Finance tools
Forecast growth and cash, track an operating plan, review lender headroom, or estimate software costs.
The forecast, lender reporting, and value creation dashboards share ExampleCo Services, a fictional company. Links between them carry your numeric assumptions. ToolCosts is a separate software budget.
Can the business fund the plan?
Rolling forecast
Change revenue, hiring, and collections. See the monthly cash requirement and test a downside case.
Open rolling forecast →How much debt headroom remains?
Lender reporting
Reconcile projected cash and debt, review hypothetical covenant headroom, and prepare a reporting checklist.
Open lender reporting →What needs to change?
Value creation plan
Assign owners, dates, and evidence to revenue, hiring, and collection priorities. See the separate effects on EBITDA and cash.
Open value creation plan →What will the software cost?
ToolCosts
Estimate subscription, usage, setup, and administration costs. Compare potential time savings with actual cash savings.
Open calculator →ExampleCo Services
The example starts with $24M of annual revenue, $3.6M of trailing EBITDA, $12M of gross debt, and $2M of cash. Management is considering growth, additional hires, and faster collections.
- Starting annual revenue
- $24M
- Historical EBITDA margin
- 15%
- Starting gross leverage
- 3.33×
- Collection assumption
- 45 days
Try the downside case
Choose Downside in the rolling forecast. Review its January cash buffer and December leverage exception, then open lender reporting with those assumptions. In the value creation plan, record the evidence, owner, and next decision needed.
Each ExampleCo tool can generate a decision brief. Save named scenarios or export a case file to compare your assumptions later.
ExampleCo Excel workbook
Editable assumptions, forecast, lender schedule, reporting calendar, and initiative tracker. No email required.
The workbook starts with the original Base case. Export CSV for your current browser scenario.
About the models
These simplified examples were built with AI assistance. Their definitions and limits are included with the tools. Engagement case studies are available on sethsokoloff.com.
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