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CEO Command — Agency Performance Hub ​

Your live view of the agency's financial health, operating pulse, cash activity and the issues that need a decision. The header always shows Revenue, EBITDA and Margin for the selected period.

Used most by: Agency owner, CEO, CFO / finance lead, operations leader

TabAnswers the question
Always-On P&LHow is the agency doing financially, and where does revenue come from?
Agency PulseWhat does the book, pipeline and footprint look like in 60 seconds?
TransactionsWhat money actually came in and went out, line by line?
Critical Items WatchlistWhat needs attention right now, and how much is at stake?

Always-On P&L ​

Always-On P&L — KPI cards and the agency income statement.
Always-On P&L — KPI cards and the agency income statement.
#AreaWhat you seeWhat you can do
1As-of and periodAS OF date and period selector (e.g. YTD SEP 2026)Change the period; check the as-of date before sharing
2Share to InvestorButton at the rightShare a read-only snapshot of the P&L
3KPI cardsRevenue YTD, Expenses YTD, Operating Margin with prior-period comparison and metric contextClick ASK ARI on a card to get an explanation
4Agency Income StatementRevenue and expense line items with YTD values and trend, from QuickBooks Online and EZLynx commission dataRead line items; use the ASK ARI chip on Revenue or Expenses to investigate
5Producer P&L WaterfallEach producer's share of agency revenue against a 50% concentration thresholdWatch for the Concentration Alert banner
6Monthly trendsRevenue and margin by monthSpot seasonality and changes in margin

Review the month's financial position ​

  1. Open CEO Command › Always-On P&L.
  2. Set the period selector to the period you want (for example the current year to date).
  3. Read Revenue YTD, Expenses YTD and Operating Margin, and compare with Prior period.
  4. Scroll to Agency Income Statement to see which revenue and expense lines drive the result.
  5. Click ASK ARI next to a line you want explained, or ask "What changed most versus last year?"

Investigate an expense line ​

  1. In Income Statement Detail › Expenses, find the line (for example Technology).
  2. Click the ASK ARI chip above the Expenses column, or type "Why is Technology so high?" in the Ask ARI bar.
  3. Open Transactions and search for the vendor names ARI mentions to see each payment.

Share the P&L with an investor ​

  1. Check the AS OF date and period are correct.
  2. Click Share to Investor.
  3. Follow the prompts to send the snapshot.
Producer P&L Waterfall with the concentration alert.
Producer P&L Waterfall with the concentration alert.

Good to know

The waterfall measures each producer's share of revenue. Team & Workload measures book share by active policies. The two percentages answer different questions and will not match.

Agency Pulse ​

Agency Pulse — the 60-second view of the book.
Agency Pulse — the 60-second view of the book.
#AreaWhat you seeWhat you can do
1KPI cardsActive Policies, Premium In-Force, Active Pipeline (with pipe-to-book ratio), T-90 Renewals, RetentionRead the metric context under each value
2Book Composition (Premium)Commercial vs personal split with the lines that make up eachASK ARI to explore the mix
3Lead Sources PerformanceShare of business by lead sourceSee which sources drive new business
4Producer ConcentrationBook share by producerCheck that no single producer dominates
5State Footprint (Policies)Policies by stateSee geographic concentration

Transactions ​

Transactions — every QuickBooks bank and card transaction.
Transactions — every QuickBooks bank and card transaction.
#AreaWhat you seeWhat you can do
1FiltersPeriod, All / Money In / Money Out, Hide internal transfers, Hide journal entries, searchFocus on operational cash; search by counterparty, memo or account
2TotalsTotal In, Total Out, Net Cash Flow, Transactions, RevenueTotals update with your filters
3Full Transaction ListDate, counterparty / memo, account, type, reference, revenue tag, amount — matching the QuickBooks registerSort by date; scan for unusual items

Find a specific payment or deposit ​

  1. Open CEO Command › Transactions.
  2. Choose Money In or Money Out.
  3. Type the carrier, vendor or memo text in the search box.
  4. Adjust the period if the payment is older than the current selection.

TIP

Keep Hide internal transfers and Hide journal entries ticked when you want to see real operating cash. Untick them when reconciling to bank statements.

Critical Items Watchlist ​

Critical Items Watchlist — the agency's exception queue.
Critical Items Watchlist — the agency's exception queue.
#AreaWhat you seeWhat you can do
1SummaryNumber of active and overdue itemsA quick measure of how much needs attention
2Category filtersAll, Non-Renewal, Cross-Sell, Comm Variance, Concentration, Data Gap, each with a countClick a category to filter
3Item listSeverity, item (account, policy, carrier, reason), $ Impact, AgeClick ASK ARI on a row for context and next steps
4PagingRows, Prev, NextShow more items per page

Run a morning triage ​

  1. Open CEO Command › Critical Items Watchlist.
  2. Start with All and look at Critical items with the highest $ Impact.
  3. Filter by Non-Renewal and check the oldest items first using Age.
  4. Click ASK ARI on an item to see the account context and suggested next step, then pass it to the owning producer or team.

Coming soon

  • Assigning a critical item to an owner and tracking it to resolution.
  • A freshness indicator on every number, and a drill path from each KPI to its source records.
  • Plan vs actual on the P&L.

Questions about a screen? Ask ARI inside the app, or use Contact support in the menu.