Monitor Cash Flow Performance with KPIs in Centime
Learn how to evaluate your company’s cash flow health using Centime’s KPI dashboard. Understand key performance indicators, trends over time, and comparative period analysis to make informed financial decisions.
Selecting KPI Category
To access the Cash Flow category, users can select it from the Monitor KPIs dropdown menu.
Cash Flow KPIs Overview
Centime tracks cash flow performance using the following KPIs:
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💵 Cash Flow – Net amount of cash moving in and out of the business during a given period.
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🔄 Operating Cash Flow – Cash generated by core business operations.
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🔻 Net Burn Rate – Net rate at which the company is spending money.
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💸 Gross Burn Rate – Total operating costs incurred monthly.
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🏁 Cash Runway – Number of days the business can cover outflows without additional inflows.
Users can compare two time periods and choose to analyze performance by any month, quarter, or year.
Exploring Time Period Details
To get more detailed insights for a specific time period, simply click on the corresponding row in the table. This updates the data shown below.
There are three views available:
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📆 Cash Flow Over Time – Analyze how cash flow trends evolve throughout the selected period.
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📄 Cash Flow Statement – View a structured breakdown of inflows and outflows in a statement format.
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🧮 Cash Flow by Groups – Understand cash activity grouped by operational, investing, and financing categories. These groups are created, assigned, and managed directly within Centime.
Cash Flow by Time
At a summary level, you'll see key metrics such as:
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💰 Opening Balance
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➕ Total Cash In
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➖ Total Cash Out
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🔄 Net Cash Flow
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🧾 Closing Balance
A bar graph visually presents the breakdown of cash movements across the selected months or quarters.
Cash Flow Statement
The Cash Flow Statement view presents cash performance across three main categories:
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🔁 Cash Flow from Operations – Cash activities related to core business functions
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🏗️ Cash Flow from Investing – Cash spent on or received from investments and asset purchases
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💳 Cash Flow from Financing – Cash raised through or used for financing activities like loans or equity
Within each of these categories, users can see detailed groups that organize inflows and outflows. These groups help clarify where cash is coming from and how it is being used.
Click on a group or line item to drill into the transactions that make up the totals.
Cash Flow by Groups
The Cash Flow by Groups view is a dynamic visualization that highlights cash in and cash out activity organized by group. This provides a clear picture of where funds are flowing within each group across the organization.
Users can click into any inflow or outflow segment to view additional transaction-level details.
Use this visualization to quickly identify:
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Areas with high inflows or outflows
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Spending patterns by group
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Opportunities to optimize cash usage
This view complements the statement format by helping teams spot trends and anomalies in group-level performance more intuitively.