CFO / Finance Director Guide

The Finance module in CMO ALTO provides end-to-end financial management for your organization. As CFO, you have full visibility and control over all financial operations.

Module capabilities

• Invoice creation, tracking, and payment management
• Expense submission, approval workflows, and reporting
• Journal entries and general ledger management
• Bank reconciliation with automatic matching
• Budget planning and variance analysis
• Multi-currency support
• Financial reporting and compliance

Your landing page is the CFO Dashboard with a financial health overview.

• Cash Position — current balances across accounts
• Accounts Receivable — outstanding invoices and aging report
• Accounts Payable — upcoming payments and commitments
• Budget vs Actual — real-time variance tracking
• Pending Approvals — expenses and invoices awaiting your sign-off

• /cfo — CFO dashboard with financial KPIs
• /finance/invoices — Invoice management and tracking
• /finance/expenses — Expense reports and approvals
• /finance/journal-entries — General ledger journal entries
• /finance/bank-reconciliation — Bank statement matching
• /finance-planning — Budget planning and forecasting
• /accounting — Chart of accounts, trial balance, financial statements
• /finance/integration-hub — Bank feeds and accounting integrations

Creating and Sending an Invoice

1. Navigate to Finance → Invoices → Create.
2. Select the client, add line items, set payment terms.
3. Preview the invoice and add notes or attachments.
4. Click “Send” — the client receives an email with a payment link.
5. Track payment status from the invoice list (Sent → Viewed → Paid).

Approving Expenses

1. You'll receive notifications for expenses above your auto-approval threshold.
2. Open Finance → Expenses and filter by “Pending Approval”.
3. Review receipts, categories, and amounts.
4. Approve, reject, or request more information.

Month-End Bank Reconciliation

1. Go to Finance → Bank Reconciliation.
2. Import or sync bank statements (CSV or auto-feed).
3. Review auto-matched transactions and confirm.
4. Manually match remaining items.
5. Complete reconciliation and generate the report.

• Set up recurring invoices for subscription-based clients to save time.
• Configure approval thresholds so small expenses auto-approve, reducing bottlenecks.
• Use the integration hub to connect your bank for automatic statement imports.
• Schedule financial reports to auto-generate and email to stakeholders monthly.
• Enable multi-currency if you operate internationally — exchange rates update automatically.