Monitor and report on cashflow trends weekly

Purpose

 1.1. Automate the end-to-end monitoring and weekly reporting of cashflow trends for Anago restaurants.
 1.2. Aggregate bank feeds, POS sales, accounts payable, and accounts receivable data.
 1.3. Analyze inflow/outflow patterns and identify potential shortages or surpluses.
 1.4. Generate concise, actionable reports and email or message stakeholders.
 1.5. Ensure compliance with financial oversight and provide a documented audit trail.

Trigger Conditions

 2.1. Schedule: Every Friday at 4:00 PM local time.
 2.2. Manual override via dashboard for ad-hoc reports.
 2.3. Data changes: Trigger if a deviation >10% from the weekly average is detected mid-week.
 2.4. New external bank transaction imported.

Platform Variants

 3.1. Xero
  • Feature/Setting: Bank Feeds API – “GET /bankTransactions” to retrieve reconciled cash movements.

 3.2. QuickBooks Online
  • Feature/Setting: Reports API – “GET /reports/CashFlow” for cashflow statements.

 3.3. FreshBooks
  • Feature/Setting: “GET /cashflow” API for summary of weekly transactional activity.

 3.4. MYOB
  • Feature/Setting: GeneralLedgerService – Access CashbookSummary endpoint.

 3.5. Oracle NetSuite
  • Feature/Setting: SuiteTalk API – Cash Flow Statement report download.

 3.6. SAP Business One
  • Feature/Setting: Service Layer – “CashFlowStatements” endpoint for report extraction.

 3.7. Zoho Books
  • Feature/Setting: Reports module API – Cash Flow custom report via “GET /reports/cashflow”.

 3.8. Square POS
  • Feature/Setting: “GET /v2/reports/cash_flow” API for sales/cash movement data.

 3.9. Toast POS
  • Feature/Setting: “/reports/cashflow” endpoint for POS-based in/out flow.

 3.10. PayPal
  • Feature/Setting: TransactionSearch API – Retrieve account cash movements.

 3.11. Stripe
  • Feature/Setting: “GET /v1/balance/history” for inflow/outflow related to payments.

 3.12. Slack
  • Feature/Setting: Chat.PostMessage API – Send report summary to finance channel.

 3.13. Microsoft Teams
  • Feature/Setting: “Create Chat Message” action in Power Automate – Weekly alert.

 3.14. Gmail
  • Feature/Setting: Automated email report using “Send Email” endpoint with PDF/CSV reports.

 3.15. Outlook (Microsoft 365)
  • Feature/Setting: REST API – “/me/sendMail” for delivering report attachments.

 3.16. Google Sheets
  • Feature/Setting: “AppendValues” in Sheets API – Archive raw cashflow data for each week.

 3.17. Airtable
  • Feature/Setting: “Create Record” API – Store snapshots of weekly trends.

 3.18. Dropbox
  • Feature/Setting: “Files Upload” API – Archive cashflow report documents.

 3.19. AWS Lambda
  • Feature/Setting: Scheduled Lambda function for automated data collation and trend analysis.

 3.20. Google Data Studio
  • Feature/Setting: Scheduled report refresh from cashflow data sources for visualization.

 3.21. Power BI
  • Feature/Setting: Dataflow API – Ingest POS and bank data for visualization and trend alerts.

 3.22. SFTP Server
  • Feature/Setting: Scheduled batch upload/download for secure transfer of sensitive reports.

 3.23. Twilio
  • Feature/Setting: Programmable Messaging – SMS/WhatsApp alerts for urgent cashflow deviations.

 3.24. Zoho Analytics
  • Feature/Setting: Cashflow Trend Analytics API – Create and refresh scheduled dashboards.

Benefits

 4.1. Reduces manual intervention and human error in financial reporting.
 4.2. Enables predictive management of cash shortages/surpluses.
 4.3. Accelerates compliance documentation for audits.
 4.4. Improves responsiveness with real-time deviation alerts.
 4.5. Enhances financial transparency for restaurant owners and finance teams.