Attachement:1
1- Skills and Knowledge ActivityEstimated Time 90-120 Minutes
Objective To provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of the foundation skills, knowledge evidence and performance evidence.
Activity Complete the following individually and attach your completed work to your workbook.
The answers to the following questions will enable you to demonstrate your knowledge of:
Financial skills to work with and interpret budgets, ageing summaries, cash flow, petty cash, Goods and Services Tax (GST), and profit and loss statements
Communicate with relevant people to clarify budget/financial plans, negotiate changes and disseminate information
Prepare, implement and modify financial contingency plans
Monitor expenditure and control costs
Support and monitor team members
Report on budget and expenditure
Review and make recommendations for improvements to financial processes
Meet record keeping requirements for the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and for auditing purposes
Reading skills
Writing skills
Oral communication skills
Numeracy skills
Navigate the world of work
Interact with others
Get the work done
Describe basic accounting principles
Identify and explain the relevant legislation and current requirements of the Australian Taxation Office, including the Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Explain the key requirements for financial record keeping and auditing
Describe the principles and techniques involved in managing:
o budgeting
o cash flows
o electronic spreadsheets
o GST
o ledgers and financial statements
o profit and loss statements.
Answer the questions in as much detail as possible, considering your organisational requirements for each one.
1. As a project, for your organisation manage and monitor producing budget requirements with your team, include the following:
Evidence of your financial skills working with budgets and financial planning, including relevant principles and techniques as per the table below
Principles and techniques
Budgeting
Cash flows
Electronic spreadsheets
GST
Ledgers and financial statements
Profit and loss statements
The key requirements of financial record keeping and auditing, relevant legislation and current requirements of the Australian Taxation Office
Evidence of working with and supporting your team and how you have disseminated relevant details to them
Produce a final budget(s) and financial plan which includes recommendations and contingency plans for presenting to the appropriate senior person(s) in your organisation.
2. Present and discuss your budget(s) and financial plan with the appropriate senior person(s), with the aim of clarifying, reviewing and making recommendations for improvements to financial management procesMajor Activity A
Estimated Time 60-90 Minutes
Objective To provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of the entire unit.
Activity The attached 2014 budgeted cash flow figures from DL Services are to be used for this activity. Use the data in the income statement to complete the actual figures for DL Services for 2014. Examine the cash flows and analyse if this is sustainable for the business. Calculate the variances. Document any outstanding variances and identify possible explanations for these variances. What improvements would you make to help control these costs in 2015?
Line item 2014 Budget $ 2014 Actuals $ % Variance
Cash sales 230000
Payments from debtors 250000
Interest received 2100
Payments to creditors -140000
Salaries -23000
Interest paid -4100
Operating expenses -22000
Proceeds from sale of assets 0
Purchase of vehicle 0
Purchase of shares -17000
Proceeds from call on shares 12000
Loan from Commonwealth Bank 0
Repayments of loan -14000
Payment of dividends -16000
Collected GST 16200
GST Paid -18400
GST settlement paid to ATO -2200
Net change in cash
Income Statement 2014
Line item Debit $ Credit $
Cash sales 21000
Payments from debtors 215000
Interest received 2350
Payments to creditors 132000
Salaries 29700
Interest paid 6200
Operating expenses 37000
Proceeds from sale of assets 18200
Purchase of vehicle 37000
Purchase of shares 17000
Proceeds from call on shares 9000
Loan from Commonwealth Bank 150000
Repayments of loan 14000
Payment of dividends 37000
Collected GST 16000
GST Paid 14000
GST settlement paid to ATO 2000
Net change in cash
Is the cash source in 2014 sustainable? Explain your reasons.
What correct measures would you implement for 2015?
Who could you speak to within the organization to clarify the budget and financial plans? Who might you need to negotiate with?
What would be the key steps involved in implementing these corrective actions? Who would you communicate this to?
What resources and systems would you use and how could you access these?
What data would you analyse to see if your changes were effective? Where would you get this data? Mention key personnel and reports you could use.
What contingencies should be considered for 2015?
Major Activity B
Estimated Time 60-90 Minutes
Objective To provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of the entire unit.
Activity This is a major activity Attach your completed answers to the workbook.
You must individually, answer the following questions in full to show your competency of each element:
1. Plan financial management approaches
2. Implement financial management approaches
3. Monitor and control finances
4. Review and evaluate financial management processes
1. Create a draft contingency plan for your financial management system.
2. Communicate to your team members the relevant details of current budget/financial plans for carrying out work tasks. If you need to negotiate further changes to the budget/plans, ensure this is done with the relevant person(s)? How would you support your team to perform their financial roles?
3. For your organisation’s financial planning requirements produce the following:
A flow chart to show how you review and evaluate financial management processes
A mind map to outline the planning approaches for financial management.
4. Provide information and evidence of monitoring processes that you use at your place or work, to ensure finances and budget are meeting their targets?
(Minimum 1000 words of analysis)