Chief Financial Officer: history and fun facts
Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.
Did you know?
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Money used to be shells, beads, and even big stones in some places long ago! Today, people keep track of money with numbers on computers.
Through history
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Long ago
People wrote down their money in notebooks called ledgers. Keeping careful records helped families and towns know what they had and what they owed.
Tools of the trade
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Spreadsheet
A spreadsheet is a computer page made of rows and boxes. CFOs use it to add up money and compare plans.
A day in the job
- 9:00 AMThe CFO sits down with a cup of tea or coffee and opens the numbers for the day. They check how much money came in and how much went out.
Words to know
- Cash flow
- Cash flow is how money moves in and out of a company, like water flowing through a pipe. A CFO watches it closely so there is always enough.
Quiz time
A CFO only works with numbers and never talks to other people.
A CFO helps decide if a company has enough money before it buys something big.