A cash forecast can look precise while starting from the wrong bank balance, counting a sale twice, or treating an unapproved payment delay as available cash. This skill catches those problems before the workbook reaches a decision meeting.
It builds a 13-week direct-method forecast from controlled cash, AR, AP, payroll, tax, debt, and operating inputs. It separates committed events, evidence-backed assumptions, and proposed management actions. Weekly roll-forwards reconcile actual cash, preserve timing differences, explain gross receipt and payment variance, and add a new forecast week.
The output shows the first operating-floor breach, lowest cash week, scenario drivers, open evidence, owner decisions, and liquidity action cards. It prepares the work for finance review. Authorized people still approve payments, borrowing, accounting treatment, tax decisions, and the forecast itself.