From closed books to a published forecast, every step recorded.

Six steps from closed books to the plan

1. 01ActualsThe closed month, from Accounting
2. 02ModelFP&A drafts scenarios
3. 03CheckFinance Lead
4. 04Human approvalPublish, bank instruction
5. 05PublishedOne version, kept
6. 06Plan vs actualEvery month

Once Accounting has closed the month, FP&A reads the closed books: income, costs by cost centre, receivables and payables. Nothing is taken from an open month.

FP&A drafts the forecast in three scenarios and explains every variance over your threshold, line by line. The Finance Lead checks the draft before a person sees it.

A person publishes the budget or the forecast. Bank instructions go the same way: Treasury prepares them, and a person sends them from the bank. Agents never move money.

Every month, the new actuals are set against the published plan. The cash plan is rebuilt for the next 13 weeks, and the weeks under the minimum balance are flagged.

What the record shows

Every step is on the forecast itself, with who did it and who approved it.

One Finance Lead, several agents in parallel

The Finance Lead splits the month's work. Each agent works its own part, and every publication and bank instruction stays with a person.

The same path with or without add-ons

With the base pair, the Finance Lead also keeps the cash plan. Each add-on takes that load off the lead.