EPM · FP&A FinanceOS module

Planning & CFO Intelligence

When the plan and reality diverge, how long does it take to find out which operational change caused it?

Planning and CFO intelligence covers targets, budget, rolling forecast and variance analysis. In FinanceOS the intent is that the plan reads from the same objects the operational domains work on, so a variance can be traced to a cause.

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Why today's systems do not close it

Three places the work leaks out.

Planning is disconnected from delivery

Targets are set in one system, the business changes in another, and the two meet in the variance report.

Variance describes, it does not explain

Knowing that a line is 8 below plan is the beginning of the question, not the answer.

Re-planning is a project

Because the plan is not connected to the drivers, changing it means redoing it.

Capabilities

What it does, concretely.

Targets and cascadeGroup ambition broken down to entity and segment, with the commitment history kept.
Budget and driver modelPlan values with the drivers behind them rather than as standalone numbers.
Rolling forecastA continuous expectation rather than an annual event.
Variance with causeDeviation decomposed into the drivers that produced it.
Scenario and sensitivityWhat a change in a driver does to the expected result.
Measure trackingA decided measure carries an expected effect, so its actual effect can be read later.
CFO viewThe consolidated picture and the operational detail as one navigation rather than two reports.
End to end

How it runs.

TargetWhat we committed to
PlanHow we get there
ActualWhat happened
VarianceBy how much
CauseWhich driver
MeasureAnd did it work
Control and evidence

Who may do what, and what it leaves behind.

A plan version is a decisionApproved plans are versioned, attributable and comparable.
Assumptions stay visibleA planning value carries whether it was derived or entered.
Measures are followed upA decision without a measured outcome is treated as open.
Connected value

This module does not end here.

Each of these is a link. FinanceOS is worth more with every relevant domain that joins, because the domains work on one finance model instead of exchanging files.

Planning & CFO IntelligenceProject FinanceFinanceOS module In project business, the project is where most of the plan actually moves. Planning & CFO IntelligenceMargin & ProfitabilityFinanceOS module Expected margin and expected result are the same question at different resolution. Planning & CFO IntelligenceCash Forecasting The result expectation and the cash expectation stop being separate worlds. Planning & CFO IntelligenceGroup FinanceFinanceOS module Entity plans and the group plan share one structure.

All FinanceOS modules

Where this module takes part

Chains this module appears in.

Each chain starts with a business event and ends at a decision that is documented and closed. What this module contributes to it is stated on the chain.

Contract → effect → cashChain Takes the recorded obligation into the entity's forecast and budget; cost forecast and headroom move on the day it is recorded. Project → margin → cashChain Carries the margin change into the earnings expectation for the period and the year, and names the cause of the variance. Capital investment performanceChain The baseline is a plan version. Variances stay explainable because the version is kept.
Status

Where this module stands

Where this module stands

This module is part of FinanceOS and works on the same finance model, the same cross-functional capabilities and the same foundation as every other module. Its capabilities differ in maturity, and each one says which. What is not marked, we do not claim.

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