Optimize Cash Flow Forecasting to Navigate Uncertainty with Confidence: A Guide for CFOs

In today’s turbulent economic environment, CFOs must not only do more with less, but also ensure their businesses remain agile and resilient. One of the most powerful tools a CFO has in their toolkit to manage through uncertainty is optimizing cash flow forecasting. Yet, as the 2024 Deloitte Global Treasury Survey highlights, only 18% of treasury professionals rate their cash forecasting as best-in-class, while over a third feel they are falling short.

This CFO’s Guide: Optimizing Cash Flow Forecasting to Better Navigate Uncertainty is designed to help CFOs and other finance leaders change that reality. This practical ebook explores actionable strategies CFOs can implement to transform cash flow forecasting from a reactive, spreadsheet-heavy task into a strategic, data-driven process that informs smarter decisions across the business.

In this guide, you’ll learn:

• Why forecasting accuracy is more critical during periods of economic volatility
• How scenario planning can uncover hidden risks—and opportunities—before they impact your business
• Best practices for fostering cross-functional collaboration across departments like AP, FP&A, and Sales to ensure timely and accurate data inputs
• How modern automated cash management solutions can reduce manual work and boost forecast accuracy

Whether you’re looking to improve day-to-day liquidity management or empower more impactful business insights, this guide offers some actionable steps to get there—without needing to implement a costly and overly complex Treasury Management System (TMS).

Get the guide to discover how leading CFOs are reimagining cash forecasting to drive better outcomes amidst uncertainty.