Assessment 3 PART A

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1. Overview of issues Identify and prioritise at least two significant issues in the financial statements for Q1 and the remainder of the forecast budget for 2021. a) The company was not able to market itself effectively to boost the membership revenue. b) The profit is way lower than expected because employees were not able to accept the change and deliver their best. 2. Budget variances Calculate variance, and in the table format below, identify the income line items with the most significant variances (+ or -) Income line items Forecast Actual Variance Full membership – 12 months 900,000.00 180,000.00 -80 Full membership – 6 months 80,000.00 16,000.00 -80 Full membership – 3 months 30,000.00 6,000.00 -80 Month to month – 3 classes per week 115,000.00 23,000.00 -80 Month to month – all classes 80,000.00 16,000.00 -80 10 class pass 5,000.00 1,000.00 -80 Weekly drop in/ visitor 1,800.00 0.00 -100 Daily drop in/ visitor 4,000.00 0.00 -100 Personal training 4,500.00 0.00 -100 Retail Sales 25,000.00 7,000.00 -80 $50 Virtual month to month membership 14,100.00 16,800.00 19.15%
Equipment rental income 2,000.00 3,200.00 60 Total Income 1,255,300.00 249,000.00 --80.16% Calculate variance, and in the table format below, identify the expense line items with the most significant variances (+ or -) Expense line items Forecast Actual Variance % Payroll 7,500.00 4,500.00 -40 Rent 56,360.31 47,906.27 -15 Utilities 2,164.24 1,298.54 -40 Consumables 541.06 324.64 -40 Gym management software 862.99 862.99 0 Accounting software 535.65 535.65 0 Training fees 676.32 0.00 -100 Merchandising 180.35 0.00 -100 Stock 901.77 541.06 -40 Depreciation of equipment 1,183.57 1,183.57 0 Maintenance 338.16 236.71 -30 Insurance 0.00 0.00 0 Banking 62.00 62.00 0 Video conferencing software 839.70 839.70 0 Total Operating Expenses 71,306.42 58,291.12 -18.25263008 Discuss the impact of the variances on the company’s financial position The variances have huge negative impact on the financial position; the variances of expenses are negative which the good sign is. However, the variances of income are very high in poor performance. If the company keeps working in the way, it would soon be seized. identify four areas of the budget that need to be reviewed with highest priority, and suggest how they should be modified for the next three quarters The four areas are: Increase in marketing budget: it is necessary to improve the business exposure. Increase in IT expenditure is necessary to make the online process smooth. Reduction in gym membership fee further is necessary. Targeting engineering and other companies more to improve the target audience rate. 3. Financial management processes analyse the effectiveness of existing financial management processes that were used to prepare the budget forecast for 2021 – i.e. what were two key inefficiencies in the financial management policy and process that you used? The current system is efficient as it works in incremental budgeting. An incremental budget is prepared by using previous budget and performance to check incremental amounts for new budget period. The resource allocation depends on the allocation from previous periods. This approach does not consider the changing circumstances; besides, it encourages spending up to the budget which leads to “spend it or lose” mentality. Overall, the budget is stable and less time consuming; managers can perform in their departments on consistent basis. There is a strong coordination between budgets. The record allowed us to analyze the expenditures and income and make the forecasting process easy. The spreadsheet analysis allowed us to make contingency plans clear. However, the inefficiency is that the performance is tracked based on previous results.
make recommendations for four improvements to the financial management policy and process in order to ensure: o For accurate budgeting, the focus must be made on industry forecasting reports where it is clearly mentioned how the next year would be for a specific country. o The company needs to analyze the latest trends to meet customers’ demands which would assist in maximizing the profit. o The cost can be controlled by maintaining proper records of expenses to check where the company spends lavishly. o In order to manage account receivables, the company needs to motivate customers by giving them discounts on early payment.
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