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Sample Manual for the
Chief Financial Officer
(CFO)

The Finance Policies and Procedures Manual includes a sample CFO Manual covering common requirements and best practices for financial operations.

The sample CFO Manual is intended only to provide an example of wording that might be used in a Financial Manual of this type.

This wording in the sample CFO manual can be helpful in generating ideas for developing a financial policy manual for your own company. However, finance policies should be drafted as appropriate and necessary to accurately reflect your company’s internal financial policies and standards.

CFO Manual Table of Contents

Purpose
Scope
Responsibility
Exclusions
- Accounting
- Payroll
- Information Systems
- Security Planning
- Disaster Recovery
Management Responsibility
Finance Organization
- Finance Department Organization Chart
- Chief Financial Officer Responsibilities
- Treasury Responsibilities
- Controller Responsibilities
Management Commitment
Finance Policy
Planning
- Finance Objectives
- Financial System Planning
- Referenced Procedures
Responsibility, Authority, and Communication
- Responsibility and Authority
- Management Representative
- Internal communication
- Referenced Procedures
Management Reporting
- General
- Review input
- Review output
- Referenced Procedures
Business conduct
- Related Party Disclosure
- Referenced Procedures
Financial Management System
Objectives
Requirements
- Overview
- Internal Controls
- Audit Opinions
- Referenced Procedures
Transactions
- Authorization
- Timing
- Amounts
- Accuracy
Documentation
- Finance Manual
- Control of Documents
- Control of Records
- Referenced Procedures
Security
- Continuity
- Physical Security
- Disaster Security
- Information Security
- Referenced Procedures
Processes and Controls
Administrative
- Financial Objectives
- Management Responsibility
- Continuity Planning
- Document Control
- Record Control
- Annual Stockholders' Meetings
- Board of Directors Meetings
- Referenced Procedures
Raising Capital
- Business Plan
- Capital Plan
- Valuation
- Bank Loans
- Stock Offerings
- Debt and Investment
- Asset Acquisition
- Leasing
- Referenced Procedures
Treasury Management
- Working Capital
- Cash Management
- Inventory Management
- Related Party Transactions
- Foreign Exchange Management
- Managing Banking Relationships
- Merchant Accounts
- Letters of Credit
- Referenced Procedures
Financial Statements
- Financial Forecasting
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Financial Management Review
- Financial Restatements
- Release of Financial Information
- Referenced Procedures
Internal Controls
- Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
- SAS 70 Compliance
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Management
- External Auditing
- Internal Auditing
- Corrective Action
- Referenced Procedures
Resource Management
Provision of Resources
Human Resources
- Finance Staff
- Competence, Awareness, and Training
- Separation and Supervision of Duties
- References
Infrastructure
Work Environment
CFO Manual - Revision History