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Financial Management

What is Financial Management?

Financial management is about controlling the flow of money in and out of the organization. Every business needs to sell products or services, pay expenses, balance the books, and file taxes. Financial management encompasses all of this, along with more complex processes, such as paying employees, buying supplies, and submitting reports to government agencies to show they’re obeying applicable laws and regulations. The act of overseeing all these transactions for a business is what we mean when we talk about a company’s financial management. In general, the bigger the company, the more complicated financial management becomes.

Financial Management Functions

In smaller companies, one person or a small team of people might perform all the financial management functions for the business. Larger companies typically have teams that are responsible for specific functions. These include:

1. Accounting

This includes tracking, recording, and matching all monetary transactions within the company. The accounting team is often led by a controller or chief accounting officer and aided by accounting software. They often use cloud ERP systems—in particular, financial systems—to perform, record, and report on the company’s finances. Accounting is also responsible for account reconciliation and closing the books (see above).

2. Project management

Projects are a chief source of both income and expenses, especially for professional services, such as engineers, lawyers, and consultants. Finance teams are responsible for allocating budget to a project and overseeing the revenue each project brings in.

3. Procurement

This is typically divided into two categories:

  • Direct procurement includes the parts and raw materials used to make a company’s products. Direct procurement is typically overseen by supply chain and/or operations teams who manage and work with suppliers through a procurement system. The parts, raw materials, and finished products are tracked using an inventory system. Having these systems connected to each other makes operations, control, and oversight of suppliers and inventory much easier.
  • Indirect procurement refers to supplies that don’t go into a company’s products and services but are used for day-to-day operations. These might include items such as office furniture, laptops, and stationery. Finance authorizes and tracks these purchases using a procurement system.

4. Financial planning and analysis (FP&A)

In large companies, this is sometimes a separate team inside the finance department. FP&A specialists are responsible for modeling potential scenarios and forecasting likely outcomes for the best- and worst-case situations. They use these forecasts to develop financial plans and budgets for the next quarter or year. FP&A professionals often work closely with other parts of the business to develop forecasts and budgets, including sales plans, workforce plans, and operational plans. This is known as connected planning.

5. Tax

Every company must file taxes, but it gets especially complicated for big companies that must file in different countries. Such companies often have specialized tax teams who use tax-reporting software for country-by-country and other reporting.

6. Treasury

The treasury department is responsible for tracking and managing capital assets, debts, loans, and cash in the bank. Treasury advises the CFO on how much money is available for things such as capital investments (for example, big equipment purchases) or mergers and acquisitions (M&A). They’re also responsible for the company’s capital structure (see below).

7. Risk and compliance

This function manages controls for financial risks—everything from audits to natural disasters—and reduces the company’s exposure as much as possible. They must also make sure the company follows the rules and regulations laid out by governments, regulators, and other jurisdictions to stay in compliance and avoid hefty fines.