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Financial Management Services
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Presenting to boards and board
committees
- See Tools for Agenda for Board of
Directors Meeting
- Boards of Directors
- Audit Committees
- Compensation Committees
- Investment Committees
- Boards of Advisors
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Preparing financial reports and dealing
with reporting issues
- See Tools for Financial Dashboard, Five Year projection and Monthly Financial Reports
- templates
- Monthly, quarterly, annual internal and public financial reports
- SEC forms (10Q, 10K, 8K)
- NASDAQ listing compliance
- NASDAQ delisting
- Foreign subsidiaries
- IRS and state tax authorities
Dealing with complex financial
accounting issues
- Revenue recognition
- Going concern
- Purchase vs. pooling
- Debt vs. equity
- Foreign exchange
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Raising equity capital
- See Tools for Cap Table Generator and down Round Dilution Analyzer
- Common stock
- Preferred stock -- seed, venture and
• floor-less
- Taking companies private
- Secondary offerings
Working with financing sources
- Founders
- Angel investors
- Venture capitalists
- Stockholders of public companies
- Hedge fund managers
Arranging debt financing
- Loans from owners
- Bank loans - factoring, asset based lines of
credit, bridge loans
- Equipment lines from leasing companies
- Mezzanine loans
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Managing cash
- Meeting payrolls
- Minimizing dilution from equity investments
- Arranging extended payouts to creditors
- Accelerating collections from customers
- Conserving "excess" cash
- Make vs. buy analysis
- Converting favorable space lease to cash
- Monetizing investment in new technology
Installing accounting systems
- Single user
- Multi user
- Multi currency
- Function specific (e.g., MRP, time reporting)
Working with advisors to the CFO
- Investment bankers
- Investor relations firms
- Public accountants
- Tax accountants
Helping with combinations
- Acquisitions
- Dispositions
- Due diligence
Managing various operating areas
- See Tools for Financial Bonus Calculator
- Personnel
- Recruiting
- Insurance
- Stock options
- Human resources
- Facilities
- Communications
- Data processing (IS)
Providing specialized support
- Litigation support in software related suit
- Disbursing agent for sellers of software company
- Collection agent for disputed accounts receivable
Providing CFO support for public companies
- Quarterly conference calls
- Road shows to fund managers
- Financial press releases
- Financial conferences
- Analyst presentations
- Comparable analysis
- Annual stockholder meetings
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Forecasting
Preparing integrated financial models
- See Tools for Financial Model
- Monthly for the current year
- Quarterly for the next year
- Annual for five years
- Income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement
- Assumptions
- Sensitivity analysis
- Summary graphs
- Descriptive text
- Financial section of business plans
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