Cash flow forecaster for eCommerce brands, US$500 a month to start
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Remote
Posted 6d ago
Job Description
I am Judith, a strategic CFO for eCommerce brands. I do not run a traditional firm. My clients live in Slack with me. When a founder has a cash question, they want the forecast changed then and there, not a ticket and a turnaround. That is the job I am hiring for.
WHAT YOU DO
- Own the cash flow forecast for one client to begin with: a 13-week view and a 12-month view in Google Sheets. Our pipeline rebuilds the numbers from Xero or QuickBooks every day. You make them mean something.
- Monthly refresh: by the 5th business day, update the drivers from the purchase order tracker, the payables schedule, planned ad spend, payroll, loans and tax, and compare last month's forecast with what happened.
- In between: sit in the client's Slack channel with me. When the founder asks "can we pay the supplier on the 28th" or "what if we double ads in November", you change the forecast and answer in the channel the same day. The forecast is live, so the founder sees it as you change it. I handle the client relationship and I report back to the founder; you handle the numbers.
- Tell me what you changed and what you could not resolve, in Slack, in plain words.
YOU
- You have forecast cash for a business that holds stock: supplier deposits, freight, 3PL fees, channel payouts, ad spend that moves with sales.
- Xero, QuickBooks Online, Google Sheets. That is the whole tool list.
- You are comfortable in Slack all day and you answer the same day.
- You write plainly.
TERMS
- US$500 a month for one client, paid as a monthly milestone. US$625 a month for a client with two entities. Each client I add is another US$500.
- Non-exclusive. Keep your other work.
- Read-only access to the client's ledger and forecast. No journals, no client calls.
- One internal team call a month on Zoom, inside Brisbane hours (AEST). Everything else is Slack.
- The first month is the paid trial.
TO APPLY
1. Start your proposal with the word LEDGER so I know you read this.
2. Give me the four letters of your Myers-Briggs or 16Personalities profile.
3. One cash flow forecast you built for a business that holds stock: what moved cash that the P&L did not show?
4. A supplier deposit of 80,000 is due on the 28th and your forecast says cash goes negative on the 26th. What do you do, in three sentences?
Shortlisted applicants get one client's live forecast and a 30-minute call with me.
WHAT YOU DO
- Own the cash flow forecast for one client to begin with: a 13-week view and a 12-month view in Google Sheets. Our pipeline rebuilds the numbers from Xero or QuickBooks every day. You make them mean something.
- Monthly refresh: by the 5th business day, update the drivers from the purchase order tracker, the payables schedule, planned ad spend, payroll, loans and tax, and compare last month's forecast with what happened.
- In between: sit in the client's Slack channel with me. When the founder asks "can we pay the supplier on the 28th" or "what if we double ads in November", you change the forecast and answer in the channel the same day. The forecast is live, so the founder sees it as you change it. I handle the client relationship and I report back to the founder; you handle the numbers.
- Tell me what you changed and what you could not resolve, in Slack, in plain words.
YOU
- You have forecast cash for a business that holds stock: supplier deposits, freight, 3PL fees, channel payouts, ad spend that moves with sales.
- Xero, QuickBooks Online, Google Sheets. That is the whole tool list.
- You are comfortable in Slack all day and you answer the same day.
- You write plainly.
TERMS
- US$500 a month for one client, paid as a monthly milestone. US$625 a month for a client with two entities. Each client I add is another US$500.
- Non-exclusive. Keep your other work.
- Read-only access to the client's ledger and forecast. No journals, no client calls.
- One internal team call a month on Zoom, inside Brisbane hours (AEST). Everything else is Slack.
- The first month is the paid trial.
TO APPLY
1. Start your proposal with the word LEDGER so I know you read this.
2. Give me the four letters of your Myers-Briggs or 16Personalities profile.
3. One cash flow forecast you built for a business that holds stock: what moved cash that the P&L did not show?
4. A supplier deposit of 80,000 is due on the 28th and your forecast says cash goes negative on the 26th. What do you do, in three sentences?
Shortlisted applicants get one client's live forecast and a 30-minute call with me.