Executive Directory of Finance Professionals Mailing List

Executive Directory of Finance Professionals allows you to target individuals that hold a position in the finance department of a business, corporation, university, charity and firm. Finance is the science of funds management. It provides the financing and accounting information necessary to make various decisions. Finance plays an integral role in helping businesses receive the necessary financing it needs, and how the money will be paid back and distribute dividends to shareholders. It includes saving money and often lending money, and deals with how money is spent and budgeted.

 

 

Finance focuses on responsibilities such as financial accounting, payroll, estimating and handling cash in- and outflow thus managing liquidity. It analyses roles like management accounting, strategy involvement, management information systems, and financial analysis. The most common function of a finance department comprises the documentation and the controlling of incoming and outgoing cash flows as well as the actual handling of the cash flows. These two parts play a significant role in a finance department, however, due to the computer revolution it is mostly dealt with on computerized systems. The introduction of mass computer systems has made the task less labor intensive and far quicker. Cash flows can be displayed on an up-to-date basis every day, performance can be analyzed and evaluated straight away. This gives the financial department and the senior management useful tools to see how the company is performing at any given time. The finance department is also responsible for the payment of bills, wages and salaries. This as well has been computerized. Wages and bills are paid through electronic systems. Both transactions are outgoing cash flows. On the other hand, payments for goods or services sold will be accounted for in this department. The area of wages is a very difficult one for the finance department as it underlies strict legal limitations. Data protection is very important for the firm as it is imposed by law. It delivers to interested stakeholders such as potential investors, banks, shareholders, suppliers, etc. detailed information about the financial situation such as the financial health of the firm. It is used to attract capital from the outside. The capital markets' reaction to reports of financial performance affect the ability of the company to raise capital. The Financial accounting is employed moreover to undertake investment and credit analysis and used for the taxation of the business. Another major function the finance department assumes is the budgeting and performance evaluation. It is seen as planning/forecasting and controlling/evaluating. Though budgeting is a traditional role its importance has risen rapidly especially as the companies have grown to huge conglomerates where control is very complex and difficult.

 

 

Individuals have a minimum of a bachelors degree in business, accounting, finance or economics. Having a masters degree is preferable to most employers. Academic training will involve learning how to analyze finances, deal with technology related to this field and to learn the necessary analytical skills that are needed to do the work. Experience is gained through working at a bank in moving up the management chain, while others may enter a company through their manager training program.

 

Finance individuals purchase adding machines, binders, book cases, bookkeeping ledgers, business software, calculators, calendars, cash receipts, cell phones, computer paper, computers, copy machines, credit card machines, desk organizers, dictionaries, envelopes, erasers, file boxes, filing cabinets, financial software, fingertip moisteners, hanging folders, highlighters, hole punchers, ink cartridges, manila folders, mouse pads, note pads, paper clips, paper shredders, payroll books, pencils, pens, petty cash boxes, photo link scanners, printers, receipt slips, rubber bands, rulers, stamps, staplers, staples, sticky notes, tax forms, and wastebaskets.

 

 

To stay current in their field they attend trade shows, take continuing education courses and subscribe to online and offline business trade publications.

 

Industry Selections: 

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION - CROPS

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION - LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL SPECIALTIES

AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

FORESTRY

FISHING, HUNTING AND TRAPPING

METAL MINING

COAL MINING

OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION

MINING AND QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS, EXCEPT FUELS

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND OPERATIVE BUILDERS

HEAVY CNSTRCTN, EXCEPT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION - CONTRACTORS

CONSTRUCTION - SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS

TOBACCO PRODUCTS

TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS

APPAREL, FINISHED PRDCTS FROM FABRICS & SIMILAR MATERIALS

LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS, EXCEPT FURNITURE

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS

PRINTING, PUBLISHING AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS

PETROLEUM REFINING AND RELATED INDUSTRIES

RUBBER AND MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC PRODUCTS

LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS

STONE, CLAY, GLASS, AND CONCRETE PRODUCTS

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES

FABRICATED METAL PRDCTS, EXCEPT MACHINERY & TRANSPORT EQPMNT

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL MACHINERY AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT

ELECTRONIC, ELCTRCL EQPMNT & CMPNTS, EXCPT COMPUTER EQPMNT

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT

MESR/ANLYZ/CNTRL INSTRMNTS; PHOTO/MED/OPT GDS; WATCHS/CLOCKS

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION

LOCAL, SUBURBAN TRANSIT & INTERURBN HGWY PASSENGER TRANSPORT

MOTOR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

WATER TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION BY AIR

PIPELINES, EXCEPT NATURAL GAS

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRIC, GAS AND SANITARY SERVICES

WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS

WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS

BUILDING MATRIALS, HRDWR, GARDEN SUPPLY & MOBILE HOME DEALRS

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES

FOOD STORES

AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS AND GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS

APPAREL AND ACCESSORY STORES

HOME FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT STORES

EATING AND DRINKING PLACES

MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL

DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS

NONDEPOSITORY CREDIT INSTITUTIONS

SECURITY & COMMODITY BROKERS, DEALERS, EXCHANGES & SERVICES

INSURANCE CARRIERS

INSURANCE AGENTS, BROKERS AND SERVICE

REAL ESTATE

HOLDING AND OTHER INVESTMENT OFFICES

HOTELS, ROOMING HOUSES, CAMPS, AND OTHER LODGING PLACES

PERSONAL SERVICES

BUSINESS SERVICES

AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, SERVICES AND PARKING

MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR SERVICES

MOTION PICTURES

AMUSEMENT AND RECREATION SERVICES

HEALTH SERVICES

LEGAL SERVICES

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

SOCIAL SERVICES

MUSEUMS, ART GALLERIES AND BOTANICAL AND ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS

ENGINEERING, ACCOUNTING, RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT & RELATED SVCS

PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS

SERVICES, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE & GENERAL GOVERNMENT, EXCEPT FINANCE

JUSTICE, PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY

PUBLIC FINANCE, TAXATION AND MONETARY POLICY

ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RESOURCE PROGRAMS

ADMINISTRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND HOUSING PROGRAMS

ADMINISTRATION OF ECONOMIC PROGRAMS

NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS