Scenario Forecasts Built on Your Real Numbers
Model base, upside, and downside cases from live actuals, see cash and runway implications instantly, and reforecast in an afternoon instead of a week.
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What forecasting in Fintra does
Forecasting in Fintra starts from the ledger, not from a blank sheet. Because revenue, payroll, expenses, and bills already live in one system of record, the forecast inherits real run rates and real payment timing. You adjust drivers - growth, hiring, churn, pricing - and Fintra projects P&L and cash under each scenario.
- Scenario forecasts: base, upside, and downside maintained side by side
- Cash flow projection built from actual receivables, payables, and payroll timing
- Rolling reforecasts that blend actuals to date with the plan for remaining months
- Runway and cash low-point visibility under every scenario
Core capabilities
| Capability | What it does | What it replaces |
|---|---|---|
| Scenario modeling | Runs base, upside, and downside cases from shared drivers | Three diverging spreadsheet copies |
| Cash forecasting | Projects cash from real AR, AP, and payroll schedules | Hand-built 13-week cash sheets |
| Rolling reforecast | Blends actuals to date with plan for the rest of the year | Quarterly re-planning marathons |
| Driver sensitivity | Shows how a change in one driver moves revenue and runway | One-off what-if analyses |
| Board reporting | Exports forecast vs actuals with approved commentary | Slide decks rebuilt by hand |
How it works
From actuals to an approved forecast
- 1
Anchor on actuals
Fintra reads run rates, seasonality, and payment timing straight from your ledger - no data import step.
- 2
Set scenario drivers
Define growth, hiring, and churn assumptions for base, upside, and downside cases.
- 3
Review projections
See P&L, cash, and runway for each scenario, with AI highlighting the assumptions that matter most.
- 4
Approve the forecast
A named owner signs off before a scenario becomes the official forecast shared with the team or board.
- 5
Reforecast monthly
Each close rolls actuals into the model, so the forecast never drifts from reality.
Governance and audit trail
A forecast that reaches your board needs to be defensible. Fintra keeps AI on a leash: AgentFence policies restrict what forecasting agents may change on their own, and every assumption edit is logged in the SentriAI-powered audit trail with author, timestamp, and prior value.
What stays auditable
- Every driver change, with who made it and the value it replaced
- Which scenario was approved as the forecast of record, and by whom
- AI-suggested adjustments, kept separate from human-approved numbers
- Snapshots of each board-reported forecast for later comparison
A worked example
Frequently asked questions
How accurate are AI-assisted forecasts?
The forecast is anchored to your actual ledger data - real run rates, real payment timing - which removes the most common source of error: stale inputs. AI highlights sensitive assumptions and drafts scenarios, but people set the drivers and approve the forecast of record, so accuracy stays inspectable rather than a black box.
Can Fintra do a 13-week cash flow forecast?
Yes. Because bills, invoices, and payroll live in the same system, Fintra projects weekly cash from actual due dates and pay schedules rather than averaged monthly figures. You can extend the same model to monthly and annual horizons without maintaining a separate cash spreadsheet.
How is this different from Datarails or other FP&A tools?
Standalone FP&A tools sit on top of your accounting stack and sync data into it. Fintra delivers Datarails-class planning inside the same system that runs your general ledger, payroll, and bill pay - so there is no integration to maintain and forecasts always start from live actuals.
Do I need a finance team to use it?
No. Founders and operators can run scenarios directly: drivers are plain-language assumptions like hires per quarter or monthly growth rate, and AI explains what each change does to cash and runway. When you do add finance hires, approvals and audit history are already in place for them.
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