SupaCFO Discovery Questionnaire

SupaCFO Form

Grab a cup of tea or coffee as this Questionnaire will take around 30-60 minutes to complete.

Why should you make that kind of commitment? Good question!

We think this process will make a huge impact on the performance of your business and your quality of life.

We encourage you to take this seriously. As seriously as the time and care we have taken to prepare these questions to enable entrepreneurs to streamline processes, reduce costs and bring data to the surface for better decision making.

Once you've completed the Questionnaire, we'll schedule a time to discuss the issues raised and start work on your transformation.

That's a big call, so let's begin.

General Information

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Business Information

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Size of your business
Do you have formal contracts with clients?  (e.g. Signed Proposal, Engagement Letter, SLAs, etc)

Corporate Governance

Shareholder and Board of Directors matters


Business Plan

If you have a Business Plan or Strategic Plan please send to us. Email: xapcorp@xapcorp.co


Do you have a clear, focused 5 year vision for your business? Vision means you are clear about your revenues, margins, profits, business valuation, number of workers, locations in 5 years from now.
Do you have a Business Plan or Strategic Plan?
Do you have an action plan to achieve those goals?

The Market


Have you conducted research into your industry and competitors?
Not well
Have you analysed your competitors? Their business model, financial data, benchmarking against your business?

Finance / Accounting Department

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Bad. We are not happy.
Do you have an organisation chart for the Finance / Accounting Department with clear roles, job descriptions and responsibilities or a schematic of the functions of the department. People and processes.

Key Issues

What is holding you back and potentially keeping you awake at night?


Finance Questions


Cashflow

Is cashflow and working capital an issue? Do you have sufficient cash to run the business day to day without stress? (Did you know there is an ideal working capital ratio for your business. Talk to us)

Funding Roadmap

CAPEX, R&D

Budgets & Forecasts

Do you have a 12 month forecast, and regularly compare actual performance against budget?
How often are you reviewing actual Vs budget?

Financial Reporting & KPIs

How frequently are you getting detailed financial reports for decision making?
Are you tracking key performance indicators (KPIs)?

Customer Invoices

Recurring Revenues

Do you offer monthly (or quarterly) package options?
Do you have clients or customers that pay you you a recurring (automatic) monthly payment? This could be bank account direct debit or via credit/debit card, Paypal/Stripe, etc.

Performance Benchmarking

How does you business compare to others in your industry? Sales growth, margins, profitability, return on assets, ratio of labour costs to sales, rent, working capital?

Business Expenses

Accounting Systems

Do you have direct bank feeds connected to your bank account(s) and credit/debit cards?
Do you use expense management software (like Hubdoc/Expensify/Dext) to manage Accounts Payable?
Do you use cheques to pay bills? How many cheques per month?
Ecommerce Platform/Website
Ecommerce integration

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Consent: Access to financial records

To enable deeper analysis of your business, it would be valuable to review Financial Statements for the past 5 years. We ask for your consent and, of course, we promise to keep the information strictly private and confidential.

Access to Financial Records

Regulatory Environment

Intellectual Property (IP)

Do you have any particular IP, trademarks, patents?

Intellectual Property

Systems, Policies, Procedures and Checklists

What best describes your current systems and processes. Are you systems dependent or people dependent?

Systems, Policies, Procedures and Checklists

Customers/Users

Procurement & Supply Chain

Briefly explain the layers in your supply chain from end to end and where your business fits. Do you buy locally or source from abroad? What are your procurement processes from specifications, to sourcing and selection of a vendor. Do you use software to manage vendors and tendering?

Digital Transformation

Have you started your digital transformation journey? 'Advanced' means totally digital (paperless) where writing cheques is a thing of the past!

Your IT Systems

Please describe your existing IT infrastructure and systems. Hardware, operating system(s), On-premise Server, and Cloud platform (if any). Office productivity suite (eg G-suite or Office 365).

Wrap up
A big thank you for taking the time to complete this Questionnaire.

I hope this exercise has started to open your mind to the many possibilities to improve your business and as a result, make a difference to your quality of life.
 
We'll be in touch shortly to set a time to discuss the issues raised with you and your Leadership team. At that session, we'll be sharing our feedback and insights with you. We'll also run you through our SupaCFO process in more detail.
 
At this stage, we just want to get to know you, your needs and understand your business. We're confident we can add value by streamlining processes, reducing costs and creating key financial data to help make better decisions. You are not alone on this entrepreneurial journey ...
 
Date for Discovery session
Please let us know your preferred date for a 30-40 minute virtual meeting (we suggest a date 5-10 days from completing this Questionnaire).