Use case · Finance

Every commitment, every receivable, every payment — in one view.

AR, AP, and treasury each own their piece. Symphony keeps every function's updates private until they Submit — and gives the CFO a real-time view of the whole cashflow picture.

The situation today

Cashflow lives in three spreadsheets.

AR sends collections status on Monday. AP sends payables on Wednesday. Treasury tracks cash position daily. The CFO gets three separate spreadsheets that don't tie out, and by Thursday, the numbers are already stale.

When the CFO needs to answer a board question about cash runway, someone has to spend half a day reconciling. In an emerging business, cashflow discipline is not optional — but the tools make it feel that way.

How Symphony fits

Two ways to structure your cashflow book.

Symphony gives finance teams two proven approaches.

Option 1

A worksheet per function

AR, AP, and treasury each get their own worksheet inside the shared cashflow workbook. Each function updates its part privately, then Submits. The CFO Refreshes to see the whole cashflow picture.

Best for:Teams where each function has its own detailed tracking and needs a clear boundary.

Each function tracks what matters to it
CFO sees the full picture on Refresh
No manual reconciliation between spreadsheets

Option 2

One cashflow, row by category

All cashflow items live in one worksheet, categorized by type (receivable, payable, commitment). Each row is owned by AR, AP, or treasury. Owners update privately, then Submit. Everyone sees the whole book.

Best for:Smaller finance teams where one central book is easier to manage than separate function worksheets.

One book, all cashflow items
Filterable by category or owner
Simpler for the CFO to scan

Both approaches give you a full transaction history, diff-any-two-periods comparison, and reasons attached to every update.

A typical workflow

From daily updates to weekly cashflow review.

Finance sets up the cashflow book.

Categories (receivables, payables, commitments, cash positions) are established. AR, AP, and treasury are invited.

Each function updates privately.

AR updates collections. AP updates payables. Treasury updates cash positions. Each on their own cadence, throughout the day.

Submit when there's a material change.

Big customer payment received? Submit. Vendor payment scheduled? Submit. Cash position shift? Submit.

CFO Refreshes before every review.

Board call, investor update, weekly finance meeting — the CFO Refreshes and sees the current cashflow picture. Always.

Diff for weekly reviews.

Compare this week's cashflow against last week's. See exactly what moved and why.

Escalate at-risk items.

Late receivables, upcoming large payments, cash runway shifts — surfaced immediately, not discovered at month-end.

Benefits at play here

Why this works.

Four Symphony benefits do the heaviest lifting for cashflow management.

Benefit 04

Store information in a Database, not a file — and without IT help.

Benefit 03

Understand what, when, why, and who changed the information.

Benefit 02

Work privately and Sync-By-Choice.

Benefit 06

Assemble purposeful workbooks, conduct multiple private conversations per worksheet.

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