Idea Financial is always looking for ways to help business owners get more out of their businesses and their business financing. Today, we would like to talk about financial tools that can boost your efficiency when managing your cash flow.
Guest Post by FINSYNC
Win the battle against runaway financial management with a few shortcuts that can help you automate time-consuming tasks and operate key areas on autopilot.
As a small business owner, you’ve got a lot on your plate. From applying for financing and tracking your cash flow to making sure your employees get paid, managing your finances alone can feel like a full-time job. In the midst of this ongoing juggling act, who has time to focus on the reasons you started your business in the first place?
Free up some time to focus on mission critical areas like customer service and sales by streamlining your back office operations. How? Turn to sophisticated online tools that can help you automate administrative tasks to save time, resources and maybe even your sanity.
Here are three areas where you can run your business more efficiently with the help of intuitive online tools that can do the heavy lifting for you.
1. Automate your Accounting
Can’t stomach spending one more second filling in another endless spreadsheet? No budget to hire a bookkeeper? You’re not alone, but where does that leave you when it comes to accounting? Good news: It’s never been easier to sync up your finances with a sophisticated online tool that can take care of your accounting automatically.
It’s generally as easy as importing your bank transactions, which the computer Gods then automatically categorize for you on a general ledger. Savvy online accounting tools can help you track expenses, tackle month-end reconciliation, and prepare your taxes in a fraction of the time.
Many programs also give you the ability to generate reports that make it simple to drill down to the details you need. Bottom line: Automating your accounting is a shortcut to actionable insights that can help you make better business decisions.
2. Invoice on Autopilot
Why spend time writing paper checks and typing up invoices when you can simply click a button to pay your vendors, or get paid? Invoicing software can save you ample time on administrative tasks.
Take a few items off your monthly to-do list by setting up recurring invoice schedules and auto payments. And skip those uncomfortable calls to overdue clients with alerts that automatically remind customers when payments are due — or past due.
Invoicing on autopilot helps you make payments much easier, not to mention get paid faster. In addition to saving you time, invoicing software makes it easier for clients to pay you, which can translate to on-time payments that bolster your cash flow.
3. Simplify Cash Flow Management
It’s impossible to run your business efficiently without good cash flow management and analytics. That means getting a solid grasp on the money coming in and going out of your business, including past trends, current conditions and future projections.
Cash flow analysis helps you learn from your history and predict the future so you can avoid unexpected shortfalls that can torpedo your finances into the red. Fortunately, analyzing your cash flow doesn’t have to be a daunting, time-consuming task.
Intuitive online tools can take the sting out of cash flow management and significantly simplify the process. Visualize your cash flow with automatically generated charts and graphs, then schedule payments around your projected cash flow and easily make adjustments where necessary. No MBA in Finance required!
Consolidate for the Trifecta
Now that you’re ready to automate your accounting, put your invoicing on autopilot, and simplify cash flow management, there’s one more step you can take to run your business with maximum efficiency: consolidate.
Rather than relying on disparate apps and software systems with multiple passwords and interfaces, consider turning to a unified financial management solution like FINSYNC. Syncing up all of your financial operations on one system with a single password and dashboard can save significant time and help you manage your finances with much less effort.
And then you can get back to focusing on all of those reasons that you started your business in the first place.
Guest post by FINSYNC. To learn more about FINSYNC, visit their website here.
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