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Role of Finance/Accounting
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accounting | The process of keeping and interpreting financial records. |
| Accounts payable | All monies owed by the business to others . |
| Accounts receivable | All monies owed to a firm by its customers . |
| Administration of assets | Finance activity involving making decisions about a firm's investments. |
| Asset(s) | Anything of value that business of individual owns . |
| Capital budgeting | A process in which a firm's financial managers determine which projects it should invest in. |
| Capital investment decisions | Decisions that determine which projects a business will invest in, how the investment(s) will be financed, and whether to play dividends to shareholders. |
| Capital structure | A firm's mix of financing, usually some combination of debt and equity. |
| Cash conversation cycle | Ratio that refers to the number of days between a company paying for raw materials and receiving cash from selling products made from those raw materials. |
| Debt funding | Using money that is lent by a bank or other institution to finance a project. |
| Acquisition of funds | Finance activity involving making decisions about financing. |
| Dividend | A sum of money paid to an investor or stockholder as earnings of an investment. |
| Equity funding | Using money from investors to finance a project in exchange for share in the company. |
| Finance | In business, the function that involves all the money and money management matters. |
| Financing | Funding a business activity or project through debt, equity, or venture capital. |
| Return on capital | A measure of how well a business generates cash flow in relation to the capital it already has invested in itself. |
| Venture captial | Invested money used for new business opportunities |
| Working capital management | Management of a firm's current balance of assets and liabilities; involves accounts payable and receivable, inventory, and cash |
| Accountant | An individual who has had specialized training in accounting processes |
| Accounting cycle | A process or series of steps that businesses complete to maintain their financial records effectively |
| Accounting standards | Rules that accountants must follow when preparing financial statements |
| Accounting system | The methods and procedures used in consistently handling the business's financial information |
| Accrual accounting method | A method of accounting that records transactions at the time they occur even if no money changes hands at the time |
| Assets | Anything of value that a business owns |
| Balance sheets | A financial statement that captures the financial condition of the business at the particular moment |
| Bookkeeping | The steps of the accounting cycle that involve recording each business transaction; the process of analyzing financial transactions, journalizing transactions, posting to ledgers, and balancing the books |
| Cash | Currency and coins |
| Cash accounting method | An accounting method in which income and expenditures are recorded at the time the money changes hands |
| Cash flow statement | A financial summary with estimates as to when, where, and how much money will flow into and out of a business |
| Credit | The arrangement by which businesses or individuals can purchase now and pay later |
| Expenditures | The monies that a business spends; also called expenses |
| Expenses | The monies that a business spends; also called expenditures |
| Financial accounting | A type of accounting that involves preparing and reporting financial data to external users who are not directly involved in business operations |
| Financial statement | A summary of accounting information |
| Income | Money received by a business or an individual from outside sources |
| Income investment | A financial summary that shows how much money the business has made or has lost; also called the profit-and-loss statement |
| Investors | Those who invest their funds in a business; may be owners or stockholders |
| Journal | A special book or computer program in which a business's trans |