FP&A consultingA model your board
can defend.
Forecasts that are wrong by 30% are decoration. We build the model, the budget, and the cadence that turn forecasts into operating decisions — and reforecasts into a quarterly habit, not a fire.
§ 01 — Variance analysis: plan vs actualFrom plan to actual
in one view.
The artifact a board actually wants: plan vs actual, decomposed into the drivers that moved it, with a live reforecast attached. Toggle revenue, margin, or cash. Click a bar to read the story underneath. Slide between downside and upside to see Q4.
Every variance is decomposed into named drivers — not "mix" or "other". A board can ask "why" and get a sentence back.
Revenue, margin and cash share the same underlying drivers. You see how a hosting overrun bleeds into both GM% and ending cash.
The Q4 line moves with the slider. Useful for board prep, scenario walks with investors, and the quarterly reforecast cadence.
§ 02 — FP&A services: models, budgets, reforecastsSix disciplines,
one operating plan.
FP&A is a chain — the weakest link sets the truth. We harden every link, then run them as one system.
Three-Statement Model
P&L, balance sheet, cash flow — driver-based, scenario-aware, owned by one person.
Annual Operating Plan
A budget your team agreed to, by department, by quarter. Variance is calmly explained, not panicked.
Rolling Reforecast
Quarterly reforecast in three days. The model bends; the cadence does not.
Unit Economics
Cohort LTV, payback period, contribution margin by segment. Pricing decisions become defensible.
Variance Analysis
Plan vs actual vs prior, narrated. Surprises become learning, not blame.
Board / Investor Pack
Standardized format, version-controlled, exported in two clicks.
§ — Who uses FP&A consultingSix situations
where it works.
Most engagements start with a model audit — bring us what you have, we'll show you the cracks before we fill them.
§ 03 — FP&A tools and systems we work inWe meet your stack
where it lives.
- NetSuite
- Xero
- QuickBooks
- Sage Intacct
- Stripe
- Chargebee
- Maxio
- Recurly
- Pigment
- Cube
- Causal
- Mosaic
- Looker
- Metabase
- Sigma
- Tableau
§ — FP&A consulting FAQFour questions
we hear first.
If yours is not here, book a 30-minute intro call and bring the model you have.
With a model audit. Bring us what you have and we show you where it breaks before we rebuild anything; the audit decides whether we repair your model or build a new driver-based one.
You work directly with Balint Boday, the founder: seven years in FP&A, controlling and treasury before the practice, and still the person doing the work every month, not only advising on it.
ABOUT BALINT BODAY