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How to Design Financial Management System
A financial management system is the processes used to manage income, expenses, and assets in an organization. In addition to supporting daily financial operations, the purpose of a financial management system is to maximize profits and ensure long-term enterprise sustainability. They help finance teams:
1. Streamline invoicing and bill collection
2. Optimize daily, monthly, and yearly cash flow
3. Maintain audit trails and comply with accounting regulations
4. Automate finance processes and reduce accounting errors
5. Deliver better budgeting, forecasting, and planning
6. Speed up financial close and reporting activities
An effective financial management system provides companies with a full suite of accounting software and a single source of truth. Within the system are many different tools, which can be grouped into the following four categories:
1. General accounting and financial close: Tools for accounting and financial close support essential bookkeeping activities such as general ledger, accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), and payroll. They help teams generate reports, create financial statements for income, expenses, and balances – and close the books quickly and with less effort. Tax management features also help ensure tax accuracy and compliance.
2. Revenue, cash, and treasury management: With revenue accounting tools, finance teams can automate billing processes, view up-to-the-minute payments, and ensure compliance with statutory regulations for revenue recognition, such as IFRS 15. Cash and treasury management tools help teams predict cash flow, improve liquidity, and proactively mitigate risk. This software also integrates with banking systems, so users can get real-time visibility into bank balances and simplify reconciliation in accounts.
3. Financial planning and analysis: This set of planning, forecasting, budgeting, and analytical tools help CFOs and their teams support the company's overall financial health. FP&A software is critical for analyzing costs and profitability, improving performance, predicting and navigating future conditions, and providing fast and accurate decision support to the C-suite. It also supports multi-scenario planning and collaboration between finance and every other department.
4. Governance, risk, and compliance: GRC tools help teams align organizational activities to business goals, identify and mitigate different types of risk, and ensure compliance with laws and regulations – from GDPR and SOX to international trade agreements. By synchronizing data across corporate governance, risk management, and compliance activities, companies can operate more efficiently, navigate uncertainty, and act with integrity.
Most companies are still in the early stages of applying digital technologies like cloud, augmented analytics, robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain to finance processes – but they are on the cusp of a major shift and the pressure is on. Not only are CFOs and their teams increasingly expected to provide rapid decision support to the business, but hard lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic are forcing leaders to accelerate finance transformation and new technology adoption.
It's easy to see why. The benefits of digital finance transformation – like instant intelligence, highly accurate predictive modeling, and more agile and automated processes – are the ingredients companies need to navigate change and adapt to the new normal. AI in particular is a driving force behind finance transformation, completely revolutionizing finance analytics, automation, and every process – from financial closing activities to risk mitigation and compliance.
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Financial Planning & Forecasting
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1. Additional Funds Needed (AFN) formula
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Financial Management in Cash Management & Inventory Control
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1. Setting the target cash balance
2. EOQ model
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Capital Structure Decisions (Financial Management)
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1. MM and Miller models
2. Hamada's equation
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Financial Statement, Cash Flow and Taxes
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1. Balance sheet
2. Income statement
3. Statement of cash flows
4. Accounting income versus cash flow
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Multinational Financial Management
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1. Factors that make multinational financial management different
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The Financial Environment
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1. Why is corporate finance important to all managers?
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Hybrid Financing: Preferred Stock, Warrants, and Convertibles
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1. Types of hybrid securities : Preferred stock. Warrants. Convertibles
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Financial Management in Banking Relationships
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1. Receivables management
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Risk and Return in Investment (Financial Management)
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1. Basic return concepts
2. Basic risk concepts
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Cash Flow Estimation and Risk Analysis
Finance Management
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1. Incremental Cash Flow for a Project
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Financial Management in Not-for-Profit Businesses
Just like for-profit businesses, not-for-profit enterprises need strong financial management to ensure they can deliver the... [read more]
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Financial Management in Pension Plan
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1. Pension plan terminology
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