced by offering the unique view of not just how financial information is interpreted from external parties reading financial reports from the "outside looking in", but more importantly, how financial information is accumulated, prepared, and reported from the "inside looking out", to the target audience, whether external professionals or internal management.

Veteran financial consultant and author Tage C. Tracy breaks down the content provided in this book into three easy-to-understand parts. To start, part one helps readers understand the importance of effectively communicating financial information to their target audience, especially concerning where the data is sourced from, how the data is consolidated, and more. The basics of financial statements, reports, and information is covered second, as no one can write a financial report without this fundamental knowledge. Tracy concludes by discussing the importance of utilizing different financial statements, reports, information, KPIs, and other strategies in presenting the financial performance story that needs to be communicated to all the readers of your report, even if they aren't experts in accounting and finance.

How to Write a Financial Report earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of investors, lenders, business leaders, analysts, and managers looking for the practical knowledge needed to write an effective and communicative financial report from start to finish.