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Cash forecasting & Smart treasury
What is
*Best-in-class & award-winning technology- Best Practice in Working Capital - CFO magazine - European Fintech Awards – Nomination- …
Cashforce is a ‘next-generation’* Cash & Smart Treasury Platform, focused on
automation and integration.
• Team of Cash flow & IT specialists
• Offices in Europe (BE, NL, FR, UK) & US (New York)
• Our clients are large to mid-size global enterprises
• Backed by US (Techstars Ventures)
and EU (Volta Ventures, Pamica, BNP Paribas) investorsSome of our References – Users in over 120 countries
Cash Management in global & complex businesses is challenging 3
ERP
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Multi - Entity
Multi - Bank
Complex ERP
Multi - Currency$
ERP
ERP
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Less time left for actionsLow accuracy, so more buffers
Absence of targetsOnly yearly
Few people involved & no corporate cash flow awareness
Banks
Number crunching & data analysesTime-consuming processes
XLSERP
Challenges in Cash flow management & forecasting
Admin & Analysis
ActionFollow-up
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Less time left for actionsLow accuracy, so more buffers
Absence of targetsOnly yearly
Banks
Number crunching & data analysesTime-consuming processes
XLSERP
Challenges in Cash flow management & forecasting
Admin & Analysis
ActionFollow-up
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Actuals:Integration with bank statements & ERP (GL)
Working capital & Short-term forecast:Sales/Purchase invoices & payments, Sales/Purchase orders,Customer/Vendor master data
Other sources
Input & Mgmt of Non-ERP data
Sales projections, purchase budgets
Treasury flows
Projects, Capex, Payroll, Taxes, Direct Debits (Rent, Leasings…)
Bank statements or ERP (GL)
Throughour available
ERP connectors(plug & play)
Our platform
Data sources
Analysis & Simulations
Refresh• daily of ad-hoc• incremental or full
(With audit trail in case of manual input)
(from TMS or managed through Cashforce)
• short vs. long term• forecast vs. actuals• forecast vs. forecast• what-if scenarios
Smart forecasting logicSmart algorithms that make your cash
forecast really accurate.
(Excel, Business Warehouses,...)
Bank Balances (& manual updates payment layer) ERP
Seamless data integration
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Cashforce ConnectivityBanks, ERP, TMS, Financial Market Data
Multi-Tenant ArchitectureTailored access-levels, Flexible reporting, Easy distribution
Bank statement processing
Statement translation & validation
Outgoing payment processing
Deal Management
Treasury accounting & payments
Market data integration
FX exposure Management
ICO netting
Cash pooling & in-house bank mgmt.
Bank covenant reporting
Order-to-Cash Analytics
Purchase-to-Pay Analytics
Inventory Analytics
Integration with ERP & other data sets
+Manual input with audit trail
+Trend-based forecasts
Smart Cash flow logic
Simulations
Target Balancing / Funding
Actuals vs Forecast Analysis
Forecast vs Forecast Analysis
Bank Balance Reporting
Automated Cash Flow Classification based on G/L & bank statements
Bank fee analysis
Credit facility Management
GL - Bank account reconciliation
Cash Flow Analytics
Cash Flow Forecasting
Bank connectivity & payments
Working Capital Analytics
Smart Treasury
Integrated
Key Differentiators compared to classical TMS systems
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Smart logic making our forecasts more accurate
Drill-down to transactional detail through Big Data Engine
Easy onboarding due to plug-and-play ERP connectors
Fine grained General Ledger based cash flow classification
Easy onboarding due to plug-and-play ERP connectors
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Easy onboarding due to plug-and-play ERP connectors
Only system that includes extensive Working Capital Analytics
Very flexible and easy-to-use reporting & visualization engine
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General Ledger-based vs MT940 rule-based allocation methodology
Information depends on bank statement format
General Ledger-based allocationMT940 rule-based allocation
Not granular (only Opex vs Capex)
High maintenance due to an ever-growing set of rules
Information is richer, because it comes from the GL transactions
Granular information, because it uses the existing Accounting entries in the ERP system
Low maintenance: Chart of Accounts mapping
(easy to understand & maintain)
High maintenance due to an ever-growing set of rules
Working Capital Analytics
Reduce your working capital level
• Analyse the Cash Conversion Cycle
from high-level till the transactional details
• Communicate with the operational
departments using off-the-shelve dashboards
• Perform simulations to evaluate potential
working capital measures
Order to Cash | Forecast to Fulfill | Purchase-to-Pay
Cash Flow Analytics
Hassle-free cash management
• Ultimate cash visibility
• Easy Bank Account & Cash pool Mgmt.
• Integration with different bank statement
formats (MT940, BAI2, EBICS...)
• Automated Cash Flow Classification & trend
analysis (up to a much deeper level!)
• Credit Line Monitoring
Cash Flow Forecasting
Across multiple companies / banks / accounts / currencies / cash pools
Predict the future more accurately...
• Connect with your ERP(s) & other data sources
• Manual input with audit trail
• Apply smart forecasting logic
• Combine short and long term forecasting
• Simulate what-if scenarios
• Smart balancing & funding processes
• Analyse Forecast vs Actuals
Smart Treasury
Deal management
FX exposure mgmt.
ICO mgmt. & balancing
Bank connectivity & payments
Nothing like a classic TMS…
Treasury accounting& payments
IRS /Counter
party riskmgmt.
Market data & MTM
Cash pooling & in-house
banking Deal management
Bank connectivity & payments
Market data & MTM
The building blocks for a smart treasury
system
Manufacturing
Saving time & money across various industries
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“In my 25 years experience of looking at cash flow solutions, Cashforce is simply the best. It
saves you real money by superior functionality, it’s comprehensive and cuts through the usual complexity of ERP reporting and forecasting. Cashforce is a game changer!”
Brian Shanahan - Global Cash & Working Capital Specialist
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Managing Partner