FINANCE

Recompute Cash Runway When Monthly Actuals Land

When the month-close actuals table refreshes in Snowflake, this recomputes net burn and months-of-runway, then writes a fresh scenario brief into Coda for the finance team.

CategoryFinance
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerschedule
Steps5
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerMonthly schedule after expected close date
  • ActionQuery Snowflake for cash, revenue, opex actualsSnowflakeSnowflake
  • LogicCompute trailing-3mo net burn and months of runway
  • LogicBuild base / optimistic / conservative projections
  • OutputUpsert scenario brief into Coda runway docCodaCoda

What it does

Keeps a single source of truth for cash runway. The moment closed-month actuals appear in your data warehouse, it pulls cash balance, revenue, and operating expense, derives trailing-three-month net burn, and updates the runway scenario doc the leadership team reads.

When to use it

Run this if your finance close finishes in Snowflake and you currently rebuild a runway spreadsheet by hand every month. It removes the manual copy-paste and guarantees the brief reflects the latest close, not last quarter's stale numbers.

How it works

  1. 1A scheduled check fires after the expected close date each month.
  2. 2Query Snowflake for the latest closed-month cash balance, revenue, and opex rows.
  3. 3A compute step derives net monthly burn (trailing 3-month average) and months of runway = cash / burn.
  4. 4Format a scenario brief: current burn, runway, and a base/optimistic/conservative projection.
  5. 5Upsert the brief into the Coda runway doc, replacing the prior month's section.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect SnowflakeWarehouses, queries, shares.
  2. 2
    Connect CodaDocs, packs, automations.
  3. 3
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  4. 4
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  5. 5
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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