{ "item_title" : "Become the CFO", "item_author" : [" Mike Pritula "], "item_description" : "I've watched hundreds of finance managers reach for the CFO seat and stall one rung below it. Same wall every time.They close the books in four days. They build the cleanest model in the company. Then the board asks where to put the next dollar - and they answer with a variance report. The CEO wants a recommendation; what comes out is an immaculate it depends. The seat goes to someone more commercial, and nobody can quite explain why.The pattern repeats because the skills that make a great finance manager are the exact skills that cap you one rung below the top. Precision is not strategy. A flawless close is not a capital plan. Boards promote the person who turns numbers into decisions, not the person who reconciles them.What works: The CFO Role Map - the seven areas a board actually grades you on, so you fix the right gaps firstThe Strategic Finance Plan - turns the CEO's vision into a number you can stand behindThe Capital Allocation Scorecard - sends scarce capital to the highest real returnThe Risk Register - prices the threats that could end the company before they doThe IPO Readiness Audit - tells you whether the company is built to go publicWhat doesn't: Waiting until you feel ready - the title goes to whoever is already doing the jobHiding in the month-end close instead of owning the strategyAnswering it depends with nothing after itThe system in this book is what I've seen work - 20 chapters, 63 templates, every one on the page. No downloads, no email walls.A single corporate finance reference like The Essential CFO runs about $68 in paperback. A fractional CFO bills $250 to $500 an hour. A two-day CFO workshop costs thousands. This book costs less than dinner.Stop closing the books and start running the money. Open Chapter 1 tonight - then watch your next board meeting go differently.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/818/050/9798180501141_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "24.99", "online_price" : "24.99", "our_price" : "24.99", "club_price" : "24.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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