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FP&A studio

Not the variance. The reason.

Variance against a threshold you set, with notes on the lines that moved.

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FP&A · Budget vs actual · Tir
  • Revenue180,000196,400+9.1%
  • Gross margin34.0%35.3%+1.3 pp
  • Payroll42,00047,800+13.8%
  • Marketing12,0008,900−25.8%
Variances outside the threshold ask for a driver note.

The studio

What it does

  • Budgets that stay budgets

    Budget spreads are kind-isolated from actuals — you cannot accidentally analyse a plan as though it happened.

  • Variance with a threshold

    A tunable band (five per cent by default) decides what counts as a variance worth explaining, so the pack is short.

  • Driver notes

    The explanation lives on the line. When the figures move after the note was written, the note is flagged as possibly out of date.

  • Rolling forecast

    Scenarios computed from assumptions you state, not from a hidden formula three sheets away.

  • A monthly pack

    Variance, notes and the forecast in one place, ready for the meeting instead of assembled the night before it.

  • Same figures as the file

    Actuals come from reviewed spreads that still cite their pages, so the pack and the statements agree by construction.

The month-end loop

Close, explain, decide — in that order

Actuals arrive as a spread. Variance surfaces only the lines outside the band. Those lines get a driver note from whoever owns them, and the forecast is updated with the assumptions that changed.

The point is not prettier reporting. It is that next month's conversation starts from what was written last month.

  • Only material variances ask for a note
  • Notes carry an author and a date, and flag their own drift
  • Forecast scenarios are reproducible from their assumptions
  • Everything hangs off the client or engagement it belongs to
FP&A · Budget vs actual · Tir
  • Revenue180,000196,400+9.1%
  • Gross margin34.0%35.3%+1.3 pp
  • Payroll42,00047,800+13.8%
  • Marketing12,0008,900−25.8%
Variances outside the threshold ask for a driver note.

About FP&A

  • Can we import our existing budget?
    Yes — budgets come in as spreads, including from XLSX or CSV, and are kept isolated from actuals so the comparison stays meaningful.
  • How many scenarios can we keep?
    As many as you need. Each is defined by its assumptions, which is what makes two scenarios comparable months later.

See it read your own document

Bring one file you already know well. Thirty minutes is enough to tell whether this belongs in your firm.

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