ARH Consulting LLC helps firms develop a practical management view of financial performance. We organize the business questions, reporting rhythms, and operating responsibilities that support informed decisions alongside the firm's accounting and tax advisers.
Build a reliable management picture
The first step is to understand what the existing records show and where the reporting needs improvement. Separate billed revenue, collected revenue, receivables, work in progress where applicable, and available operating cash. Confirm definitions with the accounting team before comparing results.
Planning priorities
- Cash-flow visibility: map expected receipts, payroll, fixed commitments, debt payments, and upcoming expenditures.
- Billing and collections: review responsibility, timing, client communication, aging reports, and escalation procedures.
- Service economics: assess pricing assumptions, staffing requirements, work capacity, and delivery costs.
- Budgets and reserves: connect growth plans to operating needs and a reserve policy determined with advisers.
- Owner compensation: coordinate the owner's business objectives with accounting, payroll, and tax review.
Make financial information usable
A management dashboard should answer the owner's recurring questions. It can track collections, expenses, receivables, cash projections, capacity, and implementation priorities using agreed definitions. Reports should be concise enough to review regularly and detailed enough to show when assumptions change.
The SBA's management guidance discusses financial records and cash-flow planning as part of managing a business.
Connect numbers to operating decisions
A collection delay may point to a billing process problem. Increasing workload may require different staffing or delegation. A new office may require a longer funding period than the owner expected. The advisory process turns those observations into specific business decisions and assigned actions.
Law-firm considerations
Trust funds, client advances, fee arrangements, and professional accounting obligations require separate treatment and appropriate professional review. A management cash-flow plan should not assume that restricted or client-owned funds are available for business operations.
Deliverables
- A financial-reporting and data-gap assessment
- A cash-flow planning framework
- A billing and collections responsibility map
- A budget and capacity review agenda
- A recurring management scorecard
Bring the baseline
Begin with business financial statements, aging reports, debt commitments, staffing costs, and existing budget assumptions. ARH Consulting provides operational analysis and coordination; bookkeeping, assurance, tax advice, and regulated financial advice remain with the appropriate professionals.