Cash Flow & Fund Management Services

It is imperative that not even profitably operating businesses escape the pressure when such flow of cash is not properly managed. Late payments, delays in invoice or increase in costs may cause problems and extra tension. With our Cash Flow and Fund Management service, you can create a structure, and reduce confusion, keep cash flow flowing consistently, maximize working capital and prepare to come out unscathed and ready to grow.

Our major services:

• Correct Weekly/monthly cash flow estimates
• Actionable accounts payable (AP) aging reports
• Organizational approaches to credit control and collection
• Combined short term and long term funding planning
• Monthly Cash Flow Forecasts and Weekly Cash Flow Forecasts

Accurate cash forecasting will provide early detection of liquidity problems of your company. We provide:

• Direct cash flow styles and weekly and monthly in flow and out flow links in association with your accounting as well as banking data.
• Base, upside and downside scenario planning with automatic alerts on the predicted cash declines.
• Established review periods, weekly forecasts and monthly strategic reviews, to keep the decision making proactive rather than reactive.

With this method, surprises can be avoided, easier and quicker decision-making can be achieved, as well as trust among stakeholders. Companies incorporating accounts receivable (AR) and AP in their weekly forecasts promote high levels of accuracy and minimizing total emergency funding situations.

Accounts Payable Aging Reports

A robust AP process can convert your vendor list into optimized, rather than a payroll line. We provide a service:

• A standardized AP reports to disclose segment payables and real-time status to prioritize payments.
• Scheduling of payments to optimize cash outflow, obtain early-payment discounts and reduce late charges.
• Vendor communication playbooks to govern relationships, support renegotiation of terms and swiftly overcome point of conflict.

The actions are used to maximize working capital, save expenses, and keep a good relationship with the suppliers.

CCS Credit Control & Collections Strategy

Revenue does not help until it gets into your bank. Our credit management structure and collections aids you to:

• Set up transparent credit policies, customer boarding, and risk based credit limits.
• Take advantage of automated collection reminders, elevation paths and segment-specific communication plans.
• Establish effective mechanisms of dispute resolution and provide incentives such as early-pay discounts.

This system improves conversion of the cash, write off and customer experience.

Short term and Long term funding planning

Cash gaps are avoided and expansion is facilitated through effective funding strategy. We provide:

• Development of line of credit, short-term loans and liquidity reserves management plans with a constant cost and covenant monitoring.
• Long term capital plans with consideration of loan, lease or equity, and extensive NPV analysis and IRR analysis.
• Constant monitor of covenants, management of relationship with lenders and an obvious renewal and review schedule.
• Anticipatory funding techniques reduce capital expenditures, maintain its balance, and generate financial flexibility.

The functioning of Our Services

The solutions are sequential where one leads to another resulting in a closed loop cash management process:

Forecasting foresees shortages.

AP and AR strategies provide a tight control of the flow of cash.

• The provisions of funding plans make sure you do not run around at the time of need.

This holistic system maintains resilient, compliant and ready business equipped to take on the new opportunities.

Implementation Roadmap

Our successful procedure is fast to start up:

1. Discovery: Evaluate existing cash operations and systems and sore spots.

2. Data integration: Integrate the accounting, banking, AR/AP and sales systems; standardize terms and clean up data.

3. Modeling & reporting: Create a moving 13-week forecast with a 12 month-18 month planning horizon, create AP and AR dashboards.

4. Policy conformity: Develop credit, collection, payment, usage of funds and review routines standards.

5. Training & support: Empower your staff with the products, training and optional ongoing management.

Majority of the clients experience some positive changes in the first month and a totally integrated solution in the second month.

Expectations You can Achieve:

• 20-40 percent improvements to the accuracy of cash forecasts in weeks
• 5-10 day improvement in DSO with good collection
• Less late fees, supply problems due to better AP management
• Reduce interest expense by being smarter, strategic in use of facilities
• Reduced emergency cash due to early warning/organized response

Own Your Cash Flow

It is not a reactive game but a proactive one of Cash Flow & Fund Management. With our services you can identify problems early, prioritize and align funds according to your business objectives.

Prepared to enhance your cash position? Get in touch with us now to understand how we can make your business prospers.