Today’s finance teams face constant pressure to plan faster, forecast smarter, and adapt quickly. At Budgeting Solutions, we bring together intelligent business budgeting tools and hands-on financial planning expertise to help you take control of performance.
We don’t just install software, we deliver clarity, confidence, and capability. Our consultants combine deep financial knowledge with IBM Planning Analytics, creating agile systems that give finance leaders real-time insight and the flexibility to act fast.
Why Businesses Are Rethinking Budgeting and Planning
If you’re still relying on spreadsheets, you know how limiting they can be. Manual entry, version chaos, and scattered data make it hard to trust the numbers, let alone plan for change.
Legacy systems slow decision-making and make it impossible to see the full financial picture. When the market moves, your plans need to move with it. That’s why many finance teams are switching to integrated financial planning platforms that automate data collection, connect teams, and deliver live forecasting updates.
The result? More time for analysis, fewer errors, and the confidence to build strategy on reliable, up-to-date numbers.
What Modern Business Budgeting Tools Deliver
The right financial planning software for businesses transforms planning from an annual routine into an ongoing, intelligent process.
Core features include
- Multi-dimensional models that show performance by product, project, region, or department.
- Driver-based planning built around real business inputs, utilisation, headcount, revenue targets, and cost drivers.
- Automated workflows that remove repetitive tasks and keep approvals on track.
- Collaborative planning that connects finance, sales, HR, and operations in one shared system.
From static budgets to rolling forecasts
Traditional annual budgets age quickly. Rolling forecasts allow continuous updates, so plans evolve as new information comes in. This creates agility and ensures decisions are based on what’s happening right now.
Built on IBM Planning Analytics
Powered by the TM1 engine, IBM Planning Analytics combines the flexibility of Excel with the control of an enterprise platform. It’s fast, scalable, and packed with analytics that help finance teams explore every “what-if” scenario with confidence.
Register for a demonstration to learn more about IBM Planning Analytics implementation.
Case Study
Gowling WLG, a large international legal firm, overcame the limitations of manual, spreadsheet-based planning by implementing a new TM1 workflow. This solution provides near real-time insight into work-in-progress (WIP), integrated directly with cash flow and balance sheets. The firm eliminated 20 years of manual reconciliation, cutting the time for complex analyses from a day to minutes, thus fueling faster, more informed strategic planning.
Professional Financial Planning Services Built Around You
Every organisation is different, so our professional financial planning services are tailored to your goals and systems.
1. Advisory and Discovery
We begin by understanding how your business works — the challenges, data sources, and success measures. From there, we design a planning framework that fits you perfectly.
2. Implementation and Integration
Our consultants configure and deploy your chosen solution, linking financial, operational, and HR data for a single, consistent view of performance.
3. Managed Service and Support
With our Managed Service, we look after your system day to day. That means updates, optimisation, and proactive monitoring, so you can focus on analysis, not administration.
4. Training and Enablement
We ensure your finance team feels confident using every feature. From hands-on training to best-practice sessions, we help your people get the most out of the system.
Forecasting Profitability and Controlling Costs
Once your data is connected, planning becomes more precise.
- Driver-based forecasting links assumptions directly to business activity, like consultant utilisation or billable hours.
- Integrated planning brings together finance, operations, HR, and sales for a single version of the truth.
- Granular visibility by client, service line, or region lets you target improvements and identify growth areas.
- Scenario modelling instantly shows how changes to pricing, headcount, or costs affect your results.
With these insights, finance teams spend less time collecting data and more time driving profitability.
Who We Work With
We partner with mid-market and enterprise organisations across professional and business services, from legal and consulting to marketing and outsourcing.
Typical challenges we solve
- Manual, spreadsheet-heavy budgeting processes
- Inconsistent data and reporting
- Slow consolidation and approval cycles
- Difficulty adapting to fast-changing conditions
Our budgeting advisory services help you modernise your planning process, build accurate rolling forecasts, and free your team from low-value manual work.
Explore our wider industry planning expertise to see how we support sectors from hospitality to transport.
Having an issue with excel or a legacy solution? Get in touch.
enquiries@budgetingsolutions.co.uk
0115 958 0405
