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Get a step-by-step action plan to put your A/E firm's finances in order
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Learn where to cut expenses and improve your firm's bottom line
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Get the most from your financial staff and accounting system
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Set up a no-nonsense budgeting process for your A/E firm
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Improve billings and collections to maximize cash flow
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Reduce and better manage your firm's debt
Do you know where your firm’s finances stand? Do you worry about the financial fitness of your A/E firm? Are you confused about how to fix the financial problems your firm is experiencing? There’s one simple place to look for answers to all these questions: A/E Financial Fitness Plan, a comprehensive action-oriented guide designed to help architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firms get their finances on solid footing.
Successful A/E firms have one thing in common a sound bottom line. Zweig Group’s A/E Financial Fitness Plan will help your firm not only identify but fix any problems on the financial front that you may be experiencing. Follow the steps in A/E Financial Fitness Plan, from the beginning assessment to the closing reassessment, and you’ll be poised for a new level of success and fiscal fitness.
A/E Financial Fitness Plan combines all the knowledge of Zweig Group’s expert finance consultants in a single volume designed to give you the benefits that come with better cash flow, lower debt and tax burdens, a faster collections process, and less waste. Hundreds of A/E and environmental consulting firms just like yours have already benefitted from this best-selling resource and, as a result, have improved their firm’s financial performance.
A/E Financial Fitness Plan starts with a complete assessment of where your firm’s finances stand right now. You’ll be able to find out what’s working and what’s not. Checklists and worksheets will help you get a clear picture of what’s happening in every area of your firm that impacts your bottom line.
After completing the assessment, you’ll learn all about improving your invoices, billings, and collections processes in order to reduce your average collection period and maximize your firm’s cashflow. Next, you’ll learn how to control overhead costs, trim wasteful spending, and set up a no-nonsense budgeting process for your firm. You’ll get complete information on the best accounting systems for A/E and environmental consulting firms and an in-depth explanation of how to improve your financial reporting and implement an open-book management policy in your firm. You’ll learn how to get the most out of your financial staff and when, why, and how to work best with outside accountants. You’ll also find an easy-to-follow guide to reducing and managing your firm’s debt load and tax burdens, along with complete instructions on how to foster the best relationships with your bank and how and when to tap into the firm’s line of credit. There’s also an easy guide to handling project costing and budgeting in A/E Financial Fitness Plan.
Most firms can’t afford to have a single weakness in their finance and accounting processes. A/E Financial Fitness Plan will help you achieve the lowest possible ACP, stronger cash flow, a happy and productive finance and accounting staff, and put you on the path to maximum profitability.