Cash Flow Budget Report

What is a Cash Flow Budget Report? Cash Flow Budget Reports are considered essential planning tools and are used by executives and managers to ensure that its sources and uses of funds provides the necessary liquidity for next year's operations. Some key functionality in this type of budget report will pull data from Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet accounts then display twelve months of budgets across the columns. Part of the logic from underlying asset and liability accounts is a prediction of the timing for Receivables and Payables. The monthly detail provides managers with insight such as upward and downward trends in the cash flow. You will find an example of this type of budget report below.

Purpose of Cash Flow Budget Reports Companies and organizations use Cash Flow Budget Reports to ensure that the business has the liquidity required to fund its planned activities for the coming year. When used as part of good business practices in a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Department, a company can improve its cash flow planning as well as reduce the risk that it incurs extra expenses or disruptions in coming year due to liquidity issues.

Who Uses This Type of Budget Report? The typical users of this type of budget report are: CFOs and Executives. Other Budget Reports Often Used in Conjunction with Cash Flow Budget Reports Progressive Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Departments sometimes use several different Cash Flow Budget Reports, along with profit & loss, balance sheet budgets and other management and control tools.

Where Does the Data for Analysis Originate From? The Actual (historical transactions) data typically comes from enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like: Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) Finance, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC), Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Sage Intacct, Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage 500, Sage X3, SAP Business One, SAP ByDesign, Netsuite and others. In analyses where budgets or forecasts are used, the planning data most often originates from in-house Excel spreadsheet models or from professional xFP&A solutions.

This Solver planning template connects directly to your ERP data via the Solver Data Warehouse, enabling near real-time analysis with minimal setup. Designed for QuickStart deployment, it can be activated rapidly so your team can focus on analysis and decisions — not data preparation.

What is the Cash Flow Budget Report in Solver? The Cash Flow Budget Report is a pre-built xFP&A planning template in Solver that allows finance and business teams to submit planning data directly in Solver, with automatic roll-up to consolidated budget and forecast models.

Who uses this Solver planning template? Budget owners, department managers, and CFOs, FP&A managers, and budget owners use this planning template to enter and submit financial data directly in Solver. It is particularly valuable during annual budgeting and rolling forecast cycles.

Where does the data come from? Data is sourced automatically from your ERP system through the Solver Data Warehouse, which integrates with platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics 365 Finance, Acumatica, Sage Intacct, and other leading ERP solutions. Once connected, the template updates in near real-time with no manual data entry required.

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