Scope of Work for Virtual CFO and Support Services

CFO Consultancy Services offer strategic financial guidance to drive your business forward. Whether you’re a startup, small business, or established enterprise, you need these professionals who are experienced with business finances and can lead the financial aspects of your business, such as: Developing and maintaining a budget for your business. Networking with investors and raising funds. Analyzing your business’s financial data and creating forecasts. CFO are here to provide tailored solutions that align with your goals and vision.

As your trusted advisors, S/he should beyond traditional accounting tasks to offer strategic insights and recommendations.

With CFO Consultancy Services, you can elevate your financial leadership and make informed decisions that propel your business to new heights. Let us see what all we can include in Scope of Virtual CFO in the below table.

  1. General

 

S. No.

Particulars

1

Regular discussions with the core team on the growth strategy and levers, funding type, funding plans, fund & cash flow management, etc.

2

Co-ordination with various internal and external stakeholders like core team, internal departments / teams, lawyer, labour law consultant, company secretary, chartered accountant, government departments, vendors, clients, etc.

3

Help in finalizing and implementation of new software / panels within the organization (like Zoho, HRMS, etc.)

4

Handling entry / exit of founders / co-founders / senior management. To advice on the entity structure, founder agreement

5

Review and closure of client / vendor / partnership agreements

 

 

  1. Supervision of the Finance Team / Personnel

 

S. No.

Particulars

1

Addressing day to day doubts of the finance personnel and supervising his work

2

To ensure that all credit card bills, utility bills, vendor bills are paid on time

3

Approving vendor payments and employee reimbursements

4

Banking related (signatory change, address change, maker / checker change)

5

Regular report on outstanding vendor and client payments

6

Setting up internal processes and controls in the finance department

7

Regular review of books of accounts

8

Ensuring that the debtor / creditor balances are reconciled

9

Booking of month end provisions and accruals

10

Keeping a track at our end that all expense invoices are properly saved (in soft copies) so that they are readily available whenever required (especially helpful during any departmental scrutiny) – Documentation Management

 

 

  1. Monthly MIS, Cash Flow and Business Plan

 

S. No.

Particulars

1

Keeping an eye on current month numbers (like GMV, COGS) and ratios (discount %, ROAS, return rate, etc.) and highlighting it, if any anomaly

2

Preparation of Monthly MIS

3

To ensure that the MIS and books of accounts are in reconciliation

4

Debtor reconciliation (marketplaces, payment gateways, courier partners, etc.)

5

Checking of invoices raised by Marketplaces

6

Creating a Business Plan (1 – 3 year)

7

Keeping the BPlan aligned with the current numbers & future projections

8

Preparation of current and projected Cash Flow Statement

9

Discussion with the management on MIS, Cash Flow and Bplan

 

 

  1. HR Related

 

S. No.

Particulars

1

In case of senior prospects –

·         Discussions with them to evaluate their fit with the Company

·         Addressing their doubts / concerns (like notice period, no compete, overall compensation, fixed / variable breakup, joining date, etc.)

·         Preparing their compensation breakup to optimize tax deductions

·         Closure of employment agreement with them

2

In case of other hires / consultants, getting the employment / consultant agreement closed through the HR team

3

Periodic audit of documentation maintained by the HR team (signed employment agreements, joining documents, confirmation letters, appraisal letters, relieving letters)

4

Assisting in setting up HRMS in the organization for leave management, pay slips, etc.

5

Formalizing HR policies (code of conduct, appraisal policy, BYOD policy, leave policy, LTA policy, POSH, reimbursement policy) and formats (offer letter, employment agreement, confirmation letter, relieving letter, exit document)

6

Full and final settlement of left employees

7

Preparing of current and projected organization structure

8

Helping HR team in formalizing JDs and individual and team KRAs

9

Keeping track of employees due for appraisal and confirmation

10

Processing monthly salary to employees

11

Issue of Form 16A to employees

 

 

  1. Inventory Related

 

S. No.

Particulars

1

Review of goods sent to Marketplaces vis-à-vis GRN done by them and highlighting discrepancies, if any

2

Ensuring that any inter warehouse movement of goods is supported with proper documents (e-way bills, tax invoice / delivery challan)

3

Setting up process of regular inventory audits

4

Ensure that the inventory is adequately insured

5

Setting up process of inventory reconciliation

 

 

  1. Vendor Management

 

S. No.

Particulars

1

Review of draft agreements, discussion with the vendors and closure of final agreements

2

Negotiation with vendors in case there is any service deficiency or scope for cost reduction

3

Ensure that vendor invoices are billed correctly in accordance with the agreed commercials / PO and work done

 

 

  1. ESOP Policy (in case of companies)

 

S. No.

Particulars

1

Implementation of ESOP Policy in the Company

2

Issue of Grant Letter and ESOP agreements to employees

3

Keeping record of ESOPs granted, vested, exercised, lapsed, etc.

4

Advising employees on taxation of ESOPs

5

Issue of shares on exercise of options by employees

 

 

  1. Fund Raising

 

S. No.

Particulars

1

Ensure NDA is signed before sharing of any information

2

To provide details / information to the prospective investors

3

Advising on the funding structure, funding requirement, runaway available

4

Fund raising related activities – discussion with prospective investors, due diligence, closure of term sheet, SHA / SSHA, obtaining valuation report, conditions precedent / subsequent, ROC filings, issue of share certificates, etc.)

 

 

  1. Statutory Compliances

 

S. No.

Particulars

1

Reconciliation of TDS deducted by marketplaces, clients with 26AS

2

Payment of advance Income Tax, if applicable 

3

Annual income tax returns

4

TDS compliances (payments, returns, certificates, etc.)

5

Form 15CA / CB

6

GST compliances (payments, returns, input reconciliation, registration, APOB)

7

Half yearly MSME returns

8

Annual ROC filings and compliances

9

Advising on tax related issues

10

Responding to departmental queries, if any



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