2027 budget seasonBudgeting and FP&A
This October, budget without the mess.
Turn hundreds of hours of Excel v1, v2, vF and vF2 into one clear budget package in minutes. Then point your own AI agent at it over MCP.
- Under two hoursfrom first call to live data
- No implementation feeno consulting hours to start
- Locked budgetforecasts saved beside it
Leading teams across industries run their finance on Control.
They already automate variance analysis, copy and paste less, and spend more time working with the business.
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Food tech, listed
Property management
Karaoke software
Engineering intelligence
AI cloud
M&A intelligence
Simulation software
Procountor
Netvisor
Fortnox
Xero
QuickBooks
e-conomic
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- NetSuite
- Odoo
Stripe- + many more
“The data was quite messy.”
Tiina Hong, Head of Finance, Singa
Now every ledger and billing platform lands in one view of the group, without an ERP project.
- 3entities in different systems
- 34countries with customers
- Day onerevenue data, not 5 to 7 days later
See where 2026 went off plan.
Actuals against the approved budget or any forecast, monthly or year to date, by entity and for the group. See which accounts and vendors moved, and open any gap down to its transactions.
| Account | Actual | Budget | vs plan | % | Variance bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marketing | 1,020 | 1,110 | +90 | +8.1% | |
| Revenue | 12,360 | 12,300 | +60 | +0.5% | |
| Travel | 160 | 210 | +50 | +23.8% | |
| Cloud and hosting | 540 | 525 | −15 | −2.9% | |
| Personnel | 3,960 | 3,900 | −60 | −1.5% | |
| Cost of sales | 4,680 | 4,600 | −80 | −1.7% | |
| Software licences | 420 | 300 | −120 | −40.0% | |
| Consulting fees | 505 | 235 | −270 | −114.9% |
- Hourglass BI Consulting OyConsulting fees312Growing +126.1%
- Legacy Reporting Suite OySoftware licences96Growing +41.2%
- Corvid Edge Networks IncCloud and hosting44Declining −38.0%
Same months last year · EUR thousands
Budget 2027 down to the vendor.
Plan every account by entity, dimension and vendor. Vendors with actuals on an account are suggested for it, so every recurring cost gets a decision, including the ones you are done paying for.
| Account and counterparty | Trailing 12 mo | Jan 27 | Feb 27 | Mar 27 | FY 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud and hosting7002 | 715,000 | 46,000 | 46,000 | 46,000 | 552,000 |
| Software licences6540 | 538,000 | 31,200 | 31,200 | 31,200 | 374,400 |
| Dunmore Backup Services | 13,900 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 14,400 |
| Legacy Reporting Suite Oy | 120,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unallocated | 404,100 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 360,000 |
| Consulting fees7010 | 635,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 240,000 |
| Hourglass BI Consulting Oy | 372,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unallocated | 263,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 240,000 |
| + Add counterparty | |||||
- Populate from actualsSeed any account from prior actuals. Nothing is written until you confirm.
- Entity allocationSpread a shared cost across entities and check the before and after.
- Excel still welcomeDepartment numbers can still arrive in Excel. Attach the workbook and the Budget assistant proposes the values for you to approve.
Three statements. One plan.
Add the balance sheet to the plan and the cash flow follows. Balance-sheet drivers tie receivables and payables to the P&L.
Month-end cash in EUR thousands: 1,330 in January 2026, falling slowly, then 2,640 in June after a 1.5 million bank loan, and 2,515 in September, the last month in the ledger. The latest forecast ends 2026 at 2,380. The plan reaches a low point of 1,975 in June 2027 at the end of the marketing push and ends the year at 3,214.
- Revenue
- 18,900
- Cost of sales
- −7,180
- Gross profit
- 11,720
- Operating costs
- −9,210
- EBITDA
- 2,510
- Depreciation
- −330
- Taxes
- −436
- Net income
- 1,744
- Cash
- 3,214
- Receivables
- 2,510
- Fixed assets
- 1,910
- Total assets
- 7,634
- Payables
- 1,160
- Loans
- 1,250
- Equity
- 5,224
- Liabilities and equity
- 7,634
- Net income
- 1,744
- Depreciation
- 330
- Change in receivables
- −460
- Change in payables
- 110
- Operating cash flow
- 1,724
- Investing
- −640
- Financing
- −250
- Opening cash2026 year-end forecast
- 2,380
- Ending cash
- 3,214
Run the what‑ifs with Claude.
Ask in plain words. Claude works with your own access rights, asks before it writes and leaves the locked budget alone.
ClaudeControl connectorDelay the Q2 hires by one month. What does it do to cash?
Read the FY 2027 budgetlist_budgets
Found the ten Q2 hires in the change historyget_budget_change_history
I'll branch a Hiring delay scenario and move each start one month later. Go ahead?
Yes.
Branched a scenario: Hiring delaycontrol_api_request
Moved salaries and side costs a month laterset_budget_group_account_monthly_values
Recalculated the cash flow for both versionscontrol_api_get
The June low point and 2027 ending cash both rise by €58.1k: one month of salaries for the ten hires (€60.0k) and their side costs (€12.6k), less €14.5k of tax at the plan's 20%. The scenario is saved in Control next to the approved budget.
- Original budgetApproved · Locked3,214
- Hiring delayScenario · via Claude3,272+58
Month-end cash in EUR thousands. Both versions match until March. From April the hiring delay keeps more cash: 23.2 more in April, 40.7 in May and 58.1 from June. The June low point is 1,975 in the original budget and 2,033 with the hiring delay.
Planning 2027 now? We walk you through how this would work for your team.
Book a budget walkthroughLock what the board approves. Reforecast in versions.
The number the board signed off never moves, so every forecast and every month of actuals is measured against the same baseline.
- Original budgetApproved · 12 Dec 20251,900
- Forecast 03/26Actuals to March
- Forecast 06/26Actuals to June
- Forecast 09/26Current · actuals to September1,525−375 vs original
Start in October. Lock it in December.
- OctoberStep 1Connect and compareConnect your accounting and bring in the 2026 budget. See where the year stands.
- NovemberSteps 2 to 4Build and testBuild 2027 and test the what‑ifs before the board sees it.
- DecemberStep 5Approve and lockThe board signs off, you lock it, and forecasting starts in January.
Do we have to replace our accounting system?
No. Control connects to the accounting systems you already use and only reads from them. Budgets, forecasts and scenarios live in Control.
Which AI tools work with it?
Claude over the Control MCP (Model Context Protocol) connector, as in the scenario above, and other MCP-compatible clients. Inside Control, the Budget assistant works on the budget you have open.
Where is our data, and how is it secured?
In the EU, on Google Cloud in Finland, encrypted in transit and at rest. Control is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified, with SSO and MFA. Details at trust.control.dev.
See how budget season works with AI.
In a walkthrough we show how finance teams handle budgeting, budget vs actuals and reporting with AI, and how it could work in your company. Or start for free and try it yourself.
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