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STEP 5: Draft External Investor Reports
statements have been received, the PM will, again, coordinate with the FAC to review the revised financial for accuracy and completeness, based on the feedback provided either via email or the corrective action meeting. This entire process should take no longer than 5 days to complete. 4. By T+25, FAC should be entering the financial data and statements into the Tool [INV./FUND MANAGER NAME] Portfolio Company Dashboard that is maintained for each portfolio company. The Portfolio Company Dashboard is a financial management tool used by [INV./FUND MANAGER NAME] to capture, record, analyze portfolio companies’ quarterly reporting on a regular basis. It is the single point of truth to look at historical and current financial data of portfolio companies that we know to be accurate.
Each portfolio company has its own Dashboard that is maintained by the FAC. a) Please refer to the Training - [INV./FUND MANAGER NAME] Portfolio Company Dashboard to gain a clear understanding on how the Dashboard should be updated and maintained on a monthly and/or quarterly basis. b) Each Dashboard contains six standardized tabs: i. Summary Tab: Used to generate external financial statements that are in line with [INV./FUND MANAGER NAME]’s Style & Formatting Guidelines, which ensure uniformity across the IRs (which is important to maintain, as we have investors who have invested across multiple companies); financial metrics/ratios and Targets vs. Actuals (TvA) charts that are included in the Tool - Investor Report Template. The financials and ratios table are purely formula driven and pull directly from the other tabs. ii. Income Statement: Tab in which the portfolio company’s generated income statement is entered; includes foreign currency exchange rates so that the financials generated in the Summary Tab are in USD and not the local currency. iii. Balance Sheet: Tab in which the portfolio company’s generated balance sheet is entered; includes foreign currency exchange rates so that the

Figure: An example of how an investment firm / fund manager could present sales and profit TvA for a portfolio company and/or fund in an investor report.