FP&A Variance Review

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Budget vs. Actuals · Variance Drivers · Full-Year Forecast

6 Agents

YTD IT Spend

$14.6M

++3.2% vs. budget

Cloud Spend

$2.4M

AWS · Azure · GCP

External Labor

$1.1M

12 contractors YTD

Headcount

16 / 26

7 open reqs

Critical Risks

5

13 total flags

Key Performance IndicatorsYTD May 2026 · variance metrics

YTD Actual Spend

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$14.6M

Budget $14.1M +$458K / +3.2%

YTD Variance

On Track

$458K

May 2026 Variance

On Track

$234K

Variance %

On Track

+3.2%

Spend Trend & Agent AnalysisMonthly budget vs. actuals and FP&A chat

Monthly Budget vs. Actual vs. Forecast

All cost centers combined · Jan–May 2026

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Variance by Business UnitYTD actuals vs. approved plan

YTD Variance by Business Unit

Rows flagged in red exceed $200K unfavorable

$458K(+3.2%)
Category / EntityActualBudgetForecastVariance

Infrastructure

$3.7M$3.6M$3.6M
$78K+2.2%

Cloud Engineering

$3.2M$3.0M$3.0M
$179K+6.0%

Security

$2.3M$2.3M$2.3M
$48K+2.1%

Applications

$1.9M$1.9M$1.9M
$48K+2.5%

Data & Analytics

$1.8M$1.7M$1.7M
$73K+4.3%

IT Operations

$1.1M$1.1M$1.1M
$9K+0.8%

Enterprise Architecture

$673K$650K$653K
$23K+3.5%
Total$14.6M$14.1M$14.2M
$458K+3.2%
Cost Category & Monthly DetailBreakdown by spend type and May cost center drill-down

YTD Variance by Cost Category

Sorted by largest unfavorable variance

$458K(+3.2%)
Category / EntityActualBudgetVariance

Cloud

$4.5M$4.3M
$241K+5.6%

Software

$3.8M$3.7M
$95K+2.6%

Hardware

$1.6M$1.6M
$41K+2.6%

Telecom

$1.1M$1.1M
$27K+2.5%

Professional Services

$673K$650K
$23K+3.5%

Labor

$1.9M$1.9M
$21K+1.1%

Facilities

$936K$925K
$11K+1.1%
Total$14.6M$14.1M
$458K+3.2%

May 2026 — Cost Center Detail

Highlighted rows = >5% unfavorable variance

Cost CenterActualBudgetVar %

AWS Production

Cloud Engineering

$428K$380K+12.6%

Data Platform

Data & Analytics

$294K$260K+13.1%

Compute & Storage

Infrastructure

$348K$320K+8.8%

GCP AI/ML Workloads

Cloud Engineering

$144K$120K+20.0%

Azure Dev/Test

Cloud Engineering

$112K$95K+17.9%

CRM & Sales Tech

Applications

$122K$110K+10.9%

Cybersecurity Ops

Security

$155K$145K+6.9%

EA & Strategy

Enterprise Architecture

$140K$130K+7.7%

Data Center Ops

Infrastructure

$193K$185K+4.3%

Security Engineering

Security

$228K$220K+3.6%

ERP & Finance Systems

Applications

$183K$175K+4.6%

Identity & Access Mgmt

Security

$94K$88K+6.8%

Network & Telecom

Infrastructure

$215K$210K+2.4%

HRIS & Workforce Tools

Applications

$97K$92K+5.4%

BI & Reporting

Data & Analytics

$83K$78K+6.4%

Help Desk & Support

IT Operations

$168K$165K+1.8%

ITSM & Tooling

IT Operations

$58K$55K+5.5%