Return on investment: a measure comparing the return from an investment with its cost.
ROI relates an investment’s return to the cost or capital used to generate it and is often expressed as a percentage. The calculation needs a clearly stated basis, because organizations can use different definitions of return and investment. Comparing figures therefore requires checking the costs included, the measure of benefit and the time period covered. A return earned on capital employed is one accounting application of the idea. For practical decisions, a percentage is useful only when the assumptions behind it are understood and consistently applied.
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Holt Renfrew’s Operations Finance Analyst role in Toronto included assisting with ROI assessments, post-investment reviews and other business case analyses. The pairing of assessment and review shows how investment evaluation could take place both when considering a business case and after spending had occurred. Search local jobs for “roi”.
