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20 capabilities
Annual operating budget
For an owner or finance lead preparing next year: revenue and costs by month and by team, built from this year's figures and each budget owner's drivers, every assumption written down, capital purchases listed apart, the whole checked against cash, and the questions leadership has to settle.
Asset register to invoice reconciliation
When new equipment, transfers or retirements must reach the reporting pack, the asset accountant gets a proposed register update matched to purchase records, commissioning evidence and the ledger, with duplicate IDs, unmatched invoices and uncertain in-service dates listed.
Asset replacement options comparison
When an aging asset has more than one proposed replacement or upgrade, the finance lead and the engineering owner get one workbook: the supplied costs, operating assumptions and lives on one basis, with price-basis gaps, unverified savings and open sensitivity questions marked. It recommends no spend.
Audit preparation
Before the external auditors arrive, your controller holds one audit pack: every request with its owner, date, document and status, the control evidence they will test, last year's findings and what was done, and draft answers to the questions they will ask. People approve everything before it goes.
Bank reconciliation preparation
Before the month is signed off, your bookkeeper holds one bank reconciliation for one account: every statement line matched to the books or explained, every open item aged, a proof that the two balances agree, and the entries still to make. Nothing is posted until a person approves.
Budget-versus-actual variance commentary
Before the month's results go to management, the finance lead gets written commentary on every line that moved past the threshold: the figures, the budget owner's explanation marked confirmed or to be confirmed, a bridge from budget to actual, and the questions still open. No cause is invented.
Field service invoice evidence check
When completed field work is ready for invoicing, the billing manager gets draft billing lines that tie the agreed rates to crew time, equipment use, mobilization and signed service tickets. Unsigned tickets, overlapping equipment days and unsupported extras are listed as exceptions.
Funder report draft
Before a funder report is due, the grants manager gets a draft written to the funder's own questions, with every number tied to a record, an index of the evidence behind each statement and a list of what is still unanswered. People verify it, approve it and submit it.
Investor update
Each month or quarter, the founder gets a drafted update for investors: the headline, key figures against plan and last period, cash and runway, wins, problems told plainly with what is being done, and specific asks. Every figure comes from the company's own reports. The founder approves and sends it.
Menu input cost change review
When supplier prices change, the chef and food-and-beverage manager get one worksheet: each price movement tied to the quantities in the supplied recipes, the cost per portion of every affected dish before and after, and questions for the chef. It sets no menu price.
Offtake statement variance check
When a buyer's offtake statement differs from the energy sales ledger, the settlement analyst gets one comparison: volumes, periods, prices and adjustments set against the metered-volume export and the agreed price inputs, each discrepancy traced to its source. Nothing is disputed or adjusted.
Payroll preparation and timesheet review
Before each payroll run, the owner gets one sheet built from the timesheet and roster exports: hours by person and type, every missing punch and odd entry raised as a question, and an estimated total. Nothing is keyed in, submitted or paid until a person approves.
Price change review
Before prices change, the owner or finance lead gets one review: the margin on each product or service from the sales and cost exports, how costs have moved, what each proposed price does to sales and gross profit across a stated range of customer responses, and dated competitor prices. It recommends no price.
Product configuration margin sheet
When sales prepares a quote for a product configuration, the commercial owner and finance lead get one worksheet: the quoted price, the costed bill of materials, assembly and freight, and the allocations, with every unquoted part, one-off charge and uncertain volume listed as an open assumption.
Production cost variance sheet
At period close the plant controller gets one sheet that separates material, labor and overhead differences from standard, by order and by product, with missing actuals and changed standards flagged. Each difference is a question for operations, never a cause.
Restricted gift rollforward
The finance lead gets a working schedule for one named restricted fund: opening balance, recorded gifts, coded expenditure and closing balance, with every unresolved difference listed from the gift agreement summary and the ledger detail. Nothing is posted.
Spreadsheet check before sharing
Before a model or schedule goes to a client, a lender or a board, the sender gets one report on it: every error value, short total, buried assumption and hidden row pinned to its cell, each with a fix or a question, and a plain list of what was not checked. Nothing in the workbook is changed.
Supplier bill review and payment-run preparation
Before each payment run, the person who approves it gets one sheet: every supplier bill checked against its purchase order and what was received, duplicates and changed bank details stopped, credits shown, and a proposed run with its total. Nothing is paid until a person approves.
Supplier issue notice
When a supplier bills for more than was ordered or received, or falls short of an agreed delivery or quality target, the buyer gets a formal notice ready for approval: each problem set against the record, the evidence listed, what the supplier must do and the date to reply by. A person approves and sends it.
Supplier spend analysis
From one accounts-payable export, the finance or operations lead sees where the money goes: spend cleaned and grouped by category and supplier, the few suppliers that take most of it, the tail, needs bought from several suppliers and consolidation opportunities, each with its figures. A person decides what to act on.