The SaaS CFO Playbook: Strategic Finance, Forecasting, and FP&A for Recurring Revenue Businesses (2026 Edition)

Author:   Alice Schwartz ,  Hayden Van Der Post
Publisher:   Independently Published
ISBN:  

9798244401554


Pages:   388
Publication Date:   17 January 2026
Format:   Paperback
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The SaaS CFO Playbook: Strategic Finance, Forecasting, and FP&A for Recurring Revenue Businesses (2026 Edition)


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Reactive PublishingThe SaaS CFO Playbook is a practical, data-driven guide to building and operating a modern finance function inside subscription-based businesses. Focused on the real mechanics of recurring revenue models, the book moves beyond surface-level metrics and delivers a comprehensive framework for strategic finance, forecasting, and FP&A in the SaaS environment. Readers are taken through the financial architecture that underpins predictable growth: subscription revenue design, cohort behavior, churn dynamics, LTV/CAC modeling, pricing strategy, and capital allocation. The playbook emphasizes how unit economics and financial systems interact with product, sales, and customer success to influence enterprise value and long-term scalability. Inside, you will learn how to: - Model recurring revenue streams with precision - Forecast ARR, cash, and working capital across PMF and scale stages - Build metrics that actually drive decisions rather than dashboards for show - Support pricing and packaging strategy with financial rigor - Design FP&A processes for accuracy, speed, and adaptability - Use variance analysis, scenario planning, and sensitivity modeling to inform operators - Align finance with GTM, product, and customer success for predictable renewals and expansion - Execute capital efficient growth while maintaining investor-grade reporting Written for CFOs, founders, FP&A leaders, operators, and analysts, the 2026 Edition introduces expanded coverage on embedded AI systems for forecasting, autonomous reporting pipelines, subscription cohort analytics, and the evolving private markets landscape for SaaS valuations. Whether you are scaling from $2M to $20M ARR or navigating the complexities of late-stage growth, The SaaS CFO Playbook distills the strategic, operational, and analytical disciplines required to build a finance organization that is fast, accurate, and aligned with value creation in recurring revenue businesses.

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Author:   Alice Schwartz ,  Hayden Van Der Post
Publisher:   Independently Published
Imprint:   Independently Published
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.519kg
ISBN:  

9798244401554


Pages:   388
Publication Date:   17 January 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.

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