AI workspace for finance and FP&A teams.Spend Time on Decisions, Not Decks.
Docsbench AI agents work through your ledgers, plans, and business updates across every entity, and build the monthly packs, forecasts, budgets, board materials, and investment cases your calendar demands.
Bring GL exports from every entity, budget and forecast models, pipeline and headcount data, department updates, mappings, and past packs into one persistent knowledge base. Docsbench’s agents keep your definitions, last quarter’s explanations, and the latest forecast on hand, so each cycle starts from where the last one finished.
Classification
Put Every Entity on the Same Reporting Lines.
Map each entity’s chart of accounts to your management-reporting lines, and check ledger lines and invoices against your cost-center rules. Docsbench flags likely miscoding and keeps the original account and source document beside every proposed change. Review the uncertain items and consolidate on numbers you trust.
3 entities1,486 accounts → 64 reporting lines19 to review
DE 4410Frachtkosten
Freight & DistributionMapped
UK 6020Carriage outwards
Freight & DistributionMapped
US 5130Shipping supplies
?Needs review
Analysis
Explain the Variance, Not Just the Number.
Compare actuals with budget, forecast, and prior year by division, product, or cost center. Docsbench breaks the movement into drivers using your method, places the department updates beside each one, and marks what still has no explanation instead of guessing a cause.
Management Report.docx · Finding
Consumer gross margin 1.8 pts below plan
Drivers by your margin method, September
Mix-1.1 pts
Sales by SKU export
Promotion depth-0.5 pts
Promotions calendar
Unexplained-0.2 pts
Ask division finance
Revision
Build the Model. Change It on Request.
Build driver-based forecasts, budgets, and investment models with working formulas and an assumptions log. When leadership changes an assumption, tell Docsbench which files to update. It revises the model, commentary, and slides, and shows exactly what moved.
Price increase: 3% → 2% from April3 files updated
Forecast Model.xlsx · Revenue
FY revenue$212.4M$210.3M
Outlook Commentary.docx
A smaller April price increase lowers full-year revenue by $2.1M, mostly in Consumer.
Outlook Deck.pptx · Slide 2
FY revenue outlook $212.4M$210.3M
Ready for Every Date on the Finance Calendar.
Close, the quarterly reforecast, budget season, the board meeting, and the investment decisions in between each bring their own deadline and their own weeks of preparation. Choose a stage to see the work and what Docsbench hands back.
Get the Monthly Business Review Ready Sooner.
“Check October’s GL exports against our reporting mappings, and list expenses that look miscoded, with the invoice for each.”
“Compare October actuals with budget and forecast by division, and draft the commentary from these department updates.”
“Build this month’s management pack in last month’s format, and add a page on the margin question the COO raised.”
Spend less of close week assembling the pack and more time with business partners on what the results mean.
Monthly Business Review.pptx.pptx
October review
Services carries the month.
Variance Workbook.xlsx.xlsx
October vs budget and forecast
By division, with bridges and sources
Management Report – October.docx.docx
Arden Home Goods · Services division
Services margin up 2.1 points
31.9%MayJunJulAugSep34.0%Oct
Higher utilization on maintenance contracts lifted margin; the division update credits the new scheduling rota.
Illustrative example · fictional company and figures
Word.docx
Management Report. Results against plan, variance commentary, and open questions for the business.
PowerPoint.pptx
Monthly Business Review Deck. The month’s story and the actions it calls for, in your format.
Excel.xlsx
Variance Workbook. Actuals against budget and forecast, with bridges and source references.
Show Leadership What the Rest of the Year Holds.
“Actualize the rolling forecast through September, and explain every change from last quarter’s outlook.”
“Update revenue from the latest pipeline export, and build base, upside, and downside cases with a risks and opportunities summary.”
“Rerun the outlook with the six open roles moved to Q1, and show the impact on EBITDA and cash by quarter.”
Turn reforecast requests around faster so the discussion is about the decision, not the model.
Outlook Deck.pptx · Slide 2.pptx
What changed since Q2
Pipeline up, freight still high.
Forecast Workbook.xlsx · Outlook.xlsx
Monthly revenue, actuals and Q4 cases
Actual Upside Base Downside
$17M$18M$19M$20MJanAprJulOct
Risks and opportunities
FY EBITDA
Northline contract signs in November
+$0.9M
Carrier surcharge holds through Q4
−$0.4M
Two sales hires start in January
+$0.2M
Illustrative example · fictional company and figures
Excel.xlsx
Forecast Workbook. Actuals plus driver-based forecast, scenarios, and an assumptions log with working formulas.
PowerPoint.pptx
Outlook Deck. What changed since last quarter, the scenarios, and the risks and opportunities.
Pull Next Year’s Budget Together.
“Check the fourteen department submissions against our salary bands and capex policy, and list what’s out of policy.”
“Combine the approved submissions into the budget model, using the Q3 reforecast as the baseline.”
“Draft the budget