Are you experiencing controlled, profitable growth? Are you properly capitalized? Do you have sufficient cash flow? Can your team execute effectively within the key areas below as needed?
Investment Capital | Fundraising
Which type of funding; debt, angel investment, venture capital, crowdfunding and why?
Are you familiar with all the steps necessary to properly prepare for a funding round?
Do you know how to package your story and present it credibly the 1ST time?
Financial Strategy | Profit Model
How can you best leverage your market position and core value proposition?
Have you created a scalable profit model? Have you maximized your value capture?
Are there sound long range fiscal plans? Max growth rate with current capital = __% ?
Cashflow Management | Budgeting
Do you know your cash position 4, 8,12 weeks out. What is your cash conversion cycle?
Do you budget for profit, cash, production, sales, purchasing and capital expenditures?
Do have proper payment, collections, closed loop purchasing and billing systems?
FInancial Statements | Performance Tracking
Have you identified the key performance indicators that are mission critical?
Do you have timely, immediate and action data in an understandable format?
Are there proper variance reporting, accountability and feedback mechanisms in place?
Cost Controls | Accounting Methods
Do you have job cost, inventory, bidding, scheduling, production and theft controls?
Are you able to analyze gross and net profit by customer, product and sales channel?
Is your company ready for a financial audit? Are you performing outside audits?
Financial Systems Development
Do you have strong cash flow, liquidity. margin and net profit control processes?
Have you implemented financial management processes in a reliable, scalable manner?
What type of financial account structures, software and service providers are needed?
Business Valuation | Exit Strategy
Do you know what your business is worth? What parts are most valuable?
Are you managing to maximize strategic value, profit, tax liability and growth?
Do you understand all the types of buyers and their primary motivators?
What Do You Think?
Is this an area of strength waiting to be better leveraged? Or is improvement needed that will allow the organization to progress overall?
How long has this been true? What are the best options for addressing it? What outcomes are realistically possible?
What other areas of the business need to be focused on to support initiatives in this area?
What approaches may be valid?
Are you experiencing profitable, controlled growth?
Are you able to stay ahead of the cash flow and investment capital needs of your growth?
Have you put the financial and control systems in place to support a scalable organization?
Do you have a staff member who possesses the proper chief financial officer skill sets?
