Unlock Financial Insights in Minutes: Monthly Review

1hr Video

June 2024

 

Ready to transform your financial management? In this webinar, our executive team—including COO Noah Parsons, CFO Trevor Bettenson, and CEO Sprint Parsons—unveils LivePlan's game-changing Automated Monthly Review feature. Discover how to stop spending hours in spreadsheets and start making smarter, data-driven decisions in minutes. Watch now to learn how you can get a clear, concise, and actionable analysis of your business's health with the click of a button.

What You'll Learn

This webinar is packed with practical tips and answers to the most common questions about financial management. Here’s a look at what we cover:

The "Why" Behind the Monthly Review

  • The Value of Regularity: Understand why every business, regardless of size—from solopreneur to an established team—benefits from a monthly financial review.
  • Stay on Track: Learn how the practice of comparing your actual results to your forecast helps you manage cash flow and make critical decisions before it's too late.
  • Nonprofits are Businesses, Too: See a real-world example of how a nonprofit uses the monthly review to ensure financial sustainability and transparently report to its board.

Mastering the Automated Monthly Review Feature

  • Feature Walkthrough: Get a step-by-step tour of the feature, from navigating the dashboard to understanding the AI-powered analysis.
  • Setup for Success: Learn the three things you need in LivePlan to get the most value: an up-to-date forecast, synced accounting actuals (from QuickBooks or Xero), and monthly forecast detail.
  • AI-Powered Analysis: Discover how the feature uses AI to deliver plain-English summaries, highlight what's most important, and provide actionable "Next Steps" to guide your strategy.

From Insights to Action

  • Drill into Your Data: See how to quickly analyze your top movers in revenue, expenses, and net profit to understand what’s driving your performance.
  • Context is Key: Learn how to compare your results against your forecast, the previous month, and the same month last year to spot trends and identify seasonality.
  • Share with Stakeholders: Find out how to download your entire monthly review as a presentation-ready PDF, perfect for sharing with your team, board members, or financial advisors.

Best Practices for Financial Management

  • The Right Cadence: Get expert advice on when to conduct your monthly review for maximum impact.
  • "Closing the Books": Understand what it means to "close your books" each month and why it’s a critical step for generating an accurate review.
  • Catching Errors: Learn how the monthly review can help you spot potential issues or mistakes in your accounting before they become major problems.