I was responsible for making sure that we would have enough funds to make R&D, Marketing and Production decisions. After all those decisions were made I would analyze our financial situation and determine our cash position. If we needed additional cash I would have the option to take out long-term debt, issue stock or take out a current loan. Each of these scenarios had positive and negative impacts to the company. My job was to make the best decisions with the least amount of negative impact to the company. Issuing stock and taking out long term debt made the most since for our company. We only had to pay the interest yearly on long-term debt; of course this could become very costly as more long-term debt was taken out. I used stock to raise cash when interest was becoming to high and eating into our profits. I was also responsible for making sure that our stock prices were increasing, leverage was acceptable and profits were being generated each year. I coordinated with all departments to ensure that they were operating within our cash