A rolling cash flow the finance lead stopped dreading
A 16-week rolling cash flow rebuilt by hand every week, breaking whenever a formula got edited.
Weekly cash flow preparation ~4 hrs ~30 min −88%
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Each of these started the same way — a process that worked, but only because somebody was holding it together by hand every month. Client details are anonymised and figures are shared with permission.
Finding the stock discrepancies
Two systems that never agreed on stock, and a month-end that closed on an unexplained difference.
Stock reconciliation cycle 3 days under 1 hr −95%
Read the detailA board pack that stopped taking a week
A monthly board pack assembled by hand from four sources, finished the night before the meeting.
Board pack preparation 3 days half a day −90%
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