Statements that explain themselves.
The P&L, balance sheet and cash flow you already read, connected to the activity behind them. Select any line and Sebastian shows what is driving it, what is posted, what is still an estimate, and where the figures came from.
Open any line
The same line on four bases
Actuals, outlook, budget and scenario, side by side and never mixed.
A forecast can move on new operational evidence before accounting posts an entry. That is the point. But a projection must never read as a posted actual, and a draft must never quietly become the plan. Every figure in Financials carries its basis, and you can compare them in one view.
- Compare posted actuals, approved budget, working outlook and any forecast version
- Switch basis for the whole statement or one line
- Reproduce any past version from its inputs, assumptions and model
From the variance to the positions behind it.
R&D compensation is $800K under plan. One click below the line and the approved positions appear, with recruiting status and financial effect in the same rows. The weekly recruiting conversation and the monthly finance review become one conversation.
- Planned start, expected start, pipeline stage and projected compensation per seat
- Departures keep the approved position identifiable: awaiting backfill, on hold or eliminated
- Scenarios start here, from the question, and stay draft until approved
Recruiting and finance in the same rows
Four moves, one bridge
Every move from plan to outlook, with its reason.
The outlook is $35K above plan. That one number is made of several changes pulling in different directions: renewals above plan, campaign commitments, cloud usage, start dates that slipped. The bridge shows each move, and each move opens to the records behind it.
- Each bar is a change with a date, a source record and a status
- Posted, estimated and forecast amounts stay labelled inside the bridge
- The same bridge by department, product line or cost centre
What stops being done by hand
Variance commentary written from memory
Each line keeps its drivers, records and sources. The explanation is there when the number is, not a week later.
Reconciling the forecast file to the ledger
Posted actuals replace the matching estimates as accounting confirms them. Nothing is counted twice, and the remaining difference is explained on the line it belongs to.
Asking recruiting for a headcount update
Approved seats, pipeline stage and expected start dates sit under the compensation line, from the HRIS and the ATS.
Financial statements, before and after Sebastian
| Aspect | Status quo | Sebastian |
|---|---|---|
| What a line shows | A number, and a variance to plan. | The number, its drivers, its records, its accounting status and the work attached to it. |
| Bases | Actuals in the ERP, budget in the planning tool, outlook in a spreadsheet, each with its own definitions. | Posted, approved, outlook and draft on one statement, labelled, compared in one view. |
| Headcount | A separate hiring tracker reconciled to the compensation line at month end. | Positions under the line, with recruiting status and the financial effect of every slipped date. |
| Scenarios | A copy of the model, built in an empty workbook. | Started from the line in question, compared beside it, saved as a draft until approved. |