Taxilla Planning & Budget Management

Replace budget spreadsheets with a governed, collaborative planning process

Taxilla Budgeting & Budget Management replaces fragmented Excel-based budget processes with collaborative top-down and bottom-up planning workflows - version control, approval governance, entity roll-up, and live actuals comparison from the Shared Ledger - producing an auditable budget every cycle.

  • 60%

    Faster budget cycle
  • Zero

    Version control issues
  • 100%

    Budget approval audit trail
  • Live

    Actuals vs budget comparison

Why spreadsheet-based budgeting fails at scale

Annual budgeting and rolling forecasting in Excel is painful at every stage - submission, consolidation, approval, and variance tracking. The problems multiply with every entity and every version.

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01

Budget submissions arrive via email

Cost centre managers return budget templates via email - FP&A teams manually consolidate dozens of files with no version control, no submission tracking, and frequent duplicate submissions.

02

Version control collapses during consolidation

"Budget_v7_final_FINAL_approved.xlsx" - budget version management in shared drives creates confusion, merge errors, and the constant risk of working from a stale submission.

03

Budget cycles run for months

Between submission, consolidation, review, and revision cycles, annual budgets consume 2-3 months of finance team time - time that should be spent on analysis, not process management.

04

No approval audit trail

Budget approvals happen via email or verbal confirmation - there is no systematic record of who approved which version of the budget and when, creating governance risk.

05

Budget vs actual requires manual assembly

Comparing budget submissions to period-end actuals requires manual reformatting - because the budget and actuals live in different systems with different structures.

06

Rebudgeting and version management

When business conditions change mid-year and budgets need revision, managing re-submission, reconciliation to prior versions, and approval of the revised budget is done entirely manually.

Seed → Submit → Review → Approve → Lock → Track

STEP 01

Seed budget with actuals

Prior-period actuals from the Shared Ledger or ERP populate the starting budget - cost centre managers build from real numbers, not blank templates.

STEP 02

Collaborative submission

Cost centre managers enter budgets in guided templates within the platform - with access limited to their area of responsibility and real-time submission status visible to FP&A.

STEP 03

Roll-up and consolidation

Entity budgets roll up to group level automatically - FP&A reviews consolidated budget, applies top-down guidance, and sends back for revision without manual re-aggregation.

STEP 04

Approval workflow

Multi-level budget approvals - entity controller, FP&A, CFO - with configurable approval levels by budget dimension, with full approval history recorded.

STEP 05

Lock and track against actuals

Approved budget locked as baseline - actuals from the Shared Ledger flow in automatically, enabling real-time budget vs actual tracking from Day 1 of the period.

See a governed budget cycle - from submission to approval in days, not weeks

We will demonstrate collaborative budget submission, entity roll-up, approval governance, and live actuals tracking - using your planning dimensions and entity structure.

What the platform covers

Top-down and bottom-up planning

Top-down and bottom-up planning

Group FP&A issues guidance from above; entity teams build from below - the platform manages the iteration between both directions until convergence and approval.

Guided budget templates

Guided budget templates

Pre-configured templates by cost centre, entity, and budget dimension - with data validation, commentary fields, and prior-period comparatives built in.

Version control and change history

Version control and change history

Every budget submission versioned with full change history - FP&A always works from the latest approved version, with prior versions accessible for audit and comparison.

Multi-level approval workflow

Multi-level approval workflow

Configurable approval levels by budget dimension, entity, and amount - with full approval history, escalation rules, and period locks on approved budgets.

Live actuals from Shared Ledger

Live actuals from Shared Ledger

When deployed with Financial Consolidation, approved budget compares to actuals from the Shared Ledger automatically - no manual export, no data reconciliation.

Budget vs actual reporting

Budget vs actual reporting

Real-time budget vs actual variance by entity, cost centre, and dimension - available from Day 1 of the period without manual assembly.

What finance teams achieve

60%

Faster budget cycle

Collaborative submission, automated roll-up, and governed approvals compress a 3-month budget cycle to a matter of weeks.

Zero

Version control issues

Every submission versioned - FP&A always works from the current approved version, with full prior-version access for comparison and audit.

100%

Budget approval audit trail

Every budget version, approval, and change documented - governance questions answered instantly without reconstructing email chains.

Live

Budget vs actual from Day 1

Actuals from the Shared Ledger update the budget vs actual view automatically - available the moment period actuals are posted.

Multi-entity

Consolidated group budget view

Entity budgets roll up to group level automatically - group FP&A has a consolidated view without manual aggregation.

4-6 wks

Go-live timeline

Budget templates configured and ready for the first live cycle within 4-6 weeks - with full Taxilla team support through the first budget cycle.

Common questions

Can the platform support both annual budgeting and rolling forecasts?
Yes. The same planning framework supports annual budget cycles and rolling forecast updates - with separate approval workflows for each cycle type and full version control across both.
How does top-down guidance interact with bottom-up submissions?
Group FP&A issues planning guidance - growth targets, cost envelope assumptions, headcount parameters - visible to cost centre managers as they build their submissions. After submission, FP&A reviews, applies adjustments, and can return for revision - all tracked in the system with no email chains.
How does budget connect to actuals?
When deployed with Taxilla Financial Consolidation, the approved budget links directly to the Shared Ledger - actuals post against the budget automatically as the period closes. When used standalone, actuals can be loaded via ERP connector or structured upload.
Can we manage mid-year re-budgets?
Yes. Revised budgets are managed as a separate named version - the original approved budget is locked and preserved, while the revision goes through its own submission and approval cycle. Both versions are available for variance analysis and historical comparison.

Replace the budget spreadsheet - with a governed process that actually scales.

Budgeting & Budget Management works standalone or as part of the complete FP&A platform - connecting to Financial Forecasting, Shared Ledger, and Reporting & Analysis.

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