The Financial Management Decision Process what are the three types of financial management decisions? For each type of decision, give an example of a business transaction that would be relevant.
The three financial management decisions are:
Capital Budgeting
Capital structure
Working capital management
Capital Budgeting: The process of planning mad managing a firm’s long term investments
The firm invests its fund in two types of assets – fixed and current. When the investment is regarding fixed assets it is called as capital budgeting decision. Factors that affect capital budgeting decisions are:
Cash flow of project : when a company invests huge amount on a investment project the proposal is to be assessed properly before investing
Return
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The investment into a project can be made from the owner’s funds and borrowed fund. How much should be invested from the owners funds and how much should be borrowed is to be decided. The cost of the finance sources with minimum cost is to be preferred and as more risk is associated with borrowed funds securities with moderate risk is preferred. Factors like cash flow position and high fixed operating costs also determine whether owner’s funds are to be used and how much money should be borrowed or should money be borrowed at all are …show more content…
Working capital management is where the financial decision maker looks after day to day operations in the company to ensure that sufficient funds for everyday operations are there. The type of decisions that are taken in working management capital are if any inventory should be added or sold, if credit can be given and or if any short term financing is required.
Example: modifying the firm's credit collection policy with its customers
The three decisions are capital budgeting, capital structure and working capital management.
Corporate Finance Organization in a large corporation, what are the two distinct groups that report to the chief financial officer? Which group is the focus of corporate finance?
The two distinct groups are the treasurer’s office and controller’s office that report directly to chief financial officer.
The controller’s office focus on tax managing, cost accounting management, financial accounting and data processing.
The treasurer’s office focus on corporate finance as it handles cash, credit, capital expenditures and financial planning of the
Unit 3 – Retail Operations Jack Wightman Introduction I will be writing about a local independent department store called EIAr Sports, bases in a small market town. EIAr Sports sell martial arts equipment and have had some issues and are about to make some huge changes. I have to investigate what these issues are and how they can be resolved. Functional Areas AC1.1 Sales is transferring property, goods and services for a sum of cash.
I was employed at Federal Mogul in the Accounting Department. My job duties were processing billings, invoices, processing claims requested by clients. It was also my responsibility to prepare and reconcile monthly trial balances, prepare journal entries, reconcile general ledger accounts, and bank reconciliations. Resolved NSF checks issues and submit for collection when necessary. Additionally, I prepared internal and external reports for management.
After each month, the manager and two other people that do not deal with the financial statements meet and look other each office. They look at their expenses, number of patients, and revenue. Once they look over them they decide if changes need to be made and if so how they will make the changes. I also learned about the ethics of their company and approaches they take to prevent possible
When being placed in the role of a manager, it is important to understand the finances of the organization and how to read and understand the recording of finances. It is also important to understand how all the different parts of the records fit together to give us the knowledge of where the business is financially. Knowing also the different responsibility centers related to financial recording and how they function is important as a manager. Once a manager understands what and where items belong on a balance sheet, they will better understand the state that the business is in. “It provides you with a picture of the financial health of your practice or organization on a certain date.”
Usually, budgeting is based on tangible cost of products purchased but during this project the main costing was based on man hours. Even the cost benefit analysis of the project was based on man hours involved in the current implementation versus what it would be with the new system in place. - Formative and Summative Assessment – Quality Assurance was a new concept that I learned is critical to the successful implementation of the project. I was not entirely satisfied with this part of the project because there is always scope for more quality control measures but the project was limited by time and cost. For example, peer reviews of code could have help bring up the quality of the coding practices of developers but there was no time to implement that in this project.
OMB is considered to be the proprietor of all budgets that regulate agencies in the public service sector. This office is very important within our government because it regulates, submits, and plans what our country will be spending on for the next fiscal year. In the Executive Branch of the government, the President is responsible for submitting an annual budget to Congress. Office of
Pg. 377-388 • Office of Management and Budget- An office that prepares the president’s budget and also advises presidents on proposals from departments and agencies and helps review their proposed regulations. o This specific organization also contains many specialist and professionals to equalize the workload.
There was not enough information to calculate capital expenditures that associated with the implement of new
By creating a cash budget, a company can predict when there could be a cash deficit and the magnitude of this deficit. In return, the budget shows that the difference between budget and actual value may need to be compensated by borrowing. Short-term financing may require purchasing inventory, promoting products or paying monthly fees. By forecasting cash demand, companies can assess future business opportunities based on the likely financing needs and cost components of the
Capital stock: Capital available for production in terms of monetary value at one point of time. It produces a flow of services for more than one year. 3. Investment: The addition to the capital stock in any one period of time. Examples are the production of an x-ray machine, medical, technical or general education.
I would recommend the following actions to institute effective internal controls and monitoring systems at the country club: a. Establish comprehensive segregation of duties for the various accounting functions at the country club, including ordering, receiving, recording bills and invoices, completing checks and payments, and payroll. The segregation of duties would be developed to ensure the avoidance of overlapping of correlated activities involving the country club’s books and records. b. The finance committee would meet on a monthly basis with the accounting department at a minimum in order to review the country club’s books and records and financial activities of the country club. c.
a. Strengths GameStop is a market leader in video games and related hardware. Owing to this leadership, it has significant profit margin until it dropped this year. Also, it has an expansive of distribution network with thousands of stores globally. Cash surplus is likewise available, enabling expansion.
A recommended sample for investment policy and its requirement is summarized in below
For example, private or public administration’s undertaking on personnel budgeting. Further, the typical questions on the theme of execution of budget spending are regarding control stages (sensibility of financial information), exceptional procedures (misuse related), creative accounting. Moreover, on this subject, reconciliation of banking data, coverage difference, arrears, float, payment delay, consolidation of funds, bill management, and so on serve up to the mark. Controversies: Personnel
1- Investment decision 2- Financing decision, 3- Assets Management decision.