Three versions of the truth — and none of them agree.
The month opens with the same ritual: an inbox full of spreadsheets, budget_v7_FINAL_final.xlsx, a second forecast, actuals out of the ERP — and three numbers for the same row. Before anyone plans, the team first argues about which file counts.
Inbox · Monday 08:14
Xbudget_v7_FINAL_final.xlsx#REF!
XForecast_v8(2).xlsx#VALUE!
XActuals_March_final2.xlsx#N/A
€2.406≠€2.438≠€2.451
3 versions of the truth · 0 of them agree
2
TuesdayActuals in
Upload the ledger — the AI flags only the outlier.
The general-ledger export goes in, last month’s mapping is remembered, and nothing lands without finance’s commit. A scheduled AI routine checks the fresh actuals and only speaks up when something stands out — this time exactly one line, sorted and explained, with the line items attached.
Import · General ledger, June
CSV read · 1,284 entriesLast month’s mapping appliedCommitted into version “Actuals”
Paid Acquisition +€19K ΔAI review: the only outlier · 14 line items attached
3
WednesdayThe board deck
Cash, burn and runway — live, from one source.
No model anyone last touched three weeks ago. Cash, burn and runway come straight off the dashboard — for any version, reconciled to the ledger. The board deck no longer gets assembled slide by slide; it reads from the model.
Dashboard · Live · Actuals × FY2026
Cash€2.1M+2.7%
Burn / mo€123k−1.3%
Runway18 mo+2
Cash trend FY2026one source
4
ThursdayThe scenario
“3 devs from July?” — the AI drafts, you confirm.
In the board meeting the CFO asks about the next hire. Zencount AI drafts the scenario as a preview — salaries up, burn up, runway down — and nothing touches the model until a human clicks confirm. Then it becomes its own, traceable version.
“3 devs from July — what does that do to runway?”
LineBaseDraft
Engineering · Salaries€1.084k€1.272k
Burn / month€123k€155k
Runway18 mo14 mo
AI draft · preview · source=aiConfirm into a version
5
FridayThe result
Board-ready — in days, not weeks.
The same month, the same ritual — without the spreadsheet archaeology. One model for budget, forecast, scenario and actuals, every aggregate traceable down to the line item, hosted in Germany and sovereign. What used to take four days is now a morning.
Daysnot weeks to close
1model · every version
100%traceable to the line item
Board numberCellLine itemsSUM == cell ✓
Hosted in Germany · sovereign · one model
Your next month
The same month — in days, not weeks.
Import your numbers and feel, in the very first close, how calm and clear planning can be — one model, traceable, sovereign.