1. Produce financial budgets/projections, including cash flow estimates, as required for each forward period, and distribute to relevant people in accordance with legal requirements.
2. Negotiate, secure and manage business capital to best enable implementation of the business plan and to meet the requirements of financial backers
3. Develop and maintain strategies to enable adequate financial provision for taxation in accordance with legal requirements
4. Develop, monitor and maintain client credit policies, including contingencies for debtors in default, to maximise cash flow
5. Select key performance indicators to enable ongoing monitoring of financial performance
6. Record and communicate financial procedures to relevant people
7. Regularly monitor and report on financial performance targets and analyse data to establish the extent to which the financial planhas been met
8. Monitor marketing and operational strategies for their effects on the financial plan
9. Calculate and evaluate financial ratiosaccording to own/industry benchmarks
10. Assess financial plan to determine whether variations or alternative plans are needed, and change as required