Nobody updates the sheet
The budget was set up in January, and by spring nobody has put the actuals in.
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Each month's actuals sit beside the budget, from the same books as your P&L.
Ecommerce budgets and headcount
Know if last month stayed on budget. Category by category.
Set your brand's budget by category and your hiring plan by month. Futureproof shows each month's actual beside both, from the same books as your P&L.
Mid-year
The budget lives in a spreadsheet
Your fractional CFO builds the budget in January, and checking a month against it means rebuilding the sheet from the latest close.
Marketing ran over last quarter
You find out the ad budget was blown once the quarter is over and someone rebuilds the sheet.
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Each closed month shows where every category stands against the budget, so an overspend is visible when that month closes.
Payroll ran ahead of the hiring plan
The hiring plan lives in its own tab, and a hire costs more than the salary it was planned at.
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Each planned hire sits on the plan at full cost from its start month, and each month shows where payroll ran over it.
CEO, COO or fractional CFO
Your month against your budget
The budget is a view of where you stand. It changes nothing in your books.
What your brand gets
- A budget for each category, month by month, from a ready-made start.
- Each month's actual beside it, from the same books as your P&L.
- Any gap opens to the transactions behind it, with room for a note to your fractional CFO.
- The budget stays yours to change, and you can lock it once it is agreed.
- Your hiring plan at full cost per hire, beside the budget and payroll, month by month.
How it compares
Your budget, us or a spreadsheet
If your fractional CFO keeps the budget in a spreadsheet today, or you are weighing a planning tool, this is who keeps it current.
| Futureproof | A spreadsheet your fractional CFO keeps | A planning tool | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the actuals come from | Your books, the same as your P&L | Exported from your accounting software | A connection to your accounting software |
| When it is up to date | As each month closes | When someone rebuilds the sheet | As often as the connection runs |
| Who keeps it up | Kept for you from your books | Your fractional CFO | Whoever runs the tool |
| The hiring plan against payroll | Beside the payroll in your books | A separate tab, pasted in from payroll | As current as the payroll figures in it |
Budget and headcount
What CEOs ask about budgets and headcount
From your books, the same ones your P&L is built on, month by month. Each closed month's revenue, cost of goods, payroll, marketing and overhead sit beside the budget for that month, so nobody rebuilds a spreadsheet to compare them.
Month by month, for the months you have closed. A closed month compares against the budget for that month, and the month in progress joins the comparison once you or your fractional CFO approve it.
No. Start from a ready-made budget and change any category. Set revenue, cost of goods, payroll, marketing and overhead for each month, and from then on each closed month's actuals sit beside it.
No. It shows where you stand and changes nothing in your books or your bank. Spending decisions stay with you, and the budget shows each category's actual beside what you planned for that month.
Yes. Each planned hire goes on the plan with its start month and its fully loaded cost: salary, benefits, equipment, software and recruiting. The plan can carry into your forecast and from there into your budget, and each month it sits beside the payroll in your books, so you see where the team costs more than you planned.
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