Operations & Capital · Virtual Department
Working Capital
A working-capital desk that turns days-of-cash into a measurable, repeatable practice.
Mandate
Compress DSO. Optimise DPO without breaking suppliers. Free trapped cash with evidence.
Cadence
Daily ageing · Weekly collections review · Monthly DSO/DPO scorecard
Reports to
CFO · Treasurer
What this department delivers
Six outcomes that move every quarter. Calculated in Python, reviewed by a human, evidenced at source.
DSO / DPO trend
By customer · entity
Collections priority
Risk-weighted queue
Payment timing
Cash vs supplier health
Disputes log
Root-cause classified
Cash unlocked
Tracked monthly
Credit policy fit
Limits vs behaviour
Inside the workflow
Five governed stages. Every output traceable from claim to source.
- 01
Snapshot
Input
AR · AP · disputes
Method
Position consolidation
Output
Live ageing
- 02
Score
Input
Behaviour + risk
Method
Customer risk model
Output
Collection priority
- 03
Plan
Input
Cash need
Method
Payment sequencing
Output
Weekly run-list
- 04
Review
Input
Exceptions
Method
Credit & ops challenge
Output
Approved actions
- 05
Prove
Input
Realised cash
Method
Variance to baseline
Output
Cash-unlocked report
Working Capital — Weekly review pack
Trust by design
How Working Capital outputs are governed
- 1
Connect evidence
- 2
Validate & protect
- 3
Select method
- 4
Calculate
- 5
Explain
- 6
Review
- 7
Prove value
Signals it produces
Atlas-8 doesn't ship dashboards in search of a question — it ships decisions waiting for a sign-off.
- Ageing > 60d spike
- Top-customer concentration
- Dispute backlog growing
- DPO above policy
- Promise-to-pay slippage
- Credit-limit breach
Without Atlas-8
- Squeaky-wheel collections
- Surprise cash dips
- Disputes lost in email
- Payment runs by feel
With Atlas-8
- Risk-ranked queue
- Forecast cash impact
- Disputes tracked to cause
- Payment runs justified
Integrations & data sources
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