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Cash Flow Dashboard Example for FP&A. Build yours in minutes.
Describe what you want in plain English. Coefficient turns accounting data in your spreadsheet into a live, BI-quality dashboard. Ask Coefficient AI for insights and set AI alerts to Slack, Teams or email.
Free QuickBooks cash flow template for Google Sheets
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Start from the Google Sheets template.
Connect QuickBooks Online with Coefficient and use this pre-built spreadsheet template with your QBO data.
How to build a Cash Flow Dashboard with Coefficient AI
No BI tool, no SQL and no data team. If you can describe the report, you can build it.
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Connect your accounting system - NetSuite, QBO, Xero etc. to spreadsheet
Describe the cash flow dashboard you want to build
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Connect
Connect your accounting system - NetSuite, QBO, Xero etc. to spreadsheet
Describe
Describe the cash flow dashboard you want to build
Share
Share the live dashboard with anyone. With Personalized Views
Coefficient helped us cut month-end close for our clients from 10 to 3 days. What used to take weeks of manual work now happens in a few clicks.
Finance data sources and connectors you can use with Coefficient AI
Build this dashboard from any accounting or ERP system Coefficient supports, including QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, Xero and Sage Intacct. Add a bank, billing or payroll source to the same sheet for a fuller cash picture.
- Source system
- QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, Xero, Sage Intacct and more
- Objects pulled
- Bank transactions, account balances, cash flow statement, general ledger
- Refresh
- Hourly, daily or weekly
- Two-way sync
- Yes for QuickBooks Online and NetSuite. Push updates from the spreadsheet back to the source
- Spreadsheet
- Google Sheets, Excel
Analyze and gather insights from the cash flow dashboard by asking Coefficient AI
Coefficient Dashboards are more than just visuals. Coefficient AI can analyze the data for you. Just ask for it.
Accountant
"Which bank account explains the gap between the ledger and the bank balance?"
FP&A Manager
"Where does the 13-week forecast get closest to our cash floor?"
Controller
"Which outflow categories grew fastest this quarter?"
CFO
"What's our cash position across entities going into the board meeting?"
With Coefficient I went from downloading 100+ tables every Monday to writing a strategic summary the management team eagerly waits for.
What makes this cash flow dashboard different
Free viewer sharing
Drill down to the source record
Slack, Teams and email alerts
Row-level security
Key Metrics used to build this cash flow dashboard
Critical KPIs, each pulled live from your accounting system, with the data behind every number.
Total Cash on Hand
Accounting system · bank account balancesEnding balance across every bank and cash account at period end.
Net Cash Flow
Accounting system · cash transactionsCash received minus cash paid over the period, across operating, investing and financing activity.
Operating Cash Flow
Accounting system · operating activitiesCash from core operations: customer receipts less payroll, vendor, rent and tax payments.
Cash Runway
Accounting system · cash on hand, net burnMonths of cash left at the current net burn. Shows "cash building" when net cash flow is positive.
Reserve Balance
Accounting system · bank account balancesBalance held in money market or savings accounts, tracked apart from operating cash.
13-Week Projected Cash
Accounting system · scheduled receipts and paymentsProjected ending cash 13 weeks out, from scheduled inflows and outflows.
Why not just use your accounting software reports?
The two things people try first, and where each one stops.
| Coefficient | Accounting software reports | LLMClaude, ChatGPT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you get | Live dashboard at a URL | Static report inside the ledger | A one-off chart or summary |
| Stays current | Scheduled refresh | Run on demand | Re-prompt each time |
| Multi-source | Accounting, bank and billing in one view | One system | Whatever you paste in |
| Traceability | Drill down to the transaction | Within the ledger only | No link back to source rows |
| Sharing | Link, no ledger access needed | Needs a user seat | Not built for team sharing |
| Per-viewer access | Row-level security | Role permissions | None |
Cash flow dashboard FAQs
Customize this cash flow dashboard with Coefficient
Change the metrics, add a second data source or rebrand it. Describe what you want in plain English and Coefficient rebuilds it on your live data.
