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Financial Control Module

Real-time financial visibility for accountants and department managers — including a Smart Cash Flow forecast with "what-if" analysis.

What it does

The Financial Control module gives accounting capabilities not available elsewhere: accountants quickly choose the groups of accounts to track, graphs show month-by-month actual vs. budget vs. last year, and every number drills down to its details. Department managers can watch their controllable expenses in real time instead of waiting for month-end.

Capabilities

  • Smart Cash Flow with "what-if" capabilities — saves hours of manual Excel work each month
  • Month-by-month actual vs. budget vs. last year, in graph and chart form
  • Track any P&L or balance-sheet account to focus on problem areas (roof repairs, travel expenses, and the like)
  • Reports by department/work center or cost center/cost unit
  • Analysis by fiscal year or rolling year
  • G/L-account-based reports: Current Balances, G/L Control, Actual vs. Budget Comparison, Financial Control Report and Cash Flow Forecast

Highlights

The Smart Cash Flow forecast

An on-demand cash-flow forecast that replaces tedious manual projections: display up to 20 columns of weeks, months or a combination, drill down into any figure, and include unlimited non-Macola® expenses such as payroll, loan payments and profit distributions.

The "what-if" analysis answers questions in seconds that used to take a spreadsheet afternoon — for example, projecting cash if customers started paying X days late, or including unreleased purchase orders in the projection.

Expense accounts, actual vs. budget vs. last year

Using a single account or a range, build month-by-month performance reports and graphs for exactly the accounts you care about. Budget figures come from the Macola® G/L — each report selects its accounts and budget scenario in its setup (the red wrench icon), as described in Setting up budgets.

Adapted from the official Financial Control fact sheet (PDF) and the Cash Flow Forecast overview (PDF) on leahyconsulting.com.

Need a hand?

The PULSE support team is happy to help — call (513) 723-8095 or email [email protected].