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title: How the Consulting Rate Calculator Works [Online Calculator]
description: Graphic of how the consulting rate calculator works. Get a cash flow statement, income statement or profit and loss (P&L) statement for your job offers.
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# [How the Consulting Rate Calculator Works [Online Calculator]](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/how-the-consulting-rate-calculator-works)

 Written by [Doug Ayers](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/author/doug-ayers) | Thu, Jun, 01, 2017 @ 01:10 AM

## Cash Flow Analysis Now Built Into [Consulting Rate](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/fully-loaded-cost-calculator) Calculator

Hey Ya'll, as per popular request, I added [Cash Flow analysis](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/what-is-the-tco-of-that-shinny-new-system-youre-about-to-buy) to the [consulting rate calculator](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/time-sheet-management-1099-payments-for-contractors) P&L statements.

**TESTIMONIAL 1**: "This is the ideal, [best practice](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/sap-sem-cpm-risk-register-design-template) employed by [leading consultancies](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/hire-sap-business-intelligence-consultant)."

**TESTIMONIAL 2**: "The [rate calculator](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/how-to-correctly-calculate-conversion-rate-3-easy-formulas-to-use) tool was awesome!!! "

To give it a try, just press this button to go to the first set of questions. There are 8 sets of questions that follow along the 3 blue boxes below.

 

**Thanks** for the** User Testimonials, **you can read them at the bottom of this page !

## How To Use The [Consulting Rate Calculator](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/consulting-rate-calculator-whats-your-rate)

The first time through the [consulting rate calculator](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/time-sheet-management-1099-payments-for-contractors), it will remember your data in your browser so the next time you run the calculator, it will read that information from your [browser cache](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/does-pci-dss-compliance-affect-you) and you will not have to re-enter, just the information you want to [change](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/discover-project-managers-utopia-with-these-change-management-tips). It will also email you the results so that you can share the [analysis](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/business-consulting-services-mba-strategy-growth) with someone else.

## Evaluate A Specific Inbound Job Offer - Email or Voice

This is an idea of what the [consulting](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/5-kpi-design-best-practice-guidelines) rate calculator does. The job email you want to consider is on the left, you maybe talk to the recruiter and get a preliminary rate, you run it through the [consulting rate](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/learn-more-about-our-sap-business-intelligence-consulting-services) calculator to see how the [economics](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/business-process-consulting) of the proposed job will work in your favor or not or what you could possibly do to improve the job offer.

 

## A Tool Recruiting and Staffing Agencies Can Use As Well

 

A recruiter or [staffing agency](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/sap-view-consultant-profiles-resumes-and-cv) needs a consulting rates calculator in order to advise their client on the consulting fees they will have to pay to get the best talent considering factors like a [candidates fixed and variable costs](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/how-to-determine-your-fully-loaded-cost-rate) and whether or not the proposed client rate will allow the [candidate](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/sap-staffing-agencies) to break even or not.

 

## Break-Even Rate Calculations Are Built In

 

For example, a recruiter could run this prior to [a candidate search](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/what-do-sap-consultancies-do) to [evaluate](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/free-website-seo-grade-audit-serp-sem-amp) whether the proposed [target price budget](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/sap-hana-margin-analysis) in the client brief will fail in the eyes of candidates he is about to call and not waste their time trying to "[sell](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/knowing-what-you-sell-the-key-to-dominating-your-market)" a "bad" [deal](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/marketing-and-sales-sla-calculator-service-level-agreement) to ready, willing and able candidates.

## Evaluate The Economics Of Your Job Offer in 7 Seconds or Less

 

The Job Analysis application takes 7 seconds to analyze your job email or the recruiters offer.

 

There are **30 different ways** you can be [employed into a job;](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/1099-payments-for-contractor) it will analyze all 30 situations for you. Don't Covfefe your next job search!

