A financial manager

A financial manager is someone who is responsible for making important decisions regarding investment and funding. Thus the existence of financial managers in a company can play a role

The duties of the financial manager include: a) managing the flow of funds in accordance with the objectives of the company, b) planning to obtain funds and using these funds to maximize the value of the company, c) are responsible for making important decisions regarding investment and funding, d) directly involved in planning and controlling the use of funds, e) is responsible for obtaining funds in accordance with needs, both regarding the period, requirements and costs. Besides that there are other activities that must be considered by financial managers, namely: a) in planning and estimation, where financial managers must cooperate with other managers who are responsible for general funding of the company, b) must focus on various investment decisions and financing, and all matters related to it, c) must cooperate with other managers in the company so that the company can operate as efficiently as possible. For example, decisions in marketing affect sales growth and consequently affect changes in investment needs. This change must consider the impact on the availability of funds, inventory policies, machine capacity and so on,
d) use of capital markets and money markets.

From the picture above it can be explained again that the role of a financial manager other than as described above there are still other roles, namely: 1) obtaining external funds through the financial market, with provisions; a) what forms of financing and sources are available, b) how to obtain funds efficiently, c) what is the most economic financing structure, d) what is the form, time and method of repayment to these financial sources. 2) controlling the funds obtained so that their use is carried out effectively, with provisions; a) funds should be allocated to which projects or products, b) what assets and resources must be provided in order to produce goods or services, c) how to monitor the use of funds so that the most effective use of various operational activities is achieved. It is the responsibility of the financial manager to make these choices on various financial markets to meet the company's capital needs.