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How to make corporate bank reporting easier: transaction mapping rules

For a large and complex business, corporate bank reporting can be painful. A large number of accounts, each containing a multitude of transactions, can make the process of analysing cash flows unwieldy and time consuming. This equally applies to completing the actuals component of a forecast model, where the data ...

John Champion - September 12, 2019

How to set up a best practice 13-week cash flow forecast

13 weeks is the most popular cash forecasting time horizon. This is because it strikes a balance between accuracy and range, allowing companies to forecast accurately enough to strengthen decision making, and offering a view into the future that stretches far enough to support medium-term planning. Although we’ve covered the ...

John Champion - August 08, 2019

CashAnalytics at the ACT Annual Conference 2019

CashAnalytics were pleased to exhibit at the ACT Annual Conference 2019. This year’s conference was held Manchester Central on the 21st and 22nd May, with the overall theme of “Embracing Disruption”. Under this theme, many of the talks at the event discussed how technology is rapidly changing the lives of ...

John Champion - May 24, 2019

How electronic bank statements enable automated bank reporting

Electronic bank statements are the cornerstone of automated bank reporting. They enable CashAnalytics, as a specialised cash flow forecasting software provider, to offer live and consolidated cash balance reporting to our clients. Although electronic bank statements can be obtained with a simple request to the issuing bank, banks typically don’...

Martin Gillespie - May 17, 2019

Why Finance is Driving the Advanced Technologies Agenda

Working with finance and treasury teams on both sides of the Atlantic, a trend we increasingly see is that IT teams are no longer the gate-keepers when it comes to purchasing technology. Rather, it is finance and treasury themselves who identify and engage the technologies they need to enhance performance. ...

John Champion - May 09, 2019

Product Updates: April 2019

As our monthly Product Update series continues, below we’ll take a look at some of the software upgrades made by CashAnalytics over the previous month, and which demonstrate our commitment to client lead product innovation. New: Forecast Modelling April saw the launch of a brand-new feature within CashAnalytics. This ...

John Champion - May 02, 2019

Data visualisation: accelerating the rise of finance and treasury

In a recent post, we discussed how data visualisation techniques can be used to uncover insights in cash forecasting data. That post offered examples of cash forecasting data visualisations and demonstrated how they enable users to spot insights that might be missed when simply wading through raw data. These insights ...

John Champion - May 01, 2019

How will machine learning, artificial intelligence, and automation help accounting and treasury?

As machine learning, artificial intelligence, and automation transform the finance function, teams are finding new ways to enhance decision support and strengthen their organisations’ competitive advantage. With more organisations recognising the potential of data to drive business development and growth, expectations of finance are shifting. Teams are beginning to focus ...

Conor Deegan - April 23, 2019

Bank reporting connectivity: the key to live cash flow visibility

Many people working in corporate treasury and finance teams struggle to gain visibility over current cash flow levels due to an unwieldy number of accounts. The vast array of different accounts means that the manual, slow, and administratively heavy task of accessing bank account information prevents any kind of real-time, ...

Martin Gillespie - April 11, 2019

Product Updates: March 2019

Continuing our monthly Product Update series, this blog post offers a retrospective look at software upgrades made by CashAnalytics over the previous month. Below, you’ll find a close look at a couple of key improvements, which demonstrate our commitment to client lead product innovation. New: Updated User Interface Over ...

John Champion - April 05, 2019

Big Data in Finance

As “Big Data” and analytics facilitate the finance team’s transition from cost-centre to strategic business partner, new opportunities are opening up for individuals willing to acquire the necessary skills. Why is this in focus now? In recent years, new technologies and lower computing costs have made it possible for ...

Conor Deegan - March 26, 2019

Understanding APIs

Application Programming Interfaces (API) enable the exchange of information rapidly and securely between different systems. For example, this might be automating the transfer of data between an organisation’s ERP and its bank, or streamlining the exchange of information between internal systems, perhaps replacing batch processing with real-time information. API ...

Martin Gillespie - March 21, 2019