{"id":987524936,"date":"2023-03-02T11:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T10:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/?post_type=news&p=987524936"},"modified":"2023-03-02T11:08:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T10:08:01","slug":"financial-management-assessment-tool-finmat","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/financial-management-assessment-tool-finmat\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Management Assessment Tool (FinMAT)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Short description<\/strong>
\nThere are two ways in which this tool can be implemented. The first is to have an external facilitator to use the tool to assess an organization\u2019s financial management capacity, developing a short-term action plan address the most critical areas. The second option is to have an internal team to use the tool to identify weak areas and develop an action plan to address weaknesses.<\/p>\n

Purpose<\/strong>
\nThe goal of FinMAT is to assist organizations to evaluate their financial management capacity in key areas.<\/p>\n

Methodology and type of data required<\/strong>
\nFinMAT is divided into 10 financial management components: organization and personnel; budgeting; accounting and recordkeeping; purchasing and procurement; payroll; timely payment and invoicing of goods and services; cash management; stock, inventory and fixed assets; audit; and use of information.
\nFirst, the FinMAT team responds to a series of questions to determine the organization\u2019s strengths and weaknesses in financial management and then it develops an action plan to address weaknesses.<\/p>\n

Users\/Target audience<\/strong>
\nHealth managers in: NGOs or private-sector institutions (e.g. hospitals), ministries or other public-sector institutions, central offices or headquarters<\/p>\n

Organization<\/strong>
\nManagement Sciences for Health (MSH)<\/p>\n

Contact<\/strong>
\nSara Weinstein
\nManagement Sciences for Health
\n784 Memorial Drive
\nCambridge, MA 02139 USA
\nPhone: 617-250-9500
\nFax: 617-250-9090
\nEmail: sweinstein@msh.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Website<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/erc.msh.org\/toolkit\/Tool.cfm?lang=1&TID=134&CID=3<\/a><\/p>\n

Keywords<\/strong>
\nassessment tool<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>
\n–
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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