📅 2025-11-26 — Session: Comprehensive Review and Enhancement of Financial Systems

🕒 16:30–17:45
🏷️ Labels: Financial Management, ETL, Internal Debt, Python, Cash Flow
📂 Project: Business

Session Goal

The session aimed to review and enhance financial management processes within a family business context, focusing on identifying blind spots and improving cash flow management, internal debt handling, and financial reporting.

Key Activities

  • Manual Review: Analyzed a family business manual to identify blind spots in financial responsibilities and management roles.
  • Financial Management Improvements: Developed practical actions and a roadmap for improving financial management, including a checklist and templates for implementation.
  • Cash Flow Monitoring: Outlined a structured approach for managing cash flows, including key concepts and templates.
  • Internal Debt Management: Created a sprint plan for internal debt management, focusing on data preparation, reconciliation, and reporting.
  • Repo Management: Established an inventory and action plan for repository management of financial data.
  • ETL and Reporting: Designed workflows for ETL processes and internal debt reporting, emphasizing the need for re-running ETL processes and data validation.
  • TimeSeriesBundles Diagnosis: Conducted a diagnosis of the TimeSeriesBundles subsystem, identifying risks and immediate actions for data validation.
  • Python Script Analysis: Analyzed Python scripts for data processing and reporting, providing quick fix recommendations for ETL pipelines.

Achievements

  • Identified key blind spots and provided actionable insights for financial management improvement.
  • Developed comprehensive plans and templates for cash flow and internal debt management.
  • Established workflows and action plans for ETL processes and data validation.

Pending Tasks

  • Implement the developed templates and checklists for financial management improvements.
  • Execute the sprint plan for internal debt management.
  • Follow through with the recommended quick fixes for the ETL pipeline.