What problem does it solve? Finance teams often build forecasts with hidden hardcodes, untraceable assumptions, and cash plugs that cannot survive audit or management review. This Skill structures budget, rolling forecast, long-range plan, and scenario modeling so every output ties back to controlled actuals, visible drivers, and approved assumptions. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Driver-Based Modeling: Builds revenue, headcount, opex, capex, working capital, and cash schedules from operational drivers rather than flat growth rates, with assumptions kept in visible, auditable areas. - Scenario and Version Control: Maintains Base/Upside/Downside scenarios, version registers, and latest-vs-prior forecast bridges without overwriting approved budgets or targets. - Built-In Model Checks: Enforces reconciliation checks (actual ties, roll-forwards, period rollups, cash integrity) and reports MODEL STATUS as PASS only when all required checks succeed. - Use Case: Ask it to update a 12-month rolling forecast using June actuals and the approved hiring plan; it produces a refreshed forecast, downside case, forecast-change bridge, risks, and a checks report without touching the official budget. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to update the rolling forecast for the next 12 months using the latest approved actuals and headcount plan, including a downside scenario and a bridge versus the prior forecast.
