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Quant-Grade Cash Flow Forecasting • For CPA Firms & FCFOs

Cash flow forecasting that treats uncertainty like a first-class citizen.

Fracfai’s cash flow forecasting service applies institutional-grade data science to real-world accounting data. The result: forecasts that are more rigorous, more stable, and more transparent than traditional spreadsheet models, built to support your advisory work, not to replace it.

We do not offer bookkeeping, cleanup, or tax services. Forecasting is a dedicated, neutral layer that sits behind your firm and strengthens your conversations about future cash.

Snapshot: What You Get

Advisory-ready
  • • 13-week, quarterly, and annual cash flow forecasts.
  • • Statistically grounded uncertainty ranges, not just a single line.
  • • Narrative insight and driver analysis you can use in client meetings.
  • • White-label-friendly reporting designed for CPA firms and FCFOs.

Built for messy data

Models are designed to work with real-world books: seasonality, gaps, odd outliers, and imperfect categorization.

Designed for humans

Outputs are written so partners, controllers, and clients can understand why the forecast looks the way it does.

Forecasts are decision-support tools. They are meant to sit alongside your own judgment, not to dictate outcomes.

What Makes This Forecasting Different

Most forecasts used in practice are built in spreadsheets, driven by a few growth-rate assumptions and manual tweaks. They can be helpful, but they struggle with noise, structural change, and uncertainty. Fracfai’s approach is different by design.

Beyond single-model projections

Instead of relying on a single forecasting formula, we use a family of models, tuned to different horizons and patterns, to reduce over-reliance on any one view of the future.

More than growth-rate averaging

We do not simply average prior periods and extend a line. The system examines how inflows and outflows actually behave — including volatility and clustering — and reflects that in the forecast.

Not just another dashboard

This is not a visualization tool with a thin forecasting layer. The engine is forecasting-first: the visuals and narratives exist to explain the underlying statistical view, not to replace it.

More stability than gut-feel Excel

Manual Excel models can be fragile: a single assumption change can swing the entire result. Our method is designed to be less sensitive to small edits and more consistent across time.

Built to support, not replace CFOs

The service is intentionally partner-friendly. We provide a rigorous forecast; you decide how to frame it, adjust it, and use it inside your broader advisory work.

Designed for CPA-level scrutiny

Forecasts come with explanations, not just numbers. The aim is to be something you can stand behind in partner meetings and client conversations.

How the Forecasting Works (High-Level)

The modeling pipeline is built to be robust to noise, honest about uncertainty, and informative for real-world decisions — without requiring you to think like a quant.

Multi-model perspective

Rather than commit to a single view, we look at the business through multiple forecasting lenses. This helps reduce the risk that one modeling choice dominates the story.

Robust to noisy history

The system is designed to handle irregularities, outliers, and structural breaks more gracefully than simple trend-extensions or rules-based tools.

Uncertainty as a feature

Instead of hiding volatility, we quantify it. Forecasts include intervals that frame upside, base, and downside paths so advisors can talk in ranges, not certainties.

Insight from features

We examine which patterns and drivers seem most influential for the forecast — turning raw structure into plain-English commentary you can use.

Technical details (such as specific model types or training procedures) are deliberately abstracted. The focus for firms is on reliability, interpretability, and fit with professional judgment — not on algorithms.

What You Get from a Forecasting Engagement

Deliverables are built so you can incorporate them directly into advisory meetings, internal files, and lender or board conversations.

Forecast Outputs

  • 13-week cash flow forecast with weekly detail.
  • Quarterly view for planning and budgeting discussions.
  • Annual perspective where history and structure allow.
  • Structured uncertainty intervals around each horizon.

Analysis & Narrative

  • Written summary of key patterns and inflection points.
  • Discussion of main drivers influencing the forecast.
  • Scenario-ready structure you can adapt (e.g., hiring, spend changes).
  • Optional commentary linking forecast to KPIs your firm already tracks.

Reporting & Format

  • PDF or slide-style summary for leadership and clients.
  • Supporting tables in a structured format (e.g., CSV, Excel).
  • White-label-friendly layout suitable for firm branding.
  • Clear disclaimers and limitations aligned with professional use.

Privacy & Anonymity

  • Data minimization wherever possible.
  • Anonymization of client identity in modeling where appropriate.
  • No use of client financial data for public model training.
  • No marketing or demo use of live client books.

All forecasts are intended as decision-support, not as guarantees. They should be used alongside your own analysis, client knowledge, and professional standards.

Forecasting Process & Workflow

Engagements are intentionally straightforward. The goal is to plug into how you already work, not to force a new software stack on your firm.

  1. 1

    Initial conversation

    Short call to understand the client, their business model, the forecasting horizon you care about, and how you plan to use the forecast (runway, planning, lender, board, etc.).

  2. 2

    Data intake

    You provide exports or controlled access from your accounting system. Where appropriate, we encourage data minimization and anonymization of direct identifiers.

  3. 3

    Optional: Structural diagnostic check

    For new or complex clients, we may recommend a Financial Structure Diagnostic first. This helps avoid forecasting on obviously distorted books.

  4. 4

    Model evaluation & forecast generation

    We run the forecasting engine, perform stability and reasonableness checks, and structure forecasts into clear horizons with uncertainty intervals.

  5. 5

    Insight generation & reporting

    We prepare a written summary, supporting visuals, and any agreed-upon scenario framing, tailored to how you want to present this to stakeholders.

  6. 6

    Delivery & review call

    We walk through the forecast with you, answer questions, and discuss how you may want to adapt or contextualize it within your own advisory framework.

Fracfai does not dictate decisions to your clients. Forecasts are inputs; your firm remains responsible for recommendations, engagement structure, and compliance with applicable standards.

The Data Science Advantage

Under the hood, the forecasting engine reflects years of quantitative work in financial time-series — but the interface is designed for CPAs and finance leaders.

  • Grounded in modern statistical forecasting techniques, adapted for business cash flow.
  • Constructed to be robust to path changes, shocks, and imperfect histories.
  • Focused on stability over time, not just in-sample fit.
  • Built by someone with both quant experience and accounting literacy.

You do not have to read research papers or debug modeling code. You get the benefit of that work translated into practical forecasts and narratives you can use with clients and stakeholders.

Who This Forecasting Is For & Why Firms Trust It

The service is designed for firms and teams who need a more rigorous view of cash than simple spreadsheets can provide, and it is structured to align with how CPA and FCFO firms think about risk, documentation, and client relationships.

Who This Forecasting Is For

The service is designed for firms and teams who need a more rigorous view of cash than simple spreadsheets can provide.

Professional Firms

  • CPA firms building advisory practices.
  • Fractional CFO and controller shops.
  • Advisory-oriented accounting firms.

Internal Finance Leaders

  • Finance directors and controllers.
  • Heads of FP&A in smaller organizations.
  • Teams needing run-rate and runway clarity.

It is especially useful when a business is facing funding decisions, growth investments, or tight cash windows — situations where “good enough” spreadsheets feel too fragile.

Why CPA & FCFO Firms Trust This Approach

The service is structured to align with how firms think about risk, documentation, and client relationships.

  • Neutral, behind-the-scenes partner. We do not market to your clients, offer tax work, or provide bookkeeping or cleanup services.
  • Diagnostics-aware. When paired with Financial Structure Diagnostics, forecasts can be explicitly labeled as “post-integrity-review,” giving you clearer footing.
  • Defensible and documented. Every engagement includes narrative explanations and clear statements of limitation, written in CPA-compatible language.
  • Consistent across clients. The modeling framework provides a repeatable approach that can sit alongside your own internal forecasting templates.
  • Supports advisory conversations. Ranges and drivers make it easier to have honest, nuanced discussions with owners, boards, and lenders.

Talk About Cash Flow Forecasting

If you’d like to see how this forecasting approach could fit into your firm or finance team, the next step is a short conversation. We can also walk through anonymized examples and discuss when a diagnostic first step makes sense.

Early forecasting work is intentionally hands-on and limited in volume so the approach can be refined around real firm needs.

Integrate with Diagnostics

Forecasts are strongest when the underlying books have been structurally reviewed. If you’re unsure about data integrity, we can pair forecasting with Financial Structure Diagnostics for a more defensible starting point.

For more detail on privacy, client confidentiality, and how financial data is handled, see the Privacy & Compliance page.