Financial strategies and plans ppt alt caritas switzerland

Financial strategies and plans An example of Caritas Switzerland Hans Krummenacher-Wüest Topic areas What are the particular issues and financial demands related to Caritas Switzerland?  Particularities What are the responses and solutions to these particularities?  Suggested solutions Your questions, suggestions; discussion Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 Financial strategies and plans (example of Caritas Switzerland) Particularities Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 Particularities (1/4): financial mechanism Financier Relief Organization Free Earfunds marked funds Primary Task I (Optik HW) Benefit of recipient  Zielkonflikte Primary Task II (Optik Fi) Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 Particularities (2/4): earmarking and scarcity  Activity fields portfolio matrix Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 Particularities (3/4): receipts and outgoings are out of sync What typically happens when there is a disaster CHF Income Expenses 31.12.05 Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 31.12.06 31.12.07 Zeit Particularities (4/4): administrative overheads CaCH im 2005: 6.0 % 2006: 6.5 % Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 Quelle: ZEWO, 11.2005 Particularities: summary (1/2) Funding does not come via the physical beneficiaries Funds are earmarked It is not possible to fund development of new business ventures (stars) using profitable ones (cash cows) – assuming they exist Cross-subsidy only possible using spare funds, of which there is a scarcity Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 Particularities: summary (2/2) Fund flows (receipts and outgoings) are completely out of sync time-wise – especially where donations are concerned Not only is the efficiency of the service provision of interest, but also the nature of the overheads – especially administrative Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 Financial strategies and plans (example of Caritas Switzerland) SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS: ► Couple strategy and financial planning ► Measure target achievement and deviations; discuss remedial action ► Establish profit centres (cost centres) ► Key data Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 10 Suggested solutions(II/III) ►Establish profit/cost centres (= comparing receipts and outgoings per field of activity) ►Establish fund accounting Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 18 Each field of activity has a different funding mix… Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 19 … so planning for each business area should also be separate Caritas Switzerland head office: organisation chart Director* Jürg Jürg Krummenacher Krummenacher *Executive Management Staff Function Caritas Net Board and Director’s Office Sonja Sonja Kaufmann Kaufmann Paul Paul Amstad Amstad Ann-Katrin Wieser Operations: Fairtrade Fairtrade Clothing Clothing Centre Centre Conceptual Studies* International Cooperation* Social Services and Migration Switzerland* Communication* Personnel and Quality Management* Finance & Administration* Carlo Carlo Knöpfel Knöpfel Norbert Norbert Kieliger Kieliger Barbara Barbara Walther Walther Odilo Odilo Noti Albert Albert Schnyder Schnyder Hans Hans Krummenacher Krummenacher - Social policy - Migration policy - Development policy Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 - Africa - Asia / Middle East / North Africa - Europe / CIS - Latin America - Emergency Aid - Services - Secretariat - Service EmergeAid in Switzerland - Social engagement - Integration and social projects - Legal advice service - Fribourg - Central Switzerland - Secretariat - Information - Fundraising and Marketing - Service Education - Service Communication Caritas Net - Secretariat - Staff Services - Staff Development - Salary Office and Staff Controlling - Service Evaluation and Quality Management - Secretariat - Controlling - Data Processing - Accounting - Technical Services - Secretariat August 20 2007 Planning dates = targets for organizational unit “activities abroad” Fund accounting Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 21 Funds = “work baskets” Balance sheet 1.1 Profit and loss account (periode) Income/ earnings Balance sheet 31.12 cost/ expense Point in time Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 t (timeline) Point in time 22 Mobilisation of earmarked funds  Corporate accounting with  profit centre accounting  Funds mobilised only if for an earmarked purpose 23 Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 Fund accounting  Funding pots – to be administered temporarily on a trust basis …  … before the funds can be mobilised for an earmarked purpose (Funding Regulations 1.1.2005) Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 24 Mobilisation of earmarked funds IZA: SAM + 13.9 Mio Partial statement: - 0.2 Mio Caritas general Small - 1.5 Mio business- 0.2 Mio Total + 12.1 Mio Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 25 Financial strategies and plans (example of Caritas Switzerland) SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS: ► Couple strategy and financial planning ► Measure target achievement and deviations; discuss remedial action ► Establish profit centres (cost centres) ► Key data Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 26 Suggested solutions(III/III) ►Set targets, and … ►… clarify by using key data Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 27 Targets and key data (related to “efficient service provision”)  Relations between turnover and structural costs:  Dynamic consideration:  Project supervision max 10%  Administrative overheads (inc fundraising) max 8%  Static consideration:  Target turnover: CHF 100 million (min CHF 85 million)  Donation target: CHF 32 million (until 2011)  We lead in terms of externally chargeable administrative overheads (max 8%) and in comparison to sector (in the top 3) Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 28 Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 Donations trend 2001 - 2011 Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 30 Structural costs trend: international cooperation activities 1990 – 2007 (percentages) Hans Krummenacher, Berlin 8.5.2008 31 Thank you for your attention! 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