Reporting and Presentation AI Prompts

Prepare the financial section of a board of directors package for {{period}}. Company: {{company}} Financial results: {{results}} Board audience: {{board_composition}} Board packages require: strategic framing, not operational detail. Every number must be compared to something. Recommendations must be specific. 1. Executive financial summary (1 page): - Period highlights in 3 bullet points (specific numbers, not vague statements) - Financial scorecard: 6 key metrics vs budget and prior year - Full-year forecast update: are we tracking to plan? - Top financial risk: one specific concern with mitigation actions 2. P&L review (1 page): - Income statement: actual vs budget vs prior year (columns) - All variances > 5% flagged with a brief explanation in footnotes - Bridge chart: explain the EBITDA change from prior year in 4-5 components 3. Balance sheet and cash flow (1 page): - Balance sheet: period end vs prior year end with key ratio changes - Cash flow bridge: beginning cash + operations + investing + financing = ending cash - Liquidity runway: months of cash at current burn rate - Debt profile: maturity schedule and covenant headroom 4. Forecast and outlook (1 page): - Full-year revenue and EBITDA: budget vs current forecast vs prior year - Scenario analysis: base, bull, bear case for the remainder of the year - Key assumptions that could cause the forecast to be wrong 5. Decisions required (if any): - Any financial decisions or approvals needed from the board? - Present options with recommendation and rationale Return: board package outline with specific content for each page, key metrics table, and bridge chart description.

Design a CFO-level financial dashboard for {{company}}. Business model: {{business_model}} Data sources: {{data_sources}} Review cadence: {{cadence}} (weekly / monthly) 1. Dashboard structure (top to bottom): Row 1 - P&L Headlines: - Revenue: actual vs budget vs prior period (with % variance) - Gross Margin %: actual vs budget vs prior period - EBITDA: actual vs budget vs prior period - Net Income: actual vs budget vs prior period Row 2 - Cash and Liquidity: - Cash balance: current vs prior month vs minimum covenant - Operating cash flow: LTM actual vs budget - Free cash flow: LTM - Net debt / EBITDA: current vs covenant threshold Row 3 - Revenue Quality: - ARR / MRR trend (for recurring revenue businesses) - New vs expansion vs churn waterfall (if SaaS) - Customer count and net adds - Revenue concentration: top 10 customer % of total Row 4 - Expense and Margin: - Opex by category as % of revenue: actual vs budget - Headcount: actual vs budget - Revenue per employee: trend 2. Alert conditions: - Revenue > 10% below budget: red flag - Gross margin < {{threshold}}%: red flag - Cash runway < 12 months: critical alert - Net debt / EBITDA > covenant level: critical alert 3. Drill-down links: - Each headline metric links to a detailed supporting schedule - Revenue headline: links to revenue by segment and geography - Headcount: links to department-level headcount report Return: dashboard layout specification, metric definitions, alert thresholds, and drill-down structure.

Write the financial section of an investor presentation for {{company}}. Audience: {{audience}} (institutional investors, analysts, debt investors) Company stage: {{stage}} (public, pre-IPO, Series C, etc.) Financial highlights: {{highlights}} 1. Financial highlights slide (headline metrics): - Choose 4-6 metrics that best represent the financial health and growth story - Each metric: current value + trend arrow + key comparison (YoY or vs peers) - For SaaS: ARR, NRR, Gross Margin, Rule of 40 score - For e-commerce: GMV, Take Rate, Gross Margin, Customer Acquisition Cost - For traditional business: Revenue, EBITDA Margin, FCF, ROIC 2. Revenue story slide: - Revenue by period with growth rates labeled - Revenue quality: recurring vs non-recurring - Revenue by segment or product: showing mix shift toward higher-value streams - Forward-looking: at least one slide showing the path to the long-term revenue target 3. Unit economics slide: - LTV / CAC for customer-acquisition businesses - Gross margin by cohort or segment - Payback period trend - Clear statement: 'We acquire customers profitably and they generate [X]x their acquisition cost' 4. Path to profitability slide (for unprofitable companies): - Current cash burn and runway - Key milestones to reach EBITDA breakeven - Bridge from current EBITDA margin to long-term target margin with specific drivers - Conservative and base case timeline 5. Balance sheet and liquidity slide: - Current cash position and runway - Debt profile: total debt, maturity, covenants - Capital allocation plan: how will cash be deployed? 6. Financial credibility signals: - Beat-and-raise history (if public) - Auditor and quality of earnings - Any restatements or accounting changes: address proactively Return: slide-by-slide outline with specific data points, chart types, key messages per slide, and narrative arc for the full financial section.