1. Financial Planning & Analysis
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  3. Plan to approval
Process · Plan to approval

Plan to approval

A plan moves through preparation and a finance decision. FP&A Planner identifies the organization, dated term and version, then enters cost center lines. Finance Leader opens the same in review plan before approving it. The plan number ties the submitted lines to the recorded decision and operation result.

Step by step

  1. Prepare plan lines FP&A Planner

    Build the plan for an organization and term. Enter cost center, spend category, quantity, unit rate and actual amount on each line.

    • Build the plan for an organization and term.
    • Updates Plans, Plan lines
  2. Review plan Finance Leader

    Check the lines and approve an in review plan through the inline action. The decision and operation result stay with the review.

    • Check the lines and approve an in review plan through the inline action.
    • Updates Plans, Plan lines, Review decisions, Operation receipts
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.

Where it usually breaks

And how to keep it from happening.

  • Check the plan number, organization and version before Finance Leader acts.
  • Compare the rolled-up planned and actual amounts with the cost center lines.
  • Read the Succeeded receipt and review decision after approval; a later Skipped receipt reflects only the rejected repeat attempt.
FP&A Planner
, Finance Leader, Reviewer and Admin participate according to the record and access setup.

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