Finance Insights

This course covers Finance Insights in Quickenerp: 57 executive dashboards and reports across cash, customers, vendors, performance, and audit. Learn how to read the KPI dashboard, monitor cash flow in real time, track customer/vendor risk, use the audit screens, and generate executive reports for decision-making.

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Cash Flow & Forecasting

Cash Flow Management

Cash Flow View

Go to Finance Insights > Cash > Cash Flow Forecast. Shows:

Opening Balance – Cash at start of period.
Expected Inflows – Open invoices due, expected payments.
Expected Outflows – Vendor bills due, payroll, recurring expenses.
Net Cash Flow – Inflows – Outflows.
Closing Balance – Projected end balance.

Forecast Periods

7-day forecast – Immediate liquidity check.
30-day forecast – Short-term planning.
90-day forecast – Medium-term strategy.
Custom date range.

Other Cash Screens

Screen	What It's For
Cash Position 360	Total cash across every bank/cash account right now, in one consolidated view.
Cash Conversion Efficiency	How efficiently operating activity converts into actual cash (vs just booked profit).
Free Cash Flow	Cash generated after operating costs and capital spending — what's actually available to reinvest or distribute.
Burn Rate & Runway	For cash-negative periods: monthly burn and how many months of cash remain at the current rate.
Working Capital Cycle	How long cash is tied up between paying suppliers and collecting from customers.
Liquidity Stress Test	Models how the cash position holds up under a revenue-drop or delayed-collections scenario.
Currency Exposure	How much cash/receivables/payables sit in each foreign currency, and the resulting FX risk.

Cash Flow Alerts

Configure alerts in Settings:

Low Cash Threshold – Alert when projected cash drops below a set amount.
Large Payment Alert – Notify when a single outflow exceeds a set amount.
Overdue Receivable Alert – Daily summary of overdue invoices.

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Cash Flow Management

Cash Flow View

Go to Finance Insights > Cash > Cash Flow Forecast. Shows:

Opening Balance – Cash at start of period.
Expected Inflows – Open invoices due, expected payments.
Expected Outflows – Vendor bills due, payroll, recurring expenses.
Net Cash Flow – Inflows – Outflows.
Closing Balance – Projected end balance.

Forecast Periods

7-day forecast – Immediate liquidity check.
30-day forecast – Short-term planning.
90-day forecast – Medium-term strategy.
Custom date range.

Other Cash Screens

Screen	What It's For
Cash Position 360	Total cash across every bank/cash account right now, in one consolidated view.
Cash Conversion Efficiency	How efficiently operating activity converts into actual cash (vs just booked profit).
Free Cash Flow	Cash generated after operating costs and capital spending — what's actually available to reinvest or distribute.
Burn Rate & Runway	For cash-negative periods: monthly burn and how many months of cash remain at the current rate.
Working Capital Cycle	How long cash is tied up between paying suppliers and collecting from customers.
Liquidity Stress Test	Models how the cash position holds up under a revenue-drop or delayed-collections scenario.
Currency Exposure	How much cash/receivables/payables sit in each foreign currency, and the resulting FX risk.

Cash Flow Alerts

Configure alerts in Settings:

Low Cash Threshold – Alert when projected cash drops below a set amount.
Large Payment Alert – Notify when a single outflow exceeds a set amount.
Overdue Receivable Alert – Daily summary of overdue invoices.

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Introduction to Finance Insights

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Finance Insights Module

Finance Insights provides real-time dashboards and KPIs for executives. It aggregates data from Accounting, Sales, Purchases, and Inventory to give a comprehensive financial view, organised under five menus: Dashboards, Cash, Customers, Vendors, Performance, and Audit.

Core Concepts

Concept	Description
KPI Dashboard	Visual cards showing Revenue, Expenses, Profit, Cash Balance, Receivables, Payables.
Cash Flow	Projected cash inflows and outflows over the next 30/60/90 days.
Revenue Breakdown	Sales by product, customer, salesperson, channel.
Expense Breakdown	Costs by category, department, vendor.
Profitability Analysis	Gross profit and net profit trends with comparison to targets.
Budget vs Actual	Compare actual performance against budgeted figures.

Accessing Finance Insights

Go to Finance Insights from the main dashboard. The overview page (Executive Dashboard) shows:

Top KPI cards (Revenue, Expenses, Net Profit, Cash, AR, AP).
Revenue and expense trend chart (last 12 months).
Top 5 customers by revenue.
Aged receivables summary.
Upcoming payments.

CFO Command Center

The CFO Command Center screen is the single highest-altitude view — it pulls the headline number from most of the other screens in this course onto one page, meant to be the first thing a CFO or owner opens each morning before drilling into any specific area.

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Dashboards & KPIs

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KPI Dashboards

Key Performance Indicators

KPI	Formula	What It Tells You
Revenue	Sum of invoiced sales (current period)	Top-line growth.
Gross Profit	Revenue – Cost of Goods Sold	Product profitability.
Net Profit	Revenue – All Expenses	Overall business profitability.
Gross Margin %	(Gross Profit / Revenue) × 100	Pricing and cost efficiency.
Operating Expenses Ratio	(OpEx / Revenue) × 100	Cost control effectiveness.
Current Ratio	Current Assets / Current Liabilities	Short-term liquidity.
Days Sales Outstanding	(AR / Revenue) × 365	Average collection time.
Days Payable Outstanding	(AP / COGS) × 365	Average payment time.
Inventory Turnover	COGS / Avg Inventory Value	How fast inventory sells.

Customizing the Dashboard

Click the Edit button (pencil icon) on any KPI card.
Change the Period: Today, This Week, This Month, This Quarter, This Year, Custom Range.
Change Comparison: Show vs previous period, vs budget.
Target: Set a target value. KPI turns green/red based on attainment.
Drill Down: Click any KPI to see the underlying transactions.

Chart Types

Charts on the dashboard can be:

Line Chart – Trends over time.
Bar Chart – Compare categories.
Pie Chart – Revenue/expense distribution.
Gauge – Single KPI vs target.
Table – Detailed list view.

Financial Ratios & Multi-Year Comparison

The Financial Ratios screen calculates the standard set (liquidity, leverage, efficiency, profitability ratios) in one place instead of building them manually in a spreadsheet. Multi-Year Comparison and Three-Statement View lay out several years of Balance Sheet/P&L/Cash Flow side by side for trend spotting.

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This documentation is updated continuously. Some features described here may be renamed, deprecated, or still being finalized.