AI agent for global head of finances
Cash Repatriation Planning Agent
A ranked set of tested repatriation routes with net cost for each country, kept current as rules and rates change
What it does
A group holds cash in many countries, and moving it home can trigger withholding tax, currency controls, legal limits on dividends or tax on intercompany loans. The right route, such as a dividend, a loan repayment or netting, depends on the country and the amount. This agent maps cash by entity and country and reads the group's rules for each move: withholding tax rates, distributable reserves, central bank approvals and treaty relief. For each possible route it models the net cost including tax, fees and exchange rate effects, and ranks the options. When a rate or rule changes, it reruns the model and shows what changed. It checks that each proposed route is allowed by local reserves and covenant limits. The CFO approves any move. Edge case: a local company has negative reserves, so a dividend is not allowed and the agent proposes a loan repayment instead.
How it works
Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.
Read the steps as a list
- Quarterly review starts or a rule changes
- Map cash by entity, country and currency
- Load local rules, tax rates and treaty relief
- List possible routes: dividend, loan repayment, netting, fees
- Is each route allowed by local reserves, central bank rules and covenants?If not: remove the route and test the next alternative. Back to step 3.
- Model the net cost of each allowed route
- Rank routes by net cost and timing
- Does the best plan keep local entities above their minimum cash?If not: reduce the amount moved and remodel. Back to step 6.
- Write the plan with assumptions and sensitivity to rates
- CFO approves any moveThe agent waits here for your OK.
- Repatriation plan filed with review date
How it decides
It ranks routes by net cost after tax and fees, and rejects any route that local reserves, central bank rules or debt covenants do not allow.
- Reject dividends above distributable reserves
- Apply treaty rates only with the required certificate
- Keep a minimum local cash balance for operations
- Rerun when a rate changes by more than 1 point
Make it yours
Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.
- Minimum local cash by entity
- Rate change that triggers a rerun (default 1 point)
- Routes allowed
- Review schedule
What keeps you in control
It always asks you first
- Any dividend, loan repayment or transfer
Hard limits
- Never moves cash
- Does not give tax opinions beyond the rules provided
- Marks all assumptions
It stops when
- Done: plan approved by the CFO
- Stop: reserve or tax data is missing for a country
Set it up
We guide you through the set-up, step by step
Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.
- One set of instructions to paste into your AI, with the clicks for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini and Grok
- The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
- A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
An example run
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