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FlexApp Budgeting & Planning

Run the annual budget without the chain of emailed spreadsheets — collect, approve, combine and reforecast in one place.

FlexApp Budgeting & Planning

In short

FlexApp Budgeting & Planning is a budgeting app that collects budgets from every department, sends them for approval, combines them across the group and lets finance reforecast against actual results.

Works on its own — connects to the rest of FlexApp when you want it to.

Who it is for

CFOs, financial controllers and planning teams who run the annual budget cycle.

The problem it solves

The budget cycle runs on dozens of emailed spreadsheets, nobody is sure which version is final, approvals are unclear and combining the figures takes days.

What you get

01

A shorter budget season

Submissions, reminders and approvals follow one timetable that everyone can see.

02

One final version

Budget rounds, scenarios and versions are controlled centrally.

03

Clear approvals

Each budget follows an approval route you set, with a full history.

04

Quick reforecasts

Compare scenarios and check against actual results at any time.

How teams use it

CFO · retail group

One timetable instead of an email chase

Every year finance emailed templates to each department and chased replies for weeks. Now the budget round opens in FlexApp, departments submit on screen or by template, and the CFO can see who is late and where each budget is in approval.

Financial controller · property developer

Comparing scenarios for the board

Preparing optimistic and cautious versions of the budget meant separate copies of every file. Scenarios are now kept side by side, so the controller can show the board the difference in one view.

Planning team · hospital group

Mid-year reforecast against actuals

The mid-year review used to start with collecting actual figures by hand. Finance now runs the reforecast in FlexApp and compares it with actual results to agree changes with department heads.

Key features

Works on its own — connects to the rest of FlexApp when you want it to.

  • Budget rounds, scenarios and versions, with targets, seasonal spread and exchange rates
  • Departments enter figures on screen or in locked Excel templates that are checked when uploaded
  • Budgets go through an approval route, and finance sees who has and has not submitted, with reminders
  • Figures combine up through the organisation structure, and scenarios sit side by side
  • Reforecast during the year and compare with actual results
  • Each manager sees only the budgets they are allowed to see

Frequently asked questions

Can departments keep using Excel?

Yes. They can download a locked Excel template, fill it in and upload it, and FlexApp checks it on upload.

Can we prepare several scenarios?

Yes, and compare them side by side.

How are budgets approved?

Through approval routes you configure in FlexApp, with reminders and a full record of decisions.

See FlexApp running your process

Tell us about one process you want to fix. We will show it working in FlexApp in a 45-minute demo.