Budget vs Actuals Variance Analyzer
Upload budget data and instantly generate variance analysis with materiality flags, department drill-down, waterfall charts, and exportable reports.
Problem
FP&A teams spend hours manually computing variances in Excel, formatting reports, and identifying material items. This process is repeated monthly and is prone to formula errors.
Approach
Built an automated pipeline that ingests structured budget data, computes all variance metrics, applies configurable materiality thresholds, and generates visual reports including grouped bar charts, variance percentage views, and a budget-to-actuals waterfall — all in seconds.
Outcome
Demonstrates the ability to automate core FP&A workflows — turning a multi-hour manual Excel process into an instant, interactive, and error-free analysis.
Details
Built a variance analysis tool that takes budget and actuals data (via CSV upload or built-in sample) and automatically computes dollar and percentage variances for every line item.
Features configurable materiality thresholds that flag significant variances, department-level drill-down filtering, and a waterfall chart showing the bridge from budget to actuals.
Includes a downloadable CSV export of the full variance report with all computed fields.