Advanced Finance · Budget & Forecasting

Know where spend will land
before the year ends

Department spend against budget, a year-end projection from the current burn rate, and an overrun KPI that flags trouble early.

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Spend by Department
Overrun Alerts
Projection Ledger
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Budget & Forecasting
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Spend by DepartmentOverrun AlertsProjection Ledger
Budget ForecastingYear to date
Key figures
Allocated budget$1,210,000
YTD spend$879,000
Overrunning2 departments
BasisCurrent burn rate
Forecasting ledger
DepartmentProjectedVariance
Engineering$470k+$10k
Marketing$248k−$28k
Sales$268k+$32k
Admin$95k−$5k
What you get
YTD spend by department
Overrun KPI with pulse alert
Year-end projection per department
AI Assistant for risk questions
Engineering · projected$470k
Marketing · projected$248k
Sales · projected$268k
Admin · projected$95k
Sample data for illustration.
Budget & Forecasting

Where will spend land?

YTD spend donut✓
Overrun KPI✓
Projection ledger✓
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Read-only; ceilings live in Expenses & Budget.
Budget & Forecasting
Departments5
Overrunning2
BasisBurn rate
Budget Forecasting AI
Ask which department is most at risk of overrunning its budget.
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Overrun riskMarketing projected $28k over budget
Spend by Department

See who is spending
what, right now

A donut chart shows how year-to-date actual spend is distributed across Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Finance and Admin.

  • ✓Year-to-date actuals by department at a glance
  • ✓The biggest share of spend is obvious immediately
  • ✓Based on your live ledger, not a manual spreadsheet
  • ✓Pairs with the budget ceilings you set in Expenses & Budget
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YTD spend by department$879,000
Engineering40%
Sales23%
Marketing21%
Finance8%
Admin8%
Overrun Alerts

Catch overruns
while they are small

A dedicated KPI card tells you whether spend is trending over or under budget overall, and a department that is on course to overrun is highlighted with a pulse.

  • ✓One KPI for overall over or under budget
  • ✓Pulse animation on departments projected to overrun
  • ✓Variance is shown against each department’s allocation
  • ✓Ask the AI Assistant which department is most at risk
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Budget healthProjected
Engineering
98%On track
Marketing
113%Overrun
Sales
89%On track
Admin
106%Overrun
Projection Ledger

A year-end projection
per department

Projected year-end spend is the department’s current burn rate — its average spend pace so far — extended to the end of the fiscal year. The ledger lays it all out.

  • ✓Allocated budget, actual YTD spend, burn rate and projected year-end figure
  • ✓Negative variance flags a department projected to exceed its budget
  • ✓Read-only by design — budget ceilings are managed in Expenses & Budget
  • ✓Includes a collapsible AI Assistant for follow-up questions
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Forecasting ledgerFY 2026
DepartmentProjected / Variance
Engineering$470k +$10k
Marketing$248k −$28k
Sales$268k +$32k
Finance$99k +$21k
Admin$95k −$5k

See the year-end number
today.

Department spend, burn-rate projections and overrun alerts — so budget surprises become budget decisions.

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