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Hire a Cash Officer FTE

Working-Capital & Stock-Cash Officer

Finds the cash frozen in stock and brings you the decisions that release it. The Cash Officer FTE values every SKU's stock at landed cost, ages it, measures days of inventory and the cash conversion cycle from your own orders, receipts and supplier terms, and runs the markdown-versus-hold arithmetic with carrying cost included — so a markdown is proposed only where holding costs more than the discount. It reports cash actually released, tied to the decision that moved it, never cash merely identified.

Accountable for

Cash released from stock, measured against days of inventory

Judged on · Cash released

What it does not do · It does not raise finance, negotiate supplier terms or write off stock. It proposes the decision with the arithmetic; the markdown, the transfer and the write-off are yours to approve.

  • Days Inventory Outstanding
  • Dead and Ageing Stock at Landed Cost
  • Markdown vs Hold Arithmetic
  • Cash Conversion Cycle
  • Supplier Terms and Receipt Dates
  • Trapped Cash Ranking

It proposes · you approve · every claim carries its evidence

Workspace · Cash Officer FTE

Cash Officer FTE

Working-Capital & Stock-Cash Officer

Cash in stock
$1.92M
Days of inventory
116-9
Waiting on you
3
Released this month
$84k

Waiting on you · Release · needs your approval

Proposed · mark down 4, hold 2

Markdown vs hold · 6 SKUs · $61k at landed cost, 190+ days of cover

  • For 4 SKUs the carrying cost of holding exceeds the discount within 60 days; for 2 the season returns before that.
  • Low end of the release range recorded: $38k, not the $52k midpoint.

Per-SKU arithmetic · carrying-cost rate you set · Pricing Officer floors respected

Brief

Yesterday: 2 releases approved and posted to the ledger, 1 declined and recorded as forgone.

Illustrative workspace · the Cash Officer FTE's Today tab
Overview

What Cash Officer owns.

A whole job function, not a task queue. Cash Officer holds the role, the targets and the budget you set, and reports to you on the numbers below.

Owns

  • Days Inventory Outstanding
  • Dead and Ageing Stock at Landed Cost
  • Markdown vs Hold Arithmetic
  • Cash Conversion Cycle
  • Supplier Terms and Receipt Dates
  • Trapped Cash Ranking

Reports on

  • Cash in stock
  • Days of inventory
  • Waiting on you
  • Released this month

Needs from you

  • Read access to stock, receipts and orders
  • Landed cost per SKU, or the Controller's figures
  • Your carrying-cost rate, supplier payment terms and the cash you want released by when
How it works

A week with Cash Officer.

It reports in first, does the work, hands it over for approval, and measures what happened. You review it the way you review a direct report.

  1. Every morning01

    Stock cash brief

    Cash in stock at landed cost, aged; days of inventory; what one decision would release, ranked.

  2. Daily02

    Releases in Approvals

    Markdown, transfer, bundle or return-to-supplier proposals with the markdown-versus-hold arithmetic and the low end of the range.

  3. Continuously03

    The cash conversion cycle

    From supplier payment to customer cash, measured from your own terms, receipts and orders.

  4. Monthly04

    Cash released, posted to the ledger

    Only cash that actually moved, tied to the decision; declined proposals recorded as forgone.

The workspace

Managed like a direct report.

Cash Officer reports into a workspace built for a manager, not an operator. Four of its tabs, drawn as they work.

Today

Your morning brief, first thing.

What is waiting on you comes first, then yesterday, what it noticed, and spend against budget. Read it in a minute.

Workspace · Cash Officer FTE · Today

Morning brief · Monday 08:00

Yesterday: 2 releases approved and posted to the ledger, 1 declined and recorded as forgone.

Waiting on you

3 to review
Cash in stock
$1.92M
Days of inventory
116
Waiting on you
3
Released this month
$84k

Approvals

Nothing ships without your call.

Every publish, send or spend waits here with its verdict, its reasons and its evidence. Approve, or send it back with a note.

Workspace · Cash Officer FTE · Approvals

Approvals

1 waiting on you

  • Cash Officer FTE · Release · needs your approval

    Proposed · mark down 4, hold 2

    Markdown vs hold · 6 SKUs · $61k at landed cost, 190+ days of cover

    • For 4 SKUs the carrying cost of holding exceeds the discount within 60 days; for 2 the season returns before that.
    • Low end of the release range recorded: $38k, not the $52k midpoint.

    Per-SKU arithmetic · carrying-cost rate you set · Pricing Officer floors respected

Performance

Numbers it can prove.

KPIs are measured, never estimated. Anything not connected yet is shown as unmeasured, not filled in.

Workspace · Cash Officer FTE · Performance

Cash in stock
$1.92M
Days of inventory
116-9
Waiting on you
3
Not connected yet
Unmeasured

Cash in stock · 12 weeks

Measured, not estimated

Targets

The contract you hold it to.

Each target carries a status and its evidence. It can propose new targets; they wait for your approval.

