Role - FP&A

Plan and report technology cost from the same model.

Finance sets the template, the calendar and the output format, while IT plans in towers, services and projects. Today someone re-keys between the two, every cycle. MagicOrange takes your template in, lets IT plan its own way, and hands back the approved plan in the format finance needs.
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Published result

Results verified by a financial services group

Three months to two weeks

IT budget cycle cut from three months to two weeks, replacing a spreadsheet-based system.

Leading financial services group.

The moments you will recognize

Where technology planning falls over today

  • Many contributors, one number

    Version control, roles and an audit trail, without the workbook that breaks in the last week.

  • The forecast has to move as fast as the business

    A hyperscaler price change or a surge in AI spend needs a scenario within hours. Rebuilding the workbook takes weeks.

  • IT and finance describe the same spend differently

    IT thinks in towers and services, and finance thinks in cost centers and GL accounts. Translating between the two is manual work, and it usually lands on your desk.

  • The plan covers more than opex

    Depreciation over useful life, contracts that span years, headcount by role and period. Most technology planning stops at the opex line.

If it takes real effort to get data in or the plan out, people stop using the tool, no matter how good it is in between.
Questions this page answers

Questions FP&A can answer from the plan and the actuals together

  • Where is technology spend against plan right now, without waiting for the close?
  • What changed between this forecast and the last one, and who changed it?
  • If cloud grows 15% and headcount holds, what happens to the total and to the run rate?
  • What does the technology plan look like in finance’s own template, without re-keying?
  • Which contracts renew in the next two quarters, and what do they add to next year’s base?
  • Which budget owners have submitted, which are approved and who is running late?
Where to start

The challenges FP&A teams start with, and the capabilities behind them

ChallengeWhy this matters to FP&A teams
Technology FP&AThe complete picture. Start from your template, get the plan back in your format, and plan across financials, capital, contracts and workforce on the same engine as your actuals.
Unit economics and cost to serveA unit cost that connects to the plan, and what happens to it under each scenario.
Cost allocation and cost transparencyThe actuals you plan against. If you can’t defend the allocation, you can’t defend the variance either.
AI and agent economicsThe most volatile line in the plan to predict, because it grows with usage instead of following a committed schedule.
CapabilityWhat it gives you
Budgeting and ForecastingBudget, forecast and what-if scenarios across financials, capital, contracts and workforce. Compare versions side by side, track variance and add in-line commentary.
IT Financial ManagementThe actuals sit in the same towers and services as the plan, so plan against actual is one report.
Enterprise Allocation ModelingThe allocation behind the actuals. If you plan against an allocated number, this is where it is defended.
Proof

More results our customers have verified

14 countries, 600,000+ outlets

20+ budget workbooks consolidated, forecasting cycle time down 30%, traceability up to 85%. Global bottling agent.

Global bottling agent.

Keep your template and let IT plan its own way, then see both land in one plan.

See a plan and its actuals side by side, on one model.
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