1, the difference is that the finance department refers to the functional department that leads the organization and specifically engages in financial management, while the enterprise finance department is a professional management unit in the enterprise management organization, and its functions mainly include: ensuring all kinds of funds needed for the production and operation of the enterprise; Participate in enterprise business forecasting and decision-making, rationally distribute enterprise monetary income, supervise and inspect the implementation of various financial activities and financial plans of enterprises, etc. Through the implementation of these functions, we can give full play to the positive role of the financial department in serving the socialist economic construction, promoting the development of social productive forces, correctly handling the economic relations between enterprises and all aspects, and improving the economic benefits of enterprises.
2. Fund management is the general name for the planning, control, supervision and assessment of the source and use of funds of state-owned enterprises in socialist countries, and it is an important part of financial management. Fund management includes fixed fund management, circulating fund management and special fund management. Investment decision-making and planning, establish a responsibility system for the use and management of funds, inspect and supervise the use of funds, and assess the use of funds. The main purposes of management are: organizing the supply of funds to ensure uninterrupted production and business activities; Continuously improve the efficiency of capital utilization and save money; Put forward suggestions and measures for rational use of funds to promote the improvement of production, technology and management.
Responsibilities of the finance department
1. accounting: establish and improve the company's financial accounting system according to the national group accounting system; Timely and accurate accounting treatment of the company's economic business; Prepare the company's financial report accurately and timely; Participate in the company's business analysis; Provide accurate and timely financial information for the company's production and operation decisions.
2. Fund management: raising funds for the company's production and operation; Reasonably and efficiently dispatch the company's funds; Regularly analyze the company's capital operation ability; Analyze the company's creditor's rights and debt control; Provide good financial support for the company's production and operation.
3. Cost control: formulate the company's cost control measures; Publish the target cost of each product or project of the company; Expenditure scope of supervision fees; Review the authenticity and legality of the company's expenses; Analyze the cost and put forward preliminary treatment opinions; Provide accurate cost data for the company's commercial bidding quotation;
4. Internal control: check and evaluate the company's internal accounting control and propose improvement measures. For production enterprises, the responsibilities of the financial department are mainly reflected in these four aspects. I think accounting is the foundation of financial department, capital is the core function of financial department, cost control is actually an aspect of internal control, and cost is the most important magic weapon for enterprises in market competition.