SAMPLE SHOWCASEProjectFinance & Accounting

SME Cash Flow Forecast Model

A driver-based financial model helping a fictional small business compare cash scenarios, payment delays and hiring decisions over a rolling twelve-month horizon.

By Dinuka Abeysekera (Demo)Finance AnalystProfessional

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12 mo

Forecast horizon

Scenarios

Key drivers

PROJECT STORY

Problem / brief

A fictional services SME was profitable on paper but regularly faced cash pressure because customer payment timing and payroll commitments were not modelled together.

Approach

The model separated revenue drivers, collection timing, fixed costs, variable costs, payroll and one-off investments. It added base, downside and growth scenarios plus a management summary showing minimum cash balance and months at risk.

Outcome

The sample demonstrates how a finance project can show modelling logic, assumptions and decision usefulness instead of uploading a spreadsheet without context. The model highlights where delayed collections create a temporary funding gap.

Evidence included

Assumption sheet

Revenue, collection and cost drivers

12-month forecast

Monthly P&L and cash movement

Scenario controls

Base, downside and growth cases

Management summary

Cash risk indicators and decision points