Budgeting
Business model-driven budgeting for finance professionals
Build your business model and budget as you would in Excel, but in the robust environment of a professional financial package and with direct comparison to actual results.
Do you struggle with…
Not being able to plan or budget based on drivers in your accounting package or in Power BI? That’s why you do the budgeting and planning in spreadsheets. But these spreadsheets do not automatically match the actual results, making variance analysis or year-end forecasting a lot of work.
Business model-driven budgeting
Create a budget in Smartbooks as you would in Excel. For example, use simple price x volume formulas, growth percentages, dependencies on other accounts, or use our more advanced budgeting features. The planning of the P&L and Balance Sheet automatically results in a cash flow plan for the coming years. By combining actuals and budget, you also get an automatic year-end forecast.
Budget in 20% of the time
Once the business model is established in Smartbooks, budgeting in the following years is very easy. Adjust the changed business drivers, such as sales volume and growth percentages, and the new budget is ready. With the possibility to adjust the logic each year if your business changes. You can choose which users can contribute to the drivers of the new budget.
Advanced modules for bottom-up planning
We have several standard planning modules available, for example, for MRR planning for subscription-based businesses or for FTE planning at cohort or individual level. Of course, it is also possible to create a custom planning module. Everything that is possible in Excel is also possible in Smartbooks but much more manageable than in Excel due to the built-in financial intelligence.
We understand how difficult it is to provide all stakeholders with the right reports and insights every month without professional software.
Many finance professionals now have fewer worries and frustrations because Smartbooks integrates seamlessly with:
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Smartbooks’ SAAS planning module helped us determine our financing strategy. By experimenting with the different drivers you can immediately see what influence this has on our short- and long-term financing needs. This allows us to provide our stakeholders with a more reliable and clear multi-year picture.
Yuri Bobbert
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With Smartbooks, we replaced our ambiguous spreadsheets with a clear management report providing immediate valuable insights.
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$ 50Per administration per month
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Advanced reporting
and planning
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+$75 fixed per month
Advanced reporting, planning and consolidating
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‘Reporting, Planning, and Consolidating in 20% of the Time’
At Smartbooks, we know that as a finance professional, you want to be in control.
To achieve this, you need software for management reporting, planning, and consolidation.
The problem is that it is now a lot of work and pressure every month to provide management with flawless reports and relevant insights on time. This is a challenging task every month.
We believe that Excel cannot be the basis for professional management reporting, planning, and consolidation.
We understand how difficult it is to provide all stakeholders with the right reports and insights every month without professional software. Smartbooks is specially developed for SMEs from our experience at larger companies like Akzo Nobel, Philips, KPN, KLM, and Friesland Campina. We make the same functionality available for companies with a smaller team and less budget.
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‘Reporting, Planning, and Consolidating in 20% of the Time’
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