September 3, 2024
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How Precanto: Predicts Financial Statements

Are you tired of relying on outdated and tedious financial forecasting methods? Waiting for the month to close, coordinating rapidly across teams and budgets, and/or working with stale data can be time-consuming and frustrating. 

Traditional forecasting methods rely heavily on static spreadsheets, manual data entry, and delayed feedback cycles, leading to reactive decision-making.  This results in missed investment opportunities and financial blind spots. Precanto reshapes this chaotic FP&A landscape with AI-driven Predicted Financial Statements.

representations of the future. 

Seamless Integration with Ask Precanto: Your FP&A AI Helper

The power of Precanto's Predicted Financial Statements seamlessly integrates with Ask Precanto, Your FP&A AI Helper. Ask Precanto is powered by a Generative AI LLM and provides instant answers to all your Predicted Financial Statements-related questions, making it easier than ever to leverage the full potential of Precanto's advanced capabilities.

If you need to understand the potential impact of a predicted cash flow shortfall on your future liquidity, or if you're curious about how a sudden increase in expenses might affect your projected year-end profits, just type the questions into Ask Precanto and it will instantly analyze the data and provide you with a clear, concise answer, allowing you to make informed decisions on the spot. This level of accessibility and immediacy ensures that you always have the critical financial insights you need, right when you need them.

What sets Ask Precanto apart is its ability to be accessed directly within the tools you already use daily, such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, and email. This means you don’t need to log into yet another system or platform to get the answers you need. Whether you’re in the middle of a team discussion in Slack or responding to an urgent email, Ask Precanto is right there with you, providing real-time insights to allow you to make strategic decisions. 

Precanto’s Predicted Financial Statements 

Precanto harnesses the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to deliver precise financial predictions for your Income Statement, Cash Flow, and Balance Sheet with little to no manual effort required. Precanto's Predicted Financial Statements offer an on-demand, comprehensive view of one’s financial situation, enabling FP&A analysts to make informed, proactive decisions.

Predicted Income Statements allow users to anticipate favorability or unfavourability and evaluate potential options to either opportunistically invest or course correct to achieve intended revenues and expenses. With this foresight, businesses can strategically plan for growth and profitability within the requirements of budgets and communicated earnings. This predictive capability allows companies to allocate resources effectively, prioritize investments, and align their strategies with financial goals. It also provides a framework for performance evaluation, enabling businesses to measure actual outcomes against predicted targets, refine their strategies, and continuously improve financial performance. 

Precanto further enhances this process by breaking down the numbers into Actual, Committed, and Predicted categories. Actuals represent figures that have already occurred, Committed numbers are those contractually obligated with limited flexibility, and Predicted figures offer insights that can be used to make course corrections or trade-offs. This structured approach enables more precise financial planning and strategic decision-making.

Predicted Balance Sheets provide anticipated assets, liabilities, and equity, assisting businesses in assessing future financial stability and capital structure. By understanding how their financial position is likely to evolve, businesses can plan for future financing needs, manage debt levels, ensure compliance with covenants, and optimize their asset allocation. This proactive approach to financial management enhances risk assessment, supports compliance with regulatory requirements, and builds confidence among investors, creditors, and other stakeholders. It enables businesses to make strategic decisions that align with their long-term objectives and maximize shareholder value.

Predicted Cash Flow Statements offer predictions of cash inflows and outflows, supporting effective cash management and ensuring that businesses are well-prepared to meet liquidity needs. With Precanto’s predicted cash flows, businesses can avoid cash shortages, optimize their working capital, and seize investment opportunities without disrupting operations. This foresight enables better planning for both short-term and long-term financial stability.

In-Depth Expense Analysis

For any FP&A practitioner, an accurate view of future expenses is critical for optimizing financial performance. Precanto's AI-driven predictions allow analysts to dive deep into detailed categories and identify cost drivers at granular levels. By pinpointing areas for cost savings and optimizing expenditure, businesses can enhance profitability and financial performance. No more waiting for the books to close; with real-time data, Precanto’s AI-driven Predicted Financial Statements enable FP&A teams to make strategic decisions proactively.

Elevating Scenario Modeling

Precanto's AI-driven Predicted Financial Statements is not just about numbers; it's about empowering decision-makers. Precanto enhances the reliability and accuracy of financial predictions by reducing data errors and leveraging advanced AI/ML models. Customizable reporting options allow users to tailor predictions to company-specific views, needs, and scenarios, ensuring the data remains relevant and actionable. 

Often, scenario modeling relies on static data and human-made assumptions, leading to inaccuracies and missed opportunities, especially when the data becomes stale as modeling iterations are considered. With Precanto, businesses are no longer confined to these limitations. The power of real-time data combined with precise future predictions transforms scenario modeling into a dynamic, actionable tool. 

With enhanced visibility into your financial future, scenario modeling becomes more powerful than ever. Decision-makers can anticipate potential outcomes and adjust their strategies on the fly. What-if scenarios evolve into what-now situations, empowering businesses to respond proactively rather than reactively. Whether dealing with market fluctuations, unexpected challenges, or new opportunities, Precanto empowers businesses to course-correct early, ensuring they stay aligned with their financial goals.

Unlocking Transparency and Precision

Precanto provides detailed predictive data, including major category roll-ups and granular GL-level insights.  Businesses enhance financial transparency and gain a clearer view of their expected financial performance. This transparency is crucial for informed decision-making and strategic planning, enabling companies to anticipate trends, allocate resources more effectively, and position themselves for future success.

Proactive Exception Identification

Static data relying on human inputs and assumptions leave forecasting prone to inaccuracies and errors. Precanto's AI/ML detects anomalies and exceptions in financial data, alerting businesses to potential issues before they escalate. This proactive approach not only helps mitigate risks but addresses discrepancies promptly to ensure predictions are accurate 

Precanto: Predicted Financial Statements for the Future of FP&A

With Precanto, businesses gain access to real-time, precise financial predictions that empower them to anticipate future challenges and opportunities. By delivering automated predictions of the P&L, Income Statement, Cash Flows, and Balance Sheet, Precanto provides FP&A teams with the insights they need to make proactive strategic decisions.

Through dynamic scenario modeling and data exception identification, Precanto ensures businesses can adjust strategies proactively, relying on sound real-time data to ensure financial targets are met.

Experience the transformative power of Precanto’s AI-driven Predicted Financial Statements and discover a more agile, accurate approach to financial decision-making that drives a successful future.

Learn more and book a demo today. 

Joshua Hollingsworth

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