Fibady holds the group's annual budget by entity and by area (sales, operations, people, marketing), compares it automatically with the actuals coming from the ERP and explains every variance down to the account. Each area owner loads and follows their part; the CFO and CEO see the whole.
How is the budget loaded?
From Excel with Fibady's template, by copying last year with adjustments, or line by line. The structure is the same as the P&L, so actual and budget compare with no extra mapping. You can keep several versions (approved budget, quarterly forecast) and compare between them.
Can area owners take part?
Yes, and that is how our customers use it: the COO loads operations, HR loads people, the CEO reviews and signs off. Permissions are per company, module and page (81 keys in the role editor), so everyone sees their own and the right people see the consolidated view. A signed budget stays frozen until someone with permission revokes the sign-off.
And headcount planning?
The People module holds headcount with total employer cost per employee, the org chart by area and manager, and hiring, raise and leaver planning attached to a plan, with monthly, annualised and payback impact. It is a sensitive page: its permissions are never granted by a blanket rule. It was built with the HR team of a customer with 13 entities.
How Fibady does it
- Budget by entity, area and account, with versions
- Automatic actual vs budget and vs forecast, absolute and percentage variance
- 1:1 rule: an accounting entry never counts in two budgets; the app flags collisions as you build
- Sign-off and revocation: a signed budget is frozen
- Projection rules with 6 methods and "why this number?" on every cell; AI plan generation from history
- Multi-user with area permissions; review and approval flow
- Dynamic metrics linked to Google Sheets (customers, ARPA, price × quantity)
- People: headcount, org chart and hiring plan → plan
Actuals arrive via API from Odoo and Holded, or as a CSV journal. If you are comparing with a dedicated planning tool, see Fibady vs Cube.