A model connected to the ledger.
The reason forecasts go stale is that they live in a spreadsheet somebody has to refresh. Here the plan and the actuals are the same system, so variance is a view rather than a monthly chore.
Screen capture · Planning, 12s. Open the driver model, change a driver, create a scenario, compare against actuals.
Change the assumption, not the spreadsheet.
The model is built from drivers: headcount, price, volume, the things that actually move the business. A change to an assumption flows through without anyone rebuilding formulas.
Scenarios can be created and locked, which matters more than it sounds: a board case that quietly changed after the board saw it is worse than no board case.
Budget versions are kept, so 'what did we say in January' is a question with an answer.
Planning
Connected- 01Driver-based model
- 02Scenarios, with locking
- 03Budget versions and variance
- 04Headcount planning
P&L, balance sheet and cash, together.
A three-statement model built on the same ledger that produces the actuals, with runway and burn falling out of it rather than being maintained separately.
Because the plan and the books share a chart of accounts, variance analysis is not an exercise in mapping one set of line items onto another.
Position
From the ledgerValuation and cap table, in the same place.
Discounted cash flow valuation and a cap table sit alongside the model, so the questions a founder asks their accountant at the worst possible moment have answers that agree with the financial statements.
Close · March 2026
3 of 7 · day 4- Bank reconciliation · 4 accountstied
- Subledgers to control · AP, AR, FAtied
- Schedules posted · 6 entriesdrafted
- Intercompany eliminations · 2 entitiestied
- Flux review · 9 accounts > 10%3 open
- Sign-off · controllerwaiting
Cash · consolidated
Live · 4 accounts1,284,902
Operations · this week
6 open- Chase 2 missing receiptsA. Reyes20 Mar
- Confirm AWS seat countOps08 Apr
- Ohio nexus registrationM. Silva14 Apr
- Northwind W-9 for 1099Ops21 Mar
Every one of these was raised by TAI from the books, not typed in by a person.
TAI · month-end
WorkingRent accrual · March · Suite 400
Dr 6100 Rent 9,750.00 · Cr 2100 Accrued liabilities
Prepaid insurance · month 4 of 12
Dr 6210 Insurance 1,250.00 · Cr 1400 Prepaid · 10,000 remaining
Deferred revenue release · 18 contracts
Dr 2300 Deferred 22,910.00 · Cr 4000 Revenue · ASC 606
Depreciation · 14 assets
Dr 6900 Depreciation · Cr 1590 Accum. depr. · SL, 3–7 yr
FX revaluation · GBP, EUR
Dr 7200 FX loss 812.40 · Cr 1100 AR · rate at 31 Mar
Payroll accrual · 6 days unpaid
Dr 6000 Salaries · Cr 2110 Accrued payroll · 31 heads
Close package · March 2026.pdf
Statements, schedules, sign-offs · 34 pp
Audit support · schedules.xlsx
Prepaids, FA, accruals, 842, 606
Advisory work, without the spreadsheet archaeology.
The model is wired to the books, so the analysis is worth more and takes less of the month to produce.