17Finance

Cash Flow Forecaster

A 13-week rolling cash forecast that ties to the live deal pipeline, AR aging, and vendor calendar — refreshed nightly so the runway number on Monday is the real one.

The problem

Most SMBs and growth-stage SaaS run cash on a 4-week static spreadsheet that misses 30-50% of variance the moment a single Closed-Won slips a week or a renewal date drifts. CFOs are blending T-12 trailing financials, the CRM commit board, and an AR aging report by hand every Friday, which means the working capital lock that actually triggers a borrowing-base draw is usually spotted three weeks late. Without scenario modeling against AR collections velocity, payroll cycles, vendor renewals, and capex, the cash conversion cycle is an artifact, not a lever.

Typical leak: 30-50% forecast variance vs. actual on a static 4-week model · $250K-$1.2M of avoidable line-of-credit draws/yr at $10M run rate · 6-10 hrs/week of FP&A time rebuilding the spreadsheet

13-week cash forecast accuracy + FP&A time recaptured

Forecast variance compressed from 30-50% (4-week static) to 5-12% (13-week live); 6-10 hrs/week of FP&A time recaptured per finance team

AFP Treasury Benchmarking Survey; CFO.com cash forecasting accuracy benchmarks

Integrates with

QuickBooksXeroNetSuiteSage IntacctMercuryStripeRampBill.comHubSpotSalesforceGustoSlackClauden8n

How it works

Agent · Cash Flow Forecaster

13-week forecast loading

Inputs streaming · AR · AP · payroll · CRM

Week 8 cash dip detected

Claude scenario · delay vendor · accelerate AR

Runway revised · 11 → 14 weeks