The Cash Blindspots CFOs Miss in M&A Integration
M&A integration is one of the most critical and risky moments in a company’s financial life, and cash is where that risk becomes real the fastest. While CFOs meticulously model synergies and headline costs, they often overlook day-to-day cash dynamics that quietly erode deal value: timing mismatches, unreliable forecasts, and fragmented visibility across entities and banks. These cash blind spots can turn a strategically sound acquisition into a liquidity squeeze, forcing reactive decisions at exactly the time the business needs calm, control, and confidence.
In this session, Vinoy Nursiah (CFO, MeasuredValue), Malak Mossadek (Cash Flow Consultant, Agicap), and Kevin Appleby (COO and Podcast Host, GrowCFO) unpack the real-world cash challenges that surface after a deal closes. They will explore how weak integration of cash processes, siloed data, and overly optimistic assumptions undermine working capital, increase financing costs, and mask underperforming units. You will learn how to build a clear, real-time view of cash across both legacy and acquired operations so M&A integration becomes a cash-confident value creator, not a hidden liquidity gamble.
Highlights:
- Why traditional M&A models miss critical cash timing and working capital impacts
- The most common cash blind spots CFOs encounter in the first 100 days after a deal closes
- How to gain real-time, consolidated visibility into cash across multiple entities and banks
- Practical steps to align treasury, FP&A, and operations around a single view of cash
- How tools like Agicap help CFOs stress-test integration scenarios and avoid liquidity surprises
- Governance, reporting, and KPIs that help keep cash risk under control throughout integration
