01
Management accounts
Prepare regular financial information that helps management understand profitability, financial position and business performance.
Understand the numbers. Use them to move forward.
Not every growing business requires a full-time Chief Financial Officer, but every business can benefit from better financial insight.
Bapple's CFO Services provide management with practical financial analysis and support without the cost of employing a full-time CFO.
✓ Financial Insight
✓ Forecasting
✓ KPI Reporting
✓ Business Planning
Current
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Management Dashboard
Current period
REVENUE
R 4.8m
↑ Improving
GROSS MARGIN
36.8%
↑ Improving
CASH FLOW
Positive
Monitor
DEBTOR DAYS
42
Review
FINANCIAL TREND
Revenue & operating cost
Revenue
Cost
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
MANAGEMENT INSIGHT
Revenue growth is outpacing cost growth, while debtor
collections require closer management.
REPORT
Performance
ANALYSE
Drivers
DECIDE
Next action
01
Accounting data
Reliable financial information
→
02
Analysis
Understand what is happening
→
03
Insight
Identify risks and opportunities
→
04
Action
Make informed decisions
Financial information with management context.
CFO Services help move financial reporting beyond historical numbers by providing analysis, planning and information that management can use to understand performance and guide the business.
02
Cash-flow analysis
Analyse cash inflows, commitments and liquidity requirements to help management anticipate future cash pressure.
03
Budgeting & forecasting
Build budgets and financial forecasts that help management plan resources, commitments and expected business performance.
04
Financial performance analysis
Analyse revenue, expenses, profitability and financial trends to understand what is driving business performance.
05
Cost & margin analysis
Review costs, pricing and margins to understand where the business generates value and where profitability may be under pressure.
06
KPI reporting
Identify and report the financial and operational measures management should monitor to understand progress and performance.
07
Working capital analysis
Review debtors, creditors, inventory and cash conversion to understand how effectively operating capital is being managed.
08
Business planning
Use financial information to support planning around investment, growth, staffing, capacity and operational priorities.
09
Financial process improvement
Review financial processes to improve controls, reduce unnecessary manual work and produce more reliable management information.
10
Management dashboards
Present important financial and operational information in a format that gives management a clear view of business performance.
11
ERP & reporting strategy
Align accounting structures, ERP configuration and reporting so information captured during normal operations can be transformed into useful management information.
01
CAPTURE
Business data
→
02
ACCOUNT
Financial records
→
03
ANALYSE
Performance
→
04
DECIDE
Management action
Don't only ask “What did we make?” Ask “Why, and what happens next?”
Historical accounting tells management what has already happened. CFO analysis adds the context needed to understand why it happened and how current decisions may affect future performance.
01
Review performance
Understand what changed in revenue, costs, margin and cash.
02
Identify the drivers
Determine which activities are influencing financial results.
03
Consider the future
Use forecasts and scenarios to anticipate likely outcomes.
04
Take action
Turn the financial insight into practical management decisions.
MANAGEMENT REVIEW
Financial priorities
Monthly
↑
REVENUE
Sales continue to grow
Review whether current capacity can support the growth.
%
MARGIN
Margin is improving
Maintain pricing discipline and monitor input costs.
!
DEBTORS
Collection period increasing
Strengthen collection activity before cash flow is affected.
→
FORECAST
Cash forecast requires update
Revise assumptions using the latest collection trend.
PRIORITY
Protect cash conversion while maintaining profitable growth.
Action
Report. Analyse. Forecast. Decide. Measure.
Financial insight creates more value when it becomes part of an ongoing management process rather than a report that is reviewed once and filed away.
01
→
Report
Establish reliable financial and management information.
02
→
Analyse
Understand trends, drivers, risks and opportunities.
03
→
Forecast
Estimate future performance based on current assumptions.
04
→
Decide
Convert financial insight into practical management action.
05
Measure
Compare the result to expectations and refine the next plan.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION FLOW
From transactions to decisions
Connected
O
ERP / ACCOUNTING
Operational & financial data
01
STRUCTURE
Accounts
02
MEASURE
KPIs
03
ANALYSE
Trends
04
FORECAST
Future
✓
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
Information management can use to make decisions
Your accounting data should help run the business.
We help turn your accounting information into information you can actually use to manage and grow your business.
Combining financial analysis with ERP and reporting strategy helps management extract greater value from the information already being captured across the organisation.
✓ Better visibility of performance
✓ Clearer cash-flow planning
✓ More useful management reporting
✓ Better understanding of margins
✓ Stronger financial decision-making
THE OBJECTIVE
Give management financial information they can actually use.
CFO Services combine reliable reporting, financial analysis and forward planning to help management understand performance and make better-informed business decisions.
Understand
Performance
Plan
Forward
Decide
Better
Understand the numbers. Use them to move forward.
