Executive advisory dashboard
CFO Scenario Advisor
Be Ready Before It Happens
Business challenges rarely arrive with instructions. Understand the warning signs, assess the financial impact and know what to do next.
Ten scenarios every CFO should have ready
Five categories of business risk
CATEGORY A
Demand
When customers buy less or leave.
Demand Drops Sharply
Sales orders or pipeline coverage fall for two consecutive periods.
Loss of a Key Customer
A major customer reduces activity, delays renewal or indicates they may leave.
CATEGORY B
Pricing & Cost
When margins get squeezed.
Price Pressure
Competitors reduce prices or customers resist increases.
Input Cost Shock
Supplier, wage, energy, freight or material costs increase materially.
CATEGORY C
Supply & Currency
When inputs or exchange rates move.
Supply Disruption
A critical supplier, route or facility becomes unavailable.
Currency Swing
Exchange rates materially affect your costs or overseas income.
CATEGORY D
Capital & Liquidity
When cash and funding tighten.
Funding Delayed or Tightened
Funding arrangements are delayed, withdrawn or made more restrictive.
Covenant Headroom Shrinks
Forecast financial ratios approach your lender's covenant thresholds.
Financial Impact
Six calculators for revenue, pricing, costs, customers, cash and currency.
13-Week Cash Planner
Week-by-week cash with base, downside and severe cases.
Readiness Check
50 questions that show where you're prepared — and where you're not.
My Action Plan
Build, edit, print and save a practical response plan.
The CFO's Four Rules
Name the trigger · Agree the first move · Model the cash first · Rehearse and refresh