Last updated 2026-04-25

Monthly snapshots

/finance/snapshots is a single-form-per-month entry surface for the financial figures OtiumWork can't derive from time tracking alone:

Field What it means
Revenue Actual revenue recognized in the month (whatever your accounting method calls it)
Expenses All expenses — salaries, contractors, rent, software, etc.
AR balance Accounts receivable end-of-month (what customers owe you)
AP balance Accounts payable end-of-month (what you owe vendors/contractors)
Cash on hand Bank balance at month-end
MRR Monthly recurring revenue (subscription contracts)
Notes Free-text — one-time events, anomalies, anything future-you needs to remember

What it computes

From two consecutive months of entries:

  • Net income = revenue − expenses (current month)
  • MRR / ARR — ARR = MRR × 12
  • Revenue growth % vs previous month
  • MRR growth % vs previous month

KPI strip at the top shows the latest snapshot at a glance; history table below shows the trend.

Workflow

Once a month (typically after closing the books):

  1. Open /finance/snapshots
  2. Click "+ Add or update a month"
  3. Enter the figures (any field can be blank if not relevant)
  4. Save

The form upserts on (company, month) — re-submitting an existing month overwrites it, so you can correct in place.

Why manual?

Because the source of truth for AP/AR/cash/MRR is your accounting system (QuickBooks, Xero, Stripe), not OtiumWork. We don't want to reinvent the ledger. The snapshot table gives you a quick exec dashboard now; QuickBooks/Stripe integrations to auto-fill it are on the roadmap.

Tips

  • Enter the same handful of fields each month for trend continuity.
  • Round to whole dollars — precision isn't the point at this level.
  • Use the Notes column for "Q4 includes a one-time refund of $X" — saves hours of detective work later.

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