Total G&A
Total general & administrative operating expense for the period — the sum of the G&A lines. One of the four OpEx section totals. — Finance KPI, I'mBoard-authored (editorial tier).
I'mBoard-authored (editorial tier)
No public third-party standard anchors this KPI yet, so I'mBoard authors and maintains the definition — transparently labeled as editorial tier. See the ontology methodology for the published vs editorial tier system and the back-attribution workstream.
Rogue ID: finance.total_ga
Type: Currency
Domain: Finance
Definition
Total general & administrative operating expense for the period — the sum of the G&A lines. One of the four OpEx section totals.
Formula
total_ga = ga_payroll + legal_accounting_professional + office_facilities + software_it + recruiting + travel_entertainment + insurance_compliance + other_ga.Why it matters
Overhead the board expects to grow sublinearly with revenue.
How to interpret
Track G&A as a percentage of revenue; the ratio should compress as the company scales.
Related KPIs
finance.ga_payrollfinance.legal_accounting_professionalfinance.office_facilitiesfinance.software_itfinance.recruitingfinance.travel_entertainmentfinance.insurance_compliancefinance.other_gafinance.total_opex
Source
I'mBoard editorial — authored and maintained by I'mBoard, first published 2026-04-01. No third-party standard is cited for this KPI; when one emerges, the definition is back-attributed and promoted to the published tier (a minor version bump). Read the ontology methodology for the published vs editorial tier system, attribution rules, and dispute process.
Stage relevance
| Company stage | Priority |
|---|---|
| Series A | Recommended |
| Series B | Recommended |
| Series C+ | Recommended |
| Public | Recommended |
Suggested for stages: Series A, Series B, Series C+, Public.
Default owning functions
- Finance
Machine-readable
- This KPI as JSON:
/api/ontology/finance/total_ga.json - All Finance KPIs:
/api/ontology/finance.json - Full catalog:
/api/ontology/index.json
Total Customer Success
Total customer-success operating expense for the period — the sum of the CS lines. Shown as its own OpEx section (some companies fold CS into COGS; the default here is OpEx). One of the four OpEx section totals. — Finance KPI, I'mBoard-authored (editorial tier).
Total Operational Inflow
Sum of cash actually received from operating activities for the period — customer collections (subscription, services, transactional revenue), refunds claimed back from vendors, and any operating tax credits. Excludes financing activities (debt draws, equity proceeds) and investing activities (asset sales, investment income). This is the numerator-side of the net-burn equation, and the cash-basis counterpart to recognized revenue on the P&L. Common pitfall: companies sometimes book annual SaaS prepayments here as a single-month inflow, masking the underlying monthly run-rate — split lumpy items out or smooth over a trailing 3 months. — Finance KPI, I'mBoard-authored (editorial tier).