 

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##  The Cash Flow Statement Can Answer Several Questions Like These

 

## **Beginning Cash Balance & Ending Cash Balance**

 

Let's say I am working as any of the following type of consultants:

- [Strategy Management](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/senior-executives-use-strategic-analysis-to-create-shareholder-value) Consultant
- [SAP Project Manager](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/5-things-to-know-about-your-sap-project-manager)
- [Program Manager](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/enterprise-services/sap-industry-solutions/sap-project-management)
- Construction Manager
- [Business Consultant](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/get-sap-consulting-support-now)
- Computer Consultant
- [Business Intelligence Consultant](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/enterprise-services/sap-industry-solutions/business-intelligence-consulting/what-is-sap-business-warehouse)
- Big Data Consultant
- Computer Programmer
- System Analyst
- [Marketing](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/5-logical-reasons-for-hiring-a-mobile-marketing-agency) Consultant

Or any other type of consultant or worker.  In short, most anybody.  If I start with [this much cash](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/three-marketing-tactics-that-lead-downton-abbey-to-success) in my bank account at the beginning of the [project](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/how-to-use-a-project-charter-to-start-a-project) start or at the start of each month (***Beginning Cash Balance***), and if the job is a 6 month project, how much cash will I have in my bank account at the end of 6 months (***Ending Cash Balance***) or at the end of each month.

 

## **Cash Out**

 

Considering all my [personal](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/are-you-ready-to-think-grow-rich-mindmap) expenses and business expenses to do this job, I can answer the question:

- How much cash will go out of my bank account every month.

## **Cash In**

Considering my employment terms and the usual **Net 30** days on payment for invoices I submit to my client,

- On  which [month will I](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/how-important-is-data-governance-to-internet-marketing) start receiving real cash back into my bank account and
- How much cash will I be bringing in each month.

## **Total Cash Out**

 

I have to pay all my expenses out of my own [pocket, usually](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/the-guaranteed-easiest-way-to-calculate-sla) on a credit card and the company may or may not reimburse my expenses. After 2 months of working I will get paid on my first invoice (usual Net 30 terms).

So I had a significant amount of out of pocket cash flow for expenses before I saw that first paycheck arrive, and I can now start asking some hard questions:

- So what was my maximum total out of pocket cash I need to have on hand?
- Considering how much cash I have in my bank account right now, do I even have enough cash to take this job?
- Can I afford to take this job or will I run out of cash before I start getting paid?
- I am cash flow negative at the beginning of the project, how many months until I go cash flow positive.
- How many months will I be cash flow negative
- How many months until I go cash flow positive
- At the end of this project how much cash will I put into my bank account
- If this project goes longer than 6 months, how much cash will I be able to save in my bank account
- Is this 6 month job any better than a different job (McDonalds) for 6 months or will I be worse off?
- Is this a Good job or a Bad job offer? Should I take it or walk away?

 

Got a job offer you want to analyze? Use our Consulting Rate calculator.

 

 

Thanks

## **USER TESTIMONIALS AND USER FEEDBACK**

 

**TESTIMONIAL 1**: "This is the ideal, best practice employed by leading consultancies. [The reality facing our industry](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/inbound-marketing/10-ways-profound-knowledge-can-improve-building-landing-pages) today is an emergent culture by smaller firms, steeped in garden variety outsourcing practices. They discount the expenses part of the [project cost](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/total-cost-of-ownership-tco) and offer an All-inclusive rate."  **by Ted Olaye, Supply Chain Specialist, MBA, CSCP**

**TESTIMONIAL 2**: "The calculator tool was awesome!!!  I'm in a slightly different industry from the SAP field, but I filled out the questionnaire and submitted my resume because one never knows where the network leads.  Also, it only took a few minutes to share my personal/professional info after using a tool that probably took many hours to create, write instructions & format it for online usage.  You should be able to grab the stats of who used it.  Seemed fair enough to me.

Again, awesome job!

Rick "

**by Richard Easler, Opus BPO**

 

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## **About SAP BW Consulting, Inc.**

 

SAP BW Consulting, Inc. provides comprehensive [SAP solutions](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/roce-return-on-capital-employed-simply-explained), including SAP Business Intelligence (BI) and SAP Business Warehouse (BW) consulting, SAP ABAP development, and project management. Our services also include a [1099 Contractor Invoicing and Payment Management System](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/1099-contractor-payments), Salesforce consulting, and Balanced Scorecard consulting for [strategic planning](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/five-forces-model).

 

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