Budget vs Actual Command Center

Meridian SaaS Corp · Q2 FY2025 · Period ending May 31

Total Variance
-$1.24M
UNFAV 13.1% over
Burn Rate vs Plan
$548K
Weekly +8.2%
Commitment Coverage
107.4%
Over $702K POs
Forecast Accuracy
91.2%
Good +2.1%
Headcount Variance
-$287K
UNFAV 14 over HC
Loaded cost incl. benefits
Capex/Opex Drift
$128K
Reclassified
9 line items reclassified

Period Burn Rate vs Phased Budget

Weekly actual spend vs time-phased budget curve · Last 13 weeks

Departmental Variance %

Top 10 Overage Line Items

GL Account / Project Budget Actual Variance
AWS Infrastructure (5240)$520K$860K-$340K
Engineering Contractors (5110)$380K$527K-$147K
Sales Commissions (6050)$410K$528K-$118K
Marketing Events (6230)$145K$237K-$92K
SaaS Tooling (5320)$88K$165K-$77K
Legal & Compliance (7120)$62K$128K-$66K
R&D Lab Equipment (5410)$95K$154K-$59K
Office Lease Overruns (7210)$110K$162K-$52K
Recruiting Fees (5130)$125K$171K-$46K
Travel & Entertainment (7150)$78K$119K-$41K

Rolling Variance Trend (13-Week)

Underspend Risk Score by Department

Finance & Ops 72/100

38% unspent, low PO velocity

Customer Success 65/100

29% unspent, hiring delays

Product 48/100

18% unspent, on track

Marketing 34/100

12% unspent, strong execution

Engineering 8/100

Over budget, no underspend risk

Sales 19/100

7% unspent, high commit rate

Headcount Cost Variance (Loaded) by Department

Year-End Projection vs Budget

FY2025 Budget
$48.0M
Statistical Projection
$52.8M
Projected Variance
-$4.8M
10.0% unfavorable

Commitment Coverage Detail

Actual Spent
$10.74M
Open POs
$702K
Accruals
$124K

Capex vs Opex Reclassification

Total Reclassified $128K
9 line items affected
Capex → Opex $87K
Laptops, software licenses
Opex → Capex $41K
Infrastructure buildout
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Review required: 3 items flagged by audit for policy compliance

Largest Single Overage

$340K
AWS Infrastructure (5240)
Contract renewal triggered annual commit vs monthly phasing in budget

Departments Over Budget

3 / 6
Engineering -$487K
Sales -$342K
Marketing -$219K

Next Review Checkpoint

Jun 15
Mid-Quarter Business Review
Variance reconciliation & forecast update due to CFO by COB Jun 14