Workspace · Cash Officer FTE · Targets

  • Days of inventory below 110

    116 · down 9 this month

    On track
  • Only cash that moved is posted as released

    $84k posted · low end of range

    Done
  • Cash in dead stock below the ceiling

    6 SKUs over 190 days of cover · releases proposed

    At risk
  • Release cash before the peak buy

    FTE-suggested · awaiting your approval

    Proposed · your call

Illustrative workspace frames · the tabs, verdicts and statuses are real product surfaces; the figures are samples.

Capabilities

Built for the job.

Finds the cash frozen in stock and brings you the decisions that release it. The Cash Officer FTE values every SKU's stock at landed cost, ages it, measures days of inventory and the cash conversion cycle from your own orders, receipts and supplier terms, and runs the markdown-versus-hold arithmetic with carrying cost included — so a markdown is proposed only where holding costs more than the discount. It reports cash actually released, tied to the decision that moved it, never cash merely identified.

01

Names the cash frozen in every SKU, aged, and ranks it by what one decision would release

02

Proposes markdowns, transfers, bundles or returns to supplier only with the carrying-cost arithmetic shown, for your approval

03

Reports the low end of any range and only cash that actually moved — never 'identified' as if it were released

Skills

  • Days Inventory Outstanding
  • Dead and Ageing Stock at Landed Cost
  • Markdown vs Hold Arithmetic
  • Cash Conversion Cycle
  • Supplier Terms and Receipt Dates
  • Trapped Cash Ranking
Missions

What you can ask it to do.

Beyond the weekly routine, you give it missions: a goal, a scope, a deadline, and progress you can see. Three modes, all of them bounded.

Production

Release cash before the peak buy

A bounded push through ageing stock ahead of the season's purchase orders, with a cash target and a deadline.

Diagnostic

Why is cash tighter than profit suggests?

Ranked causes: days of inventory, supplier terms, receipt timing, a buy that missed.

Strategy

How many days of inventory should we run?

Cover by SKU tier against stockout risk and carrying cost, with the cash each choice ties up.

Diagnoses arrive as ranked hypotheses with evidence, never as certainties.

Inside your stack

It works in the tools you already run.

Cash Officer connects to the systems below with the permissions you grant, per organization and per property, and nothing more. Connections can be revoked at any time.

  • Store platform

    • Shopify
    • WooCommerce
    • BigCommerce
    • Adobe Commerce (Magento)
  • Stock and cost

    • NetSuite
    • Cin7
    • Linnworks
    • Your landed-cost sheet
  • Where you review its work

    • Your ftes.ai workspace
    • Claude and ChatGPT via MCP connector
    • Email brief
Control

You manage. Cash Officer executes.

It starts at Level 0 and earns autonomy one step at a time. You grant each level when the evidence says so, and you can take it back at any time.

  1. Level 0

    Proposes only

    Every draft, launch, send or spend waits in Approvals. This is where every FTE starts.

  2. Level 1

    Low-risk on its own

    You allow routine actions you have approved many times: refreshes, reply drafts, reconciliations that match exactly.

  3. Level 2

    Acts inside caps

    It may pause losers, scale winners or publish scheduled work, always inside the budget and rules you set.

  4. Level 3

    Runs the week

    Scheduled production runs; you review the brief, the exceptions and the numbers. Any level can be taken back at any time.

Approvals

1 waiting on you

  • Cash Officer FTE · Release · needs your approval

    Proposed · mark down 4, hold 2

    Markdown vs hold · 6 SKUs · $61k at landed cost, 190+ days of cover

    • For 4 SKUs the carrying cost of holding exceeds the discount within 60 days; for 2 the season returns before that.
    • Low end of the release range recorded: $38k, not the $52k midpoint.

    Per-SKU arithmetic · carrying-cost rate you set · Pricing Officer floors respected

Illustrative approvals queue · budget and spend are always visible beside it.

Approval gates
On every publish, send and spend
Budget
A hard cap it cannot exceed
Audit trail
Who, what, when, and why
Getting started

Hired in minutes.

Instant onboarding: it is on your team the same day you sign up.

  1. Step 01

    Sign up

    Create your organization. Cash Officer is added to your workforce from the link below.

  2. Step 02

    Connect and confirm

    Grant the tools it needs and confirm the targets it proposes. It never asks for what the platform already knows.

  3. Step 03

    Review the first proposals

    Its first brief and first proposals land in Approvals the same day.

FAQ

Before you hire.

Short answers. The docs have the long ones.

Will it mark down my stock?

Only with your approval, and only where the arithmetic shows holding costs more than the discount. It proposes; the Pricing Officer's floors still apply.

What can the Cash Officer FTE do without my approval?

Nothing that leaves your company. Cash Officer proposes first: every publish, send or spend waits in Approvals with its reasons and evidence. You can grant more autonomy step by step and take it back at any time. Every action is logged.

How is it priced?

Plans are token-metered blocks of work, not seats. Every FTE in your organization draws from one wallet whose balance is always visible in the workspace. At zero the FTEs pause; they never overdraw.

How long does onboarding take?

Sign up, connect the tools the role needs, and confirm the targets it proposes. Roles marked instant onboarding are working the same day; roles marked custom onboarding are scoped with our team first.

Where does my data go?

Your data stays scoped to your organization and, where it applies, to the specific property the FTE works on. Integration credentials are encrypted at rest and can be revoked at any time.

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