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Budget Variance

Metadata

Property Value
Type metric
Domain finance
Status active
Version 1.0
Owner Finance Manager
Steward Finance Team

Definition

The difference between actual financial performance and the budgeted or planned amount for a given period, account, or cost centre.

Description

Budget variance highlights overspending or underspending against plan and is used to trigger investigation and corrective action when deviations exceed acceptable thresholds.

Metric Kind

derived

Unit

currency

Grain

account or cost centre by period

Calculation

actual_amount - budgeted_amount

Dimensions

- account
- cost_centre
- department
- period

Sources

- Accounting/ERP system/72HR
- Budget planning records
  • finance.expenditure_variance
  • finance.revenue_variance

Source

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