Technology & SaaS
FP&A Software for Tech & SaaS
Model ARR, hiring ramps, and burn rate together so you can scale without guessing.
Your Board Wants ARR, Your VP Wants Headcount
Technology and SaaS companies operate in a world of recurring revenue, rapid hiring, and investor scrutiny. Your board wants ARR projections, your VP of Engineering wants headcount plans, and your investors want to see runway—all updated in real time.
Centage gives tech CFOs and finance leaders a platform that models subscription revenue, hiring ramps, and burn rate together, so you can plan confidently through every stage of growth.
Industry Challenges
Subscription Revenue
MRR/ARR modeling with churn, expansion, and contraction requires dynamic models that update as assumptions change.
R&D Budgeting
Engineering costs and capitalization decisions demand careful tracking of project hours and qualifying activities.
Aggressive Hiring
Scaling teams rapidly while managing burn rate means every hire must be modeled with start dates, ramp times, and loaded costs.
Multi-Product Reporting
Understanding profitability by product line requires precise revenue attribution and shared cost allocation.
SaaS Metrics
Tracking KPIs like LTV, CAC, and net retention alongside financial data is essential for board reporting and fundraising.
Cash Flow Management
Monitoring burn rate and runway is critical—especially between funding rounds when every month matters.
How Centage Helps
Purpose-built tools that address the unique financial planning needs of technology companies.
Subscription Revenue Planning
Model recurring revenue with churn, expansion, and new logo assumptions. Centage builds cohort-based revenue models that show MRR and ARR evolution over time with full drill-down capability.
R&D Budgeting
Plan engineering costs with project-level detail and capitalization tracking. Model the financial impact of shifting resources between projects or adding new engineering teams.
Hiring Scenarios
Model aggressive vs. conservative hiring ramps with start dates, ramp curves, and full compensation details. See the impact on burn rate, runway, and departmental budgets instantly.
Product Line Reporting
Segment P&L by product, customer type, or region. Allocate shared costs using flexible methodologies to understand true unit economics for each product.
SaaS Metrics
Track ARR, MRR, churn, net retention, and other SaaS KPIs directly in your forecasts. Build board-ready reports that combine financial statements with operational metrics.
Cash Flow Planning
Monitor burn rate and runway across scenarios in real time. Model the impact of hiring decisions, revenue assumptions, and fundraising timing on your cash position.
Real-World Scenario
The Challenge
A Series B SaaS company projecting growth from $8M to $15M ARR needs to model hiring 40 engineers while maintaining 18 months of runway—and present the plan to its board with confidence.
The Centage Solution
Finance builds a hiring ramp model with staggered start dates and compensation packages, ties it to ARR growth assumptions with churn scenarios, and monitors runway impact in real time.
The Outcome
The CFO presents three scenarios to the board—aggressive, moderate, and conservative—each showing the interplay between hiring speed, ARR growth, and runway. The board approves the moderate plan with clear milestones.
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Technology Industry FAQs
Yes. Centage supports cohort-based subscription revenue modeling with assumptions for new logos, churn, expansion, and contraction, and it presents ARR and MRR trends alongside full financial statements. That means SaaS metrics and GAAP financials stay in one model — a change to churn assumptions flows through revenue, cash flow, and runway in the same view.
Centage lets you tag engineering time and cost by project phase, tracks qualifying activities for capitalization, and models the impact on the P&L and balance sheet over time. Finance can show auditors a documented trail of what was capitalized and why, and see how capitalization policy changes affect reported operating expense.
Yes. Each planned hire carries a start date, a ramp-to-productivity curve, and a full compensation package. You can compare hiring scenarios side by side — for example, a 40-engineer growth plan against a slower ramp — and see the effect on burn rate, runway, and departmental budgets immediately, in the same model as the rest of the budget.
Yes. Centage segments revenue and allocates costs by product, business unit, or any custom dimension, producing a clean P&L for each product from a single budget structure. As product lines are added, you extend the dimension rather than duplicating the model, and consolidated and per-product views stay in sync automatically.
Centage calculates burn rate and runway automatically from your cash balance and planned spending, and updates both as actuals sync from your GL. You can set alerts for critical thresholds — say, runway dropping below 18 months — and test how each scenario, from a hiring pause to a pricing change, moves the number.
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