Cashflow Management

Availability of cash whenever the business requires it, is essential for the smooth running of any business. Profits in any business may not necessarily mean availability of cash in the business to meet critical needs of the business. 

There is no single reason because of which cash shortages happen in any business. This could be because of one or more factors. To ensure sufficient availability of cash during all times, all factors influencing the availability of cash needs to be managed properly.

Finance Optima’s specialists analyse each aspect of your business to find out the root cause of the cash flow issues and help you set up best practises to efficiently track, manage and control your business cash flows so that your business makes optimum utilisation of cash resources and is free from rude shocks because of non-availability of cash. We help you set up an efficient cash management system in your enterprise and also help and teach you to efficiently manage them in the years to come.

 

Top & Bottomline Improvement

CFO of any organisation plays a pivotal role in navigating the business efficiently to ensure that the organisation achieves its goals of profit maximisation and growth. This requires detailed analysis of all drivers which influence both the costs and revenues of the business. Identifying, monitoring and controlling these drivers eventually leads to meeting the organisational targets of profitability and growth.

Finance Optima’s team of specialists use their decades of experience of managing complex organisations for analysing all the factors which are likely to affect the top and bottom line targets of any organisation.

Each aspect of the business which are likely to impact the performance like pricing strategies, product pricings, margin analysis, competitor analysis, division wise, product wise and project wise profitability, tax structuring of both the organisation and the individual orders, structuring of various agreements and contracts are analyses and structured to suit the business requirements and to achieve projected targets.

 

Investor Relationship & Reporting

Every business has a responsibility to keep all its investors and other key stakeholders informed about the performance and direction which the organisation is taking to ensure transparency and report progress. This helps the investors and the stakeholders to be kept abreast with information matrix which can give complete insights about their investment, its progress, its growth and its corporate governance.

Finance Optima helps you create business specific analytical reports customised to satisfy the needs of investors and other key stakeholders. The reports give insights into every key aspect of the running , growth and direction of the business to satisfy the investors queries and expectations.

    Internal Controls

    Every business needs to have internal controls in all aspects of the business commensurate with its size and complexity of operation.  Most entrepreneurs, in their quest to grow the business, often tend to neglect this aspect of the business which could harm the business in the long run. This could also be because of the fact that the business owners are not adept in laying down these controls as they don’t have the technical knowledge to do so. 

    The ICFR requirements under the Companies Act 2013, mandates that the  Management / Directors of Companies be responsible to discharge their Financial Reporting responsibilities by making an evaluation on the design and operating effectiveness of the controls and safeguards they have put in place over accounting and financial reporting. Keeping in view the above regulatory expectation, it is very important that the Policies & procedures of the Company are reviewed and updated periodically to keep those relevant at all times

    Finance Optima’s CFO services helps you in configuring internal controls designed specifically for the needs, size and growth projections of your company. Internal Controls which are adequate in the current times but are also adequate to withstand the requirements of the company consequent to its rapid growth projections for the near future. Controls which would mitigate most of the risks which could possibly affect such businesses and ensure integrity of its reporting structure. Controls which are system driven rather than individual driven. Controls which are designed not to choke business and individual freedom & flexibility but are designed to improve performance and lead the organisation to its chosen growth path.

    Our team of experts helps you on the followings:

    • To optimize the cost of compliance of Internal Audit and ICFR
    • Avoid duplication of efforts in Internal Audit and ICFR for evaluation of Controls
    • Focus on value addition through Internal Audits and test the routine controls through ICFR assessments (Using the same data to generate insights for Business)
    • Enhance the Governance & monitoring around Policies & Procedures, Internal Audits & Internal Controls and optimizing the cost of compliance.

     

    Compliance Management

    We are operating in an era where compliance, whether relating to taxation, legal, secretarial or corporate affairs is of utmost importance for every organisation .However to comply with constantly changing tax laws and regulations is a cumbersome task. Due to the rapid pace of legislative and regulatory change, and the increasing digitalization of revenue authorities, getting this piece right is becoming increasingly complex for most of organisations. Failure to fulfill requisite compliances is not only a financial risk but the  noncompliance leads to financial penalties and tax enhancement. This is also a serious company risk, as it can harm the reputation of the taxpayer with the authorities and the general public.

    Finance Optima is an organisation committed to creating a compliant eco-system. We have specialist in each of these spheres who are adept in each and every compliance requirement and would work with you in establishing a compliance focused enterprise. We also help you create a Compliance calendar to help you monitor your compliance obligations. We undertake a complete compliance health checks and reviews of business operations to optimize taxes, admissibility to tax incentives/benefits, reduce potential exposure and improve tax compliance.

     

    Implementation of ERP

    Every organisation needs to automate their process to improve productivity, performance and efficiency. Establishing an ERP system commensurate with the needs and complexity of the business stands at the forefront of such automation. Today there are a plethora of ERP solutions available in the market, each proclaiming that their product is the one which would solve all your problems. However selecting the ERP system which has the features which are specifically required for the needs of your business and then implementing the same is not an easy task. Moreover, faulty implementation would make even the best ERP systems to fail and would lead to complete wastage of time, money and efforts put in to establish the same.

    Finance Optima’s ERP specialists analyse your business requirement, help you identify the right product and implement the same to help you achieve the envisaged targets of increasing productivity and efficiency in the organisation. Whether you are MSME or a large organization, ERP implementation involves processing of tons of information. With a deep understanding of ERP modules and extensive experience of working with different industries, Finance Optima’s ERP specialists simplify this task for you.

     

    Periodic Review Meetings

    Recording, monitoring and course correction are essential business practices for successful achievement of organisational goals. To ensure this periodic review of the performance is essential to evaluate performance till date, evaluate reasons for the said performance and lay down steps for going forward.

    Finance Optima’s specialists have years of experience of guiding organisations through the complex web of modern-day business environment to achieve targeted results and helps you organise and conduct periodic reviews within your organisation with the management team to discuss and evaluate progress using detailed reports and to lay down action points for achieving projected goals.