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Cash Flow Planning and Forecasting

Profitable companies fail over cash timing. Planned companies do not.

Cash problems rarely announce themselves early. A big customer stretches payment from thirty days to sixty, a deposit-heavy job consumes materials money months before billing, the slow season lands on top of a quarterly tax payment, and suddenly a profitable business is sweating a payroll Friday. The income statement never saw it coming because the income statement does not measure timing, and timing is where businesses actually break.

Cash flow planning at Integris Accounting gives you a forward view of your bank account. We build a rolling forecast from your real receivable, payable, payroll, debt, and tax rhythms, so you see tight weeks coming with time to act rather than react. Around the forecast we work the levers: collection practices, payment sequencing, seasonal reserves, and credit arranged before it is needed, because the cheapest financing is always the kind negotiated without desperation.

Who this is for

This work is built for businesses whose cash timing is inherently rough: construction contractors floating labor and materials ahead of draws, transportation companies fronting fuel against slow-paying brokers, distributors with capital tied up in inventory, seasonal South Florida operations, and any growing company discovering that expansion consumes cash faster than profit replaces it. If you have ever been profitable on paper and anxious at the bank, you are the audience.

Cash Flow Planning

Why clients choose this

  • See tight weeks a month before they arrive
  • Payroll never in doubt again
  • Tax deadlines funded in advance, calmly
  • Growth financed with fewer surprises
  • Credit lines secured from strength, not desperation

Ready to get started?

Stop discovering cash problems the week they hit. Call (305) 497-0552 to build your forecast.

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What's included

What you get

Rolling cash forecast

A living projection of inflows and outflows, updated on a regular rhythm, showing your projected position weeks and months ahead rather than in hindsight.

Receivables acceleration

Invoice timing, terms, deposits, and collection cadence get redesigned to shorten the distance between doing the work and banking the money.

Payables sequencing

We structure vendor payments to use available terms fully without damaging relationships, keeping cash in your account as long as it legitimately can be.

Seasonal reserve planning

South Florida businesses breathe with seasons and storms. We size reserves during strong months so weak months are planned events, not crises.

Tax payment integration

Quarterly estimates and annual payments are built into the forecast, ending the pattern of tax deadlines colliding with operating cash.

Credit readiness

We help you establish lines of credit while the numbers are strong, so the safety net exists before anything needs catching.

How it works

The engagement, step by step

Step

Cash rhythm analysis

We study a year of actual flows to map your real timing patterns, seasonality, and pressure points.

Step

Forecast construction

A rolling model is built around those rhythms, tested against recent history, and tuned until its predictions hold.

Step

Lever implementation

Receivables, payables, reserves, and credit strategies get put in place to widen your margin of safety.

Step

Ongoing monitoring

Forecast and actuals are compared regularly, with alerts raised early whenever the road ahead narrows.

FAQ

Cash Flow Planning, common questions

We are profitable. Why do we keep running out of cash?

Because profit and cash move on different calendars. Revenue is earned when billed but collected weeks later, while payroll, materials, and loan payments leave on their own fixed schedule. Growth widens that gap, since every new job or customer requires cash before it returns any. A forecast makes the gap visible and manageable.

How far ahead should a small business forecast?

A rolling window of roughly thirteen weeks catches most operational pressure, extended with a monthly view running out a year for taxes, seasonality, and larger plans. The near window drives weekly decisions; the far window drives strategy. We maintain both without burying you in spreadsheet maintenance.

What can we do about customers who pay slowly?

Plenty, and mostly without confrontation: deposits and progress billing, tightened terms for new accounts, invoicing the day work completes instead of month-end, systematic reminders, and early-payment incentives where the math works. We identify which levers fit your customer relationships and quantify what each is worth before you change anything.

Is this a one-time project or ongoing?

Either, honestly. Some clients need a forecast built around a specific event, like an expansion or a large contract, and take it from there. Most keep it running as part of monthly accounting or a fractional CFO engagement, because a forecast maintained is worth far more than a forecast filed away.

Let's talk about cash flow planning

One conversation with a CPA who knows your industry can change the trajectory of your year. Schedule a strategy session, bring your questions, your last return, and thirty minutes.