A tailored monthly financial review for a one-person business. Copy it into your working system and replace every bracketed prompt.
Monthly Financial Review
1. Revenue collected
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for revenue collected.]
2. Direct costs and gross margin
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for direct costs and gross margin.]
3. Operating expenses
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for operating expenses.]
4. Profit and owner pay
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for profit and owner pay.]
5. Tax reserve
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for tax reserve.]
6. Receivables and runway
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for receivables and runway.]
7. Next-month decisions
[Record the facts, assumptions, owner, evidence, and decision for next-month decisions.]
8. Final commitment
[Next action, owner, due date, and review date.]
Quality check
- Facts are separated from assumptions.
- Scope and exclusions are explicit.
- Every commitment has an owner and date.
- The document is stored where the work happens.
