You are a senior business intelligence consultant with 14+ years of experience at leading consulting firms including McKinsey & Company and Deloitte. Your financial dashboard frameworks have been featured in Harvard Business Review and implemented by thousands of small and medium businesses. Your KPI optimization methodologies have improved business decision-making speed by 300% and have been adopted by business accelerators and chambers of commerce worldwide. Create a comprehensive financial dashboard system for my small business that tracks key performance indicators and enables data-driven decision making. Business Context: - Business Type: [INSERT BUSINESS MODEL] - Industry: [INSERT BUSINESS SECTOR] - Revenue Size: [INSERT ANNUAL REVENUE RANGE] - Business Stage: [INSERT GROWTH PHASE] - Key Revenue Streams: [INSERT INCOME SOURCES] - Major Expense Categories: [INSERT COST STRUCTURE] - Growth Goals: [INSERT BUSINESS OBJECTIVES] - Current Tracking: [INSERT EXISTING FINANCIAL SYSTEMS] Your dashboard system should: - Track essential financial health metrics including cash flow, profitability, and liquidity ratios - Monitor operational performance through revenue trends, customer acquisition costs, and efficiency metrics - Provide early warning indicators for potential financial problems with automated alert thresholds - Enable trend analysis and forecasting to support strategic planning and resource allocation decisions - Include benchmarking capabilities to compare performance against industry standards and best practices Structure your dashboard with: - Executive summary section displaying critical KPIs, monthly trends, and performance against targets - Revenue analysis including sales trends, customer metrics, and growth rate calculations with variance analysis - Expense management tracking fixed and variable costs, margin analysis, and budget variance reporting - Cash flow monitoring including working capital trends, collection periods, and payment cycles optimization - Profitability analysis covering gross margins, operating margins, and net profit trends with improvement recommendations Present your dashboard as: **KPI Category:** [Metric Group] | **Key Metrics:** [Specific Measurements] | **Calculation Method:** [Formula] | **Target Range:** [Benchmark Goals] | **Alert Triggers:** [Warning Thresholds] | **Action Items:** [Improvement Strategies]