Cash Management Basics
Effective cash management allows you to...
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Obtain the maximum rate of return on your idle cash.
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Know when, where, and how your cash needs will occur.
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Be prepared to meet these needs when they occur.
- Know what the best sources are for meeting your additional cash needs
Need Money to Grow Your Business?
The starting point for avoiding a cash crisis is allowing us to develop a cash flow projection for you. We can help you develop both short-term (weekly, monthly) cash flow projections to help you manage daily cash, and long-term (annual, 3-5 year) cash flow projections to help you develop the necessary capital strategy to meet your business needs. We also prepare historical cash flow statements to help you gain an understanding about where all the money went.
Obtaining Bank Financing
Requesting a business loan without adequate preparation sends a clear message to the lender:
High Risk!
Therefore, it pays to be prepared and organized in your approach for financing. Put your best foot forward by allowing us to prepare a winning loan proposal for you. Our proposals have a high likelihood of success because they're created from the lender's perspective.
You get the money you need because we know exactly what banks want to see. Even more importantly, we know how to prove to them that you'll be able to pay them back.
You will get a loan proposal that comes complete with:
Executive Summary: Where we concisely state the purpose of the loan, the exact amount of money required, an explanation of what the loan will be used for and why it's needed.
Pro-forma Cash Budgets and Financial Statements: We use your data and underlying assumptions to prepare information that your banker can easily read and buy in to.
Personal Financial Information: We make copies of the last 3 years of personal tax returns for the bank as well as identify the collateral being pledged as security for the loan.
Representation: We help substantiate your financial needs/position to your banker in person.
