Financial Planning & Analysis

Plan, budget, and forecast from live consolidated actuals

Taxilla FP&A connects directly to consolidated actuals via the Shared Ledger - eliminating the manual data refresh that makes planning models stale the moment they are built. Driver-based budgeting, rolling forecasts, and real-time variance analysis all run against the same governed numbers that produced the board pack.

  • Live

    Actuals from consolidation
  • Zero

    Manual actuals refresh
  • 60%

    Faster planning cycle
  • 4-6 wks

    Go-live timeline

Why FP&A planning models are always working with stale data

The core FP&A problem is not analytical capability - it is data freshness. Planning teams spend the majority of their time managing the data pipeline, not doing analysis.

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01

Manual actuals refresh every period

Consolidated actuals are exported from the consolidation system, reformatted, and manually loaded into planning models - a process that takes days and is already out of date by the time it is complete.

02

Planning disconnected from the close

Actuals in the planning model and actuals in the consolidation run disagree - because they come from different extracts at different points in the close cycle.

03

Budget versions managed in spreadsheets

Annual budgets and rolling forecasts are maintained in Excel with no version control, no approval governance, and no audit trail of what changed and who approved it.

04

Forecasting based on extrapolation, not drivers

Forecasts are built by extrapolating prior-period trends in spreadsheets - not from the underlying business drivers that actually determine revenue, cost, and margin.

05

Variance analysis requires manual assembly

Comparing actuals to budget requires manual extraction, reformatting, and pivot tables - a process that delays the monthly management report by days.

06

No collaborative budget workflow

Budget submissions from cost centre managers arrive via email, are manually consolidated by FP&A, and have no systematic approval or version control - creating a fragmented, unauditable budget process.

One platform for the complete planning and analysis cycle

Each module addresses a distinct FP&A challenge. Deploy independently or run all four as a complete FP&A platform connected to live consolidation actuals.

Budgeting & Budget Management

Planning & Budget Management

Collaborative top-down and bottom-up budget workflows with approval governance, version control, and entity roll-up - replacing spreadsheet-based budget consolidation with a governed, auditable process.

Top-down / bottom-up Version control Approval workflow
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Financial Forecasting

Financial Forecasting

Rolling and event-triggered forecasts using driver-based models and AI-assisted trend detection - automatically updated from consolidated actuals, eliminating the manual actuals refresh cycle.

Driver-based models Rolling forecasts Scenario modelling
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Shared Ledger Collaboration

Shared Ledger Collaboration

A single live ledger shared across entity and group levels - connecting the financial close, consolidation, and planning processes in one governed data layer. Plan and actual from the same source of truth, always in sync.

Single source of truth Live actuals feed Cross-level collaboration
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Reporting & Analysis

Reporting & Analysis

Variance analysis, KPI dashboards, and management reporting - produced directly from the consolidated and planned data layer, without manual extraction or pivot table assembly.

Variance analysis KPI dashboards Management packs
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See FP&A planning connected to live consolidated actuals

We will demonstrate driver-based budgeting, rolling forecasts, and real-time variance analysis - running against your actual consolidated numbers.

What changes when FP&A is connected to live data

60% faster planning cycle

60% faster planning cycle

Collaborative workflows, governed approvals, and automated actuals loading eliminate the majority of time finance teams spend managing budget submissions and data assembly.

Zero manual actuals refresh

Zero manual actuals refresh

The Shared Ledger connects FP&A directly to consolidated actuals - plan versus actual is always current, with no manual export, reformat, or load cycle required.

Driver-based forecasting - not extrapolation

Driver-based forecasting - not extrapolation

Every reconciliation, journal, and approval carries a complete, timestamped audit trail - accessible to auditors directly without manual evidence assembly.

Real-time controller dashboard

Real-time controller dashboard

A live view of every close task, reconciliation status, open exception, and approval queue - giving controllers full visibility without status update meetings.

Scales across entities and ERPs

Scales across entities and ERPs

Works across SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, and Dynamics in the same close cycle - no cross-ERP reconciliation, no middleware, no custom integration work.

Continuous close - not month-end fire drills

Continuous close - not month-end fire drills

Matching and reconciliation run continuously through the period, so issues are identified and resolved early - not at the end of Day 9.

Estimate your FP&A efficiency gains

Adjust the sliders to reflect your planning organisation's profile. Estimates are based on benchmarks from Taxilla FP&A deployments at global finance teams.

Your planning organisation profile

Number of planning entities10
Current budget cycle duration (weeks)10 wks
FP&A team size (FTEs)8 FTEs
Avg. FTE cost ($ thousands/year)$100K
Days spent on manual actuals refresh / month3 days

Estimated impact

Budget cycle weeks saved—
Manual actuals refresh days eliminated / yr—
FP&A FTE hours freed annually—
Estimated annual cost saving—
New budget cycle target (weeks)—

Estimates based on benchmarks from global FP&A deployments. Actual savings vary by entity count, planning complexity, and current process maturity.

Common questions

How does Taxilla FP&A connect to consolidated actuals?
Via the Shared Ledger - a single governed data layer that is shared between the Financial Consolidation and FP&A modules. When the consolidation run completes, actuals are immediately available in FP&A with no manual extraction or reload required.
Does Taxilla FP&A replace our existing planning tool?
It depends on your current tool. For organisations using spreadsheets or lightweight planning tools, Taxilla FP&A is a direct replacement. For those with existing EPM tools, Taxilla can act as the actuals data layer that feeds those tools, eliminating manual actuals refresh.
What is the Shared Ledger and how does it work?
The Shared Ledger is a proprietary Taxilla architecture - a single live ledger shared across entity, group, and planning levels. It means the same data that produced the consolidated accounts also underlies the FP&A planning model - eliminating the data consistency problems that arise when consolidation and planning run on separate platforms.
How long does implementation take?
FP&A implementations typically take 4-6 weeks, depending on the number of planning entities, budget dimensions, and reporting requirements. When deployed alongside Financial Consolidation, the shared data infrastructure reduces total implementation time significantly.

Connect your planning process to the same data that produced the board pack.

Deploy FP&A Planning independently or alongside Financial Consolidation for a fully integrated close-to-plan platform powered by the Shared Ledger.

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