Not every growing business requires a full-time Chief Financial Officer, but every business can benefit from better financial insight.
Bapple's CFO Services provide management with practical financial analysis and support without the cost of employing a full-time CFO.
✓ Financial Insight
✓ Forecasting
✓ KPI Reporting
✓ Business Planning
Current
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Management Dashboard
Current period
REVENUE
R 4.8m
↑ Improving
GROSS MARGIN
36.8%
↑ Improving
CASH FLOW
Positive
Monitor
DEBTOR DAYS
42
Review
FINANCIAL TREND
Revenue & operating cost
Revenue
Cost
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
MANAGEMENT INSIGHT
Revenue growth is outpacing cost growth, while debtor
collections require closer management.
REPORT
Performance
ANALYSE
Drivers
DECIDE
Next action
01
Accounting data
Reliable financial information
→
02
Analysis
Understand what is happening
→
03
Insight
Identify risks and opportunities
→
04
Action
Make informed decisions
Financial information with management context.
CFO Services help move financial reporting beyond historical numbers by providing analysis, planning and information that management can use to understand performance and guide the business.
01
Management accounts
Prepare regular financial information that helps management understand profitability, financial position and business performance.
02
Cash-flow analysis
Analyse cash inflows, commitments and liquidity requirements to help management anticipate future cash pressure.
03
Budgeting & forecasting
Build budgets and financial forecasts that help management plan resources, commitments and expected business performance.
04
Financial performance analysis
Analyse revenue, expenses, profitability and financial trends to understand what is driving business performance.
05
Cost & margin analysis
Review costs, pricing and margins to understand where the business generates value and where profitability may be under pressure.
06
KPI reporting
Identify and report the financial and operational measures management should monitor to understand progress and performance.
07
Working capital analysis
Review debtors, creditors, inventory and cash conversion to understand how effectively operating capital is being managed.
08
Business planning
Use financial information to support planning around investment, growth, staffing, capacity and operational priorities.
09
Financial process improvement
Review financial processes to improve controls, reduce unnecessary manual work and produce more reliable management information.
10
Management dashboards
Present important financial and operational information in a format that gives management a clear view of business performance.
11
ERP & reporting strategy
Align accounting structures, ERP configuration and reporting so information captured during normal operations can be transformed into useful management information.
01
CAPTURE
Business data
→
02
ACCOUNT
Financial records
→
03
ANALYSE
Performance
→
04
DECIDE
Management action
Don't only ask “What did we make?” Ask “Why, and what happens next?”
Historical accounting tells management what has already happened. CFO analysis adds the context needed to understand why it happened and how current decisions may affect future performance.
01
Review performance
Understand what changed in revenue, costs, margin and cash.
02
Identify the drivers
Determine which activities are influencing financial results.
03
Consider the future
Use forecasts and scenarios to anticipate likely outcomes.
04
Take action
Turn the financial insight into practical management decisions.
MANAGEMENT REVIEW
Financial priorities
Monthly
↑
REVENUE
Sales continue to grow
Review whether current capacity can support the growth.
%
MARGIN
Margin is improving
Maintain pricing discipline and monitor input costs.
!
DEBTORS
Collection period increasing
Strengthen collection activity before cash flow is affected.
→
FORECAST
Cash forecast requires update
Revise assumptions using the latest collection trend.
PRIORITY
Protect cash conversion while maintaining profitable growth.
Action
Report. Analyse. Forecast. Decide. Measure.
Financial insight creates more value when it becomes part of an ongoing management process rather than a report that is reviewed once and filed away.
01
→
Report
Establish reliable financial and management information.
02
→
Analyse
Understand trends, drivers, risks and opportunities.
03
→
Forecast
Estimate future performance based on current assumptions.
04
→
Decide
Convert financial insight into practical management action.
05
Measure
Compare the result to expectations and refine the next plan.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION FLOW
From transactions to decisions
Connected
O
ERP / ACCOUNTING
Operational & financial data
01
STRUCTURE
Accounts
02
MEASURE
KPIs
03
ANALYSE
Trends
04
FORECAST
Future
✓
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
Information management can use to make decisions
Your accounting data should help run the business.
We help turn your accounting information into information you can actually use to manage and grow your business.
Combining financial analysis with ERP and reporting strategy helps management extract greater value from the information already being captured across the organisation.
✓ Better visibility of performance
✓ Clearer cash-flow planning
✓ More useful management reporting
✓ Better understanding of margins
✓ Stronger financial decision-making
THE OBJECTIVE
Give management financial information they can actually use.
CFO Services combine reliable reporting, financial analysis and forward planning to help management understand performance and make better-informed business decisions.
Understand
Performance
Plan
Forward
Decide
Better