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Processes of Financial Management Flashcards

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What are the 5 steps involved in Financial Planning and Implementing

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  1. Determining Financial Needs
  2. Developing Budgets
  3. Maintaining Record Systems
  4. Identifying Financial Risks
  5. Establishing Financial Controls
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Financial Needs

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Identifying financial actions that need to be taken to achieve specific outcomes

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What are financial needs determined by?

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  1. Size of the Business
  2. Current Phase of the Bus. Cycle
  3. Future Plans for Growth and Development
  4. Capacity to source debt and/or equity finance
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Examples of Financial Needs

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  • Purchase new equipment
  • Renting a new premesis
  • Hiring new staff
  • Changing the marketing mix
  • Increase in utility bills
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Budgets

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Provide information in quantitative terms to achieve a particular goal

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What do Budgets show?

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  • Cash required to achieve goal
  • Cost of capital and other expenses against their potential earning capacity
  • Cost of raw materials
  • # and cost of labour hours required for production
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Potential Earning

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How much money borrowed is going to make in return

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Operating Budgets

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Relate to the main activities of a business such as raw materials and production.

Keeping day-to-day running of the business

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Project Budgets

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Relate to the more strategic goals such as capital expenditure & research and development.

Weigh costs of expenses against potential revenue

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Financial Budgets

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Relate to the financial data of a business. Includes a combination of financial statements such as:
- Income Statement
- Cash Flow Statement
- Balance Sheet

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Record Systems

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Systems used by a business to record & file all data

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What should record systems be?

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Accurate, Reliable & Accessible -> ensures that managers are able to make informed decisions based on past data

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Financial Risk

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The risk of being unable to cover its financial obligations

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Financial Control

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Policies and procedures that ensure that parts of the plans of business will be achieved in the most efficient way.

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Policies of Financial Control

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  • Separation of Duties
  • Rotation of Duties
  • Control of Cash
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Cashflow Statements

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Indicate the movement of cash receipts & cash payments from transactions over a period of time

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What is the purpose of cash flow statements?

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Potential investors can assess a business’s cashflow, or finance managers can identify trends and cashflow problems

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What are the three main areas of cash flow?

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  • Cashflow from Operating Activities
  • Cashflow from Investing Activities
  • Cashflow from Financing Activities
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Operating Activities (Cash Flow)

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Inflows & outflows relating to the main activity of the business

Inflows: Sales (cash & credit)
Outflows: Payment to suppliers, wages

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Investing Activities (Cash Flow)

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Inflows & outflows relating to the purchase and sale of non-current assets and investments

e.g: buying and selling vehicles, property, equipment

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Financing Activities (Cash Flow)

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Inflows & outflows relating to the debt and equity financing of the business

Inflows: Capital contribution, shares, loans
Outflows: Repayment of loans

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Opening cash flow

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Opening Cash Flow = Opening Balance + Cash Inflow - Cash Outflow

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Income Statements

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A summary of the income earned, expenses incurred and the final net position of a business over a certain period of trading

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Cost of Goods Sold

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COGS = Opening Stock + Purchases - Closing StockF

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Gross Profit

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Gross Profit = Sales - COGS

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Net Profit

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Net Profit = Gross Profit - Expenses

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Balance Sheets

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Show the financial stability of a business at any given point in time, displaying assets and liabilities

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Accounting Equation

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Assets = Liabilities + Owners Equity (ALOE)

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Assets

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Items that can be given a monetary value that the business owns

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Current Assets

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Value expected to turn over within 12 months

e.g: Accounts receivable, cash, inventory

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Non-Current Assets

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Items with an expected life of 1-5 years or more

e.g: buildings, land, machinery, vehicles

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Liabilities

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Items of debt owed to other organisations

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Current Liabilities

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Items of debt that are expected to be repaid within 12 months

e.g: Accounts payable, Overdraft, short-term loans

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Non-Current Liabilities

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Items of debt that are repaid over a period of time greater than 12 months

e.g: mortgage, loans, leases

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Liquidity

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The extent to which the business can meet its financial commitments in the short term ( < 12 months)

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Current Ratio (Financial Ratio)

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Current Ratio = Current Assets / Current Liabilities

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Liquidity - Rule of Thumb (Financial Ratio)

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Should aim for 1:1 OR 2:1

< 1:1, not liquid enough -> cannot satisfy short-term debts
> 2:1, too liquid -> consider investing

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Solvency

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The ability of a business to meet its financial obligations in the long term

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Gearing

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The proportion of debt finance & equity finance that is used in the business’s overall finance

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If a business had more borrowed funds than contributed funds, what does it mean?

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There is less certainty that a business’s long-term debt can be repaid

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If a business had more contributed funds than borrowed funds, what does it mean?

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There is more certainty that a business’s long-term debt can be repaid

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Debt-to-Equity Ratio

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Debt-to-Equity Ratio = Total Liabilities / Total Assets

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Profitability

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Earning performance of a business & an indication of its ability to use resources to maximise profits

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Gross Profit Ratio

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Indicates what % of overall sales revenue has resulted in gross profit

Gross Profit Ratio = Gross Profit / Sales

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Net Profit Ratio

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Indicates what % of overall sales revenue has resulted in net profit

Net Profit Ratio = Net Profit / Sales

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Return on Equity Ratio

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Shows the effectiveness of owner equity in generating profit for the business

Return on Equity Ratio = Net Profit / Total Equity

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Return on Equity - Rule of Thumb

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  • 10% = not bad
  • 15% = good
  • Higher ratio = better return for owner + High % will attract investors
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Efficiency

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the extent to which a business uses its resources to achieve profit maximisation.

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Expense Ratio

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Total Expenses / Sales

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Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio

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Sales / Acc. Receivable

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Average Length of Time for Debts to be Paid

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365 / Acc. Receivable

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Comparative Ratio Analysis

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Indicates a business’s financial wealth & identifies areas for improvement

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Comparing Overtime

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Ratios can be used to compare a business’s current results with previous performance to identify trends

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Comparing to a Budget

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Financial figures can be compared with predicted/budgeted figures to assess and measure whether or not performance is hitting expectations

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Comparing to Competitors

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Compare current results against key competitors to give the business an idea of its performance in the market

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Comparing to Industry Standards

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Compare current results against standards developed for a particular industry -> benchmarks

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Normalised Earnings

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Processes of removing one-time/unusual influences from the balance sheet to show the true earnings of a company

(e.g: removal of land sale -> large capital gain)

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Capitalised Expenses

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Process of adding capital expense to the balance sheet, to be regarded as an asset

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Valuing Assets

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The process of estimating the market value of assets/liabilities

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Discounted Cash Flow Method

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A type of method used for valuing assets:

Estimates the value of an asset based on future cash flows which are discounted to the present

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Guideline Company Method

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A type of method used for valuing assets:

Determines the value of a firm by observing the prices of similar companies that sold in the market

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Timing Issues

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Financial reports cover activities over a period of time, therefore the business’s financial position may be inaccurate and therefore misrepresented

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Debt Repayments

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Financial reports can be limited as they cannot disclose information on debt repayment such as:
- How long had/has been recovering the debt
- Capacity of the business/debtor to repay

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Notes to Financial Statements

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Notes have additional information that is left out of the main documents

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Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC)

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the official regulating body that enforces business laws to protect investors

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Audited Accounts

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An independent check of the accuracy of financial records and accounting procedures

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Record Keeping

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Accurately record transactions by providing receipts & invoices

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Reporting Practices

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Provide reports to investors & other stakeholders about the business’s financial position

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