Technology · Finance & Accounting

Samso Industry Demo · Updated May 2026

Finance & Accounting for Technology

Finance for a Series A SaaS isn't audit-grade GAAP - it's runway math, cohort math, and board-ready scenarios with the same numbers everywhere. This is what Samso runs for the CFO of a 25-person, $3M ARR SaaS.

Function KPIs · how the finance org reads its own week

Days to monthly close

8

−3 days LTMTarget: 5 by Q4

Forecast accuracy

94%

vs ±5% band12-mo trailing on revenue

Variance to plan

−2.4%

OpEx over by $42KMarketing test in Q1

Cash runway

26 mo

$8.4M cash · $320K burnSeries A · Mar 2025

13-week cash forecast - actuals through W5, forecast through W13

WEEKLY · INFLOWS / OUTFLOWS · $K · ENDING CASH OVERLAY · MOCK DATA

0149298446595FLOW · $K9K8.7K8.4KCASH · $KACTUALFORECASTW1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10W11W12W13

Inflow categories

Subscription receiptsServices & expansion

Outflow categories

OpEx (payroll + vendor + infra)G&A + estimated taxes

Twelve services · sized to technology

Each tile is what Samso runs in this function for a technology org.

01 · Service

Financial Statements & Schedules

GAAP IS / BS / CF generated each month from Stripe + Brex + Rippling - board-ready in 8 days, not 21.

Days to issue

8

Source systems

5

Variance flags

12

02 · Service

Department-Level Budgeting

Eng / GTM / G&A budgets with driver-based assumptions and a single rollup the founders can defend in a board update.

Departments

5

Driver assumptions

32

Variance to plan

−2.4%

03 · Service

Headcount & Compensation Planning

25-FTE roster with equity, recruiting cost, and burn impact per hire - wired to the cash forecast.

FTE today

25

Open reqs

4

Plan year-end

32

04 · Service

Cash Flow Forecasting

13-week cash, weekly variance, scenarios share assumptions - runway by week, not by guess.

Runway

26 mo

Forecast acc.

94%

Scenarios

3

05 · Service

Revenue Forecasting

Bottoms-up ARR model from pipeline + cohorts + price book - with NRR and churn dialed for SaaS.

Forecast ARR EOY

$3.6M

Coverage

3.1×

NRR drag

+8%

06 · Service

Board Reporting

10-page board update assembled from live data - KPIs, hiring, runway, and Q&A appendix on the same numbers.

Board cycle

Quarterly

Auto-pulled charts

14

Hours saved/cycle

22

07 · Service

Pitch Decks & Investor Materials

Series B-ready deck and data room maintained as live artifacts - refreshed monthly without the founder writing slides.

Deck status

Series B

Data room files

84

Last refresh

Apr 2026

08 · Service

Interactive KPI Dashboards

Live dashboards over ARR, NRR, magic number, burn - same numbers the CFO and CEO are looking at, all the time.

Dashboards

8

Refresh cadence

Daily

Source systems

7

09 · Service

Sensitivity & Scenario Modeling

Base / tight / downside cash + ARR models with shared assumptions - flip a switch to see the impact of a hiring freeze.

Scenarios live

3

Assumptions shared

22

10 · Service

Valuation Model (DCF & Comps)

DCF + SaaS comp set kept current - used in fundraising prep and 409A conversations without rebuilding from scratch.

Comp set

12 SaaS

Implied EV

$45–60M

11 · Service

Three-Statement Modeling

Linked IS / BS / CF with working capital and deferred revenue - the model the next investor diligence will pressure-test.

Forecast horizon

5 yr

Working capital

Modeled

12 · Service

Monthly Close Checklist & Reconciliations

Close checklist + auto-reconciliations across Stripe / Brex / payroll - what compresses the close from 21 to 8 days.

Close days

8

Recs managed

14

What you get · every week & every month

Concrete deliverables, not just dashboards.

Deliverable

Weekly cash & variance memo

Every Monday: ending cash, what moved, variance to last week's forecast, attributed to the driver.

Deliverable

Monthly close package

GAAP IS / BS / CF + KPI pack issued by day 8, with auto-pulled board charts.

Deliverable

Quarterly board update

10-page deck assembled from live data - runway, hiring, NRR, ARR cohorts, plan vs actual.

Deliverable

Always-on data room

Series B data room kept current - financials, models, headcount, customer cohorts - refreshed monthly.

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