Budgeting & Forecasting Sprint
Turn Guesswork Into a Financial Game Plan
In 45 days, we’ll design a living budget and cash forecast — so you can see exactly where your business is headed before the numbers hit.
PROBLEM
Most energy and electrical businesses don’t plan their numbers — they react to them.
Budgets sit in spreadsheets no one updates, and cash forecasts change only after it’s too late.
Without forward visibility:
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Cash crunches catch you off guard. You’re surprised by payroll or vendor spikes.
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Projects overrun budgets. Labor and materials are tracked after the fact, not in real time.
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Growth feels risky. You can’t see how new hires, investments, or contracts affect cash.
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Bankers lose confidence. You can’t show them a consistent forecast.
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Owners stay in reactive mode. Instead of steering growth, you’re firefighting shortfalls.
If you can’t see the road ahead, you’re not driving your business — you’re chasing it.
What We Fix in 45 Days
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Reactive instead of proactive planning
Build a living budget and cash forecast that shows what’s coming before it happens.
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Cash crunches and unpredictable expenses
Use rolling 13-week forecasts to plan payroll, vendor payments, and project costs.
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Disconnected or outdated budgets
Design a single model linked to your actuals for real-time accuracy.
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Unclear financial impact of decisions
Model “what-if” scenarios for hiring, new projects, and investments.
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Lack of leadership and lender confidence
Deliver clean reports and forecasts that align your team and impress your bank.
In 6 weeks, your business runs on foresight and control — not last-minute reactions.
HERE'S HOW WE TURN YOUR NUMBERS ITO REAL ROADMAP:
Week 1
Discovery & Baseline
Weeks 2–4
Build Budget & Forecast Models
Weeks 5–6
Implementation & Review Cadence
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Review your historical performance, seasonality, and project pipeline.
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Identify main cost drivers and cash timing issues.
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Define what “predictable growth” looks like for your company.
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Design your annual operating budget — revenue, cost, and margin targets.
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Build a 13-week rolling cash forecast linked to your actuals.
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Integrate data from ERP / accounting systems to auto-update forecasts.
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Model “what-if” scenarios (e.g., hiring, new project wins, or cost increases).
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Deliver your live, fully linked model in Excel or ERP-compatible format.
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Set up monthly review dashboards for leadership meetings.
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Support you in running your first monthly budget vs. actual review.
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Option to continue ongoing forecast maintenance and quarterly re-plans.
RESULT
After 45 days, you’ll have a financial control system that looks ahead — not behind.
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Predictable cash flow: See when gaps or surpluses are coming weeks in advance.
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Budget discipline: Projects and teams know their limits — and stick to them.
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Confident decisions: Know the financial impact before you hire, spend, or expand.
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Bank & investor readiness: Lenders see proactive, professional planning.
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Leadership alignment: Everyone runs on the same numbers, same direction.
It’s not just a forecast — it’s your financial GPS.
You don’t need to predict the future — you just need to plan for it.
Let’s build your 45-day forecasting system so you can drive growth with clarity, not fear.
(We’ll review your current cash trends and design a 45-day roadmap for budgeting, forecasting, and cash control.)
Growth doesn’t create clarity — planning does.