When does it need doing?
Financial management has day-to- day activities and periodic activities.

Maintaining expenditure record
Update the expenditure record daily as costs are incurred.
Monitoring expenditure
Monitoring expenditure should be a regular management task so that you keep control over income and outgoings.
Making decisions
Base your decisions on analysis of expenditure and review this regularly in order to take advantage of possible savings.
Budgeting ahead
Budgeting ahead is usually a yearly activity, although planning for it is often spread over several months.

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