AI workflows for financial planning and analysis.

Budgeting, forecasting and explaining the numbers: variance analysis, scenarios, and margin and pricing reviews.

Who does this work

  • Financial analyst
  • FP&A manager
  • Finance business partner

9 workflow templates ready to adapt, and 14 workflows identified.

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Examples of the workflows identified
  1. Check the margin on a quoted product configuration
  2. Compare asset replacement options on one cost basis
  3. Explain budget-versus-actual variances
  4. Prepare the operating budget
  5. Review a proposed price change

The workflows identified

Marked illustrative: an example of the work, identified, with no workflow template yet.

Compare asset replacement options on one cost basisGives the asset owner a workbook restating each repair or replacement option to one price year, with equivalent annual cost and sensitivity questions.Workflow template
Compare forecast scenariosGives leaders a forecast comparison showing the base case and alternatives with their revenue, cost and cash effects.Illustrative · not built yet
Plan the costs of the next phase of a contingency matterGives the responsible partner a schedule of amounts spent, unpaid obligations and proposed costs for the next phase, with cash timing.Illustrative · not built yet
Prepare the booking pace reviewGives the revenue manager a date-by-date brief of booking pace against prior periods, room availability and pricing scenarios.Illustrative · not built yet
Prepare the project cost reportGives the project or production lead a cost report separating posted actuals, commitments, approved changes and estimates to complete, with unexplained movements flagged.Illustrative · not built yet

Pricing and margin analysis

Check the margin on a quoted product configurationWorkflow templateReview a proposed price changeWorkflow templateReview margin by product, channel or customer segmentWorkflow templateReview the margin on a client engagementWorkflow templateUpdate product costs after supplier price changesWorkflow template

Budgeting and variance analysis

Explain budget-versus-actual variancesWorkflow templatePrepare the operating budgetWorkflow template
Check remaining budget after open commitmentsIllustrative · not built yet
Cost a change to a research study budgetIllustrative · not built yet

Workflow templates

Asset replacement options comparisonWhen 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.Workflow templateAnnual operating budgetFor 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.Workflow templateBudget-versus-actual variance commentaryBefore 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.Workflow templateCloud spend variance bridgeWhen cloud or tooling costs move away from budget, the finance lead and the engineering manager get a bridge from budget to actual by service and cost owner, with usage beside each large move, the unallocated and shared costs, and the questions each side must answer.Workflow templateEngagement margin reviewMidway or at close, the partner and finance lead get one worksheet for an engagement: recorded time, agreed fee, billed to date and supplied costs by workstream, the gaps that limit it, and the questions the team must answer. No cost rate is invented.Workflow templateMenu input cost change reviewWhen 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.Workflow templatePrice change reviewBefore 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.Workflow templateProduct configuration margin sheetWhen 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.Workflow templateRange margin by channel reviewWhen a wholesale offer or a promotion changes the economics of a range, the finance lead gets a margin worksheet for every product in every channel, showing which cost layers are in each figure and which gaps are still open. It invents no cost and changes no price.Workflow template

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