COLLABORATIVE CASH FLOW FORECAST CAPTURE & CONSOLIDATION• Automatically generate a baseline cash flow forecast • Leverage the forecast collection workflow to source revenue

and expense forecasts and hedges from all people and systems

• Systematically consolidate all exposures into a single view

• Provide forecast history with audit trail including

• Perform forecast-to-forecast variance analysis

CASH FLOW EXPOSURE ANALYSIS • Perform flexible exposure analysis across multiple hierarchies

with real-time grouping and summing capability • Drill down into underlying forecast data from any level of

hierarchy in real-time

• Quickly compare current to historical forecasts

• Perform exposure forecast trend variance analyses

• Leverage client defined currency rates in all system calculations

EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT & REPORTING• Apply consistent decision strategies (target ratios, materiality,

rounding, etc.)

• Automate the calculation of recommended hedges • Automate trade preparation for submission to trading platforms • Embrace and extend the value in hedge accounting and trading

platform technologies

FiREapps for Cash Flow is an end-to-end, cloud-based workflow solution that enables finance

and treasury professionals to create, analyze and manage accurate cash flow exposure forecasts,

increasing confidence in their hedging program.

• Increase operational efficiency

• Reduce cost of hedging

• More collaboration and stronger financial results

• Eradicate spreadsheets

• Eliminate data entry errors

IMPROVE EBITDA PREDICTABILITY

REDUCE COST

HEDGE WITH CONFIDENCE

INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN CASH FLOW PROCESS

YOU CAN EXPECT:

INCREASED HEDGE RATIOS

INCREASED EXPOSURE FORECAST ACCURACY

for Balance Sheet OVERVIEW

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20%

25%

40%

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FiREapps for Cash Flow provides finance and treasury professionals with an end-to-end, cloud-based workflow solution to collect and consolidate cash flow exposure forecasts, analyze and manage currency impact to future cash flows, and benchmark on-going program performance.

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• IMPROVE PREDICTABILITY OF EBITDA

Improves cash flow exposure hedging performance

• INCREASE FORECAST ACCURACY

Delivers higher confidence and precision management

• ENHANCE RESOURCE UTILIZATION

Eliminates wasted time and effort at corporate and

across enterprise, giving time back to field finance for

more value-add tasks

A COLLABORATIVE WORKFLOW SOLUTION The platform offers distributed access for upload, entry and verification of cash flow exposure forecast data. All forecasts

from the field are collected and rolled up into a consolidated master forecast. Forecasters can create cell-level annotations for

both communication and collaboration with audibility. Ability to drill into the underlying forecast facilitates top-level reporting

with immediate access to source data. Additionally, granular cell-level variance metrics are built-in to the platform, allowing

teams to prevent errors at the time of entry instead of catching them after decisions on the incorrect data have already

been taken.

• FACILITATE FINANCE TEAM COLLABORATION

Bridges the information and training barrier with a platform

for collaboration

• AUTOMATE AUDIT TRAILS FOR COMPLIANCE

Never worry about documentation, every action and annotation

is built into a historical audit trail

• ELIMINATE CASH FLOW CURRENCY SURPRISES

Protect cash flows more confidently with; better tactics, better

data and better decisions

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ELIMINATES PROCESS, TIMING & ERROR RISKFiREapps for Cash Flow eliminates process, timing and error risk.

As a result, it provides the most efficient and accurate cash flow

exposure forecasts available. All historical and current cash flow

currency risk data is stored within the platform and is available to the

company with proper version control. Having all of the data in one

place guarantees everyone is looking at the latest approved data.

Within FiREapps for Cash Flow, each forecaster is presented with

a prepopulated baseline forecast based on the previous period’s

data and is able to receive real-time feedback on the quality of their

forecasts. This feedback and time saving is critical to driving process

improvement and increasing collaboration and transparency

between the field teams and the central teams.

THE FORECASTING PROCESSIS STREAMLINED INTO

A CLEAR WORKFLOW THAT:

• SAVES TIME• PROVIDES CLARITY• INCREASES TRANSPARENCY

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AN END-TO-END PLATFORMThe cloud-based workflow solution provides a single platform where all teams can login and upload or directly enter their

forecasted metrics. Additionally, FiREapps for Cash Flow presents a baseline forecast as a starting point to ensure everyone

is working from a single version of truth.

Field Forecaster Homepage

For the process owner, reporting metrics are available to show the progress and completeness of the overall process with

granular detail into where submission has yet to happen and what percentage of the overall value of the forecast those gaps

present. If errors are not caught until post analysis, then they can be traced down to the cell level, and acute training and

feedback can be provided to remedy/prevent future mistakes.

FORECAST ANALYTICSThe platform comes equipped with a suite of analytical tools built specifically for multicurrency based analysis. FiREapps for

Cash Flow provides users the ability to perform exposure analysis at every level of the organizational hierarchy with real-time

grouping and summing. Forecast-to-forecast variance analysis compares the current forecast to the previous forecast to

clearly identify both percentage and absolute changes with user defined parameters to quickly and efficiently identify errors

and or significant changes from one period to the next. Users have the ability to choose between system generated rates

or leverage their own client defined currency rates. Forecast trend analysis depicts how single period forecasts change over

time, providing opportunities for education and forecast process improvement.

HEDGING & TRADE PREPARATIONFiREapps for Cash Flow consistently applies corporate hedge decision strategy (e.g. target ratios, materiality, rounding, etc.)

to automate the calculation of hedges based on the approved cash flow forecast. Following the approval of hedges, FiREapps

for Cash Flow automates the trade preparation for onward submission to a liquidity provider or trading platform. FiREapps for

Cash Flow provides control and governance to further enhance your cash flow hedge accounting process.

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FiREapps for Cash Flow sends notifications via the platform

• When monthly forecasting process is underway

• How soon the forecasting process will close

• Progress status for individual users

Forecast Approver Screen

FiREappsBI FOR CASH FLOW EXPOSURE FORECASTINGFiREappsBI brings innovative graphical forecast analytics to FiREapps for Cash Flow, including comprehensive

currency exposure and forecast comparison visualization, bringing people closer to the data they are working with

and empowering them to make better decisions. With options for standard reports and graphs, as well as custom

designed analytics, FiREappsBI can be tailored to meet a vast array of individual business needs.

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FiREappsBI Analytics

GRASP THE COMPLETE PICTURE• Evaluate accuracy and consistency of forecasts provided by the field through the

transformation of data into graphical representations

• Assess forecast evolution to see how forecast and hedge ratios have changed over time

GAIN CONTROL OF YOUR BUSINESS • Gain confidence in data quality at a glance by connecting and transforming data

• Detect and understand underlying details not easily uncovered in spreadsheets or other forecast capture tools

MAKE INFORMED BUSINESS DECISIONS• Incorporate business cycles and seasonality to make better hedging decisions

• Leverage business insights gained from detailed data to drive better program results

THE POWER OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCEFiREappsBI for cash flow exposure forecasting takes raw data and transforms it into useful business information.

By graphically representing the quality of the forecasting process, FiREappsBI provides detailed, timely, easy to

interpret information that enables organizations to make better, faster decisions.

The customizable dashboards, reporting and data visualization available in FiREappsBI allow finance and

treasury organizations to understand and manage currency risk in real time. Additionally, these functionalities

can be used to help recognize problems before they occur, avoid losses and track currency trends

for the future.

FiREappsBI combines strategies, processes and technology to support informed business decisions. By

transforming static data from spreadsheets into charts, graphs, pivot tables and dashboards, finance

and treasury are able to detect variances and areas of difficulty within the forecasting process at a

glance, giving them the power to amend and enhance their program and providing better communication

between departments.

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FiREappsBI Dashboard

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• Improve EBITDA Predictability• Enhance Forecast Accuracy

• Create a Currency Aware Organization

• Increase the accuracy of the revenue and

expense cash flow forecast through automation

and technology

• Provide valuable forecast data quality metrics

to both field and central teams

• Streamline integration with trading platforms

and hedge accounting software

• Institutionalize and Facilitate an End-to-End Process

• Increase Efficiency and Lower Cost

• Decrease process risk from manual steps,

manual calculations and other process driven

inaccuracies

• Increase speed and efficiency of process and

access to data

• Improve controls, audibility and feedback loops

in your process

FiREapps for Cash Flow Benefits

Cash Flow Exposure Forecast

CAPTURE AND CREATE

• Facilitates capture of all forecasted cash flow

exposures and hedges from all people and systems

• Consolidates all exposures into a single view that

can be configured per individual requirements

• Calculates exposures with auditable logic and

documentation

• Performs cell-level variance analysis

HEDGE CREATION, TRADE PREP & EXECUTION

• Automates the trade preparation, including

aggregation and segregation of trades

• Applies decision rules (e.g. target ratios, materiality,

rounding, etc.)

• Automates the calculation of recommended

hedges (based on user-defined rules)

• Facilitates STP to trading venues

REPORTING

• Provides benchmark of forecast performance

(accuracy) using historical forecasts

• Functionality to track/trend the change in

forecast over time

EXPOSURE FORECAST ANALYSIS TOOLS

• Performs flexible cash flow exposure analysis

(real-time grouping & summing capability)

• Drills down from any (data-dimension) level down

to the next level(s) in real time

• Compares current forecast to historical forecasts

or ERP/uploaded actuals on-demand

FiREapps, a Kyriba company, is the leading provider of cloud-based enterprise currency management (ECM) solutions for currency exposure management and enterprise currency analytics. Established in 2005, FiREapps developed the first solution to automate foreign exchange exposure management for multinational companies. Today, the company provides automated solutions to support the analysis and management of currency exposure, as well as the assessment and reporting of how currencies can impact corporate financial performance.

FiREapps is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, with offices in Portland, London and Frankfurt.

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