Business Operating Budget
Build annual budget with departmental breakdown.
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Build my annual operating budget by interviewing me first. Ask one question at a time and wait: (1) the business model and revenue streams, (2) last year's actual revenue and costs (or a sense of them), (3) the growth I expect and the reasons, (4) staffing plans, (5) fixed costs and contracts, (6) variable costs and how they follow sales, (7) planned investments, (8) seasonality, (9) cash timing (payment terms, annual bills), and (10) departments or cost centers. What I know so far: [FINANCIAL_STARTING_POINT]. After the interview, design the budget in a spreadsheet app: [SPREADSHEET_APP]. Provide: an assumptions tab (growth, price changes, headcount, inflation, payment terms) that drives everything; a revenue build by stream and month; cost lines by department with fixed and variable behavior formulas; a monthly profit and loss; a simple cash flow view that adjusts for payment terms; a summary with margins and break-even; a scenario switch (base, conservative, stretch); and a monthly actual-versus-budget variance tab. Include checks: totals tie, no hardcodes in formulas, and a version log. List the five assumptions that matter most and ask me to confirm each. Make clear that it is a planning model, not accounting advice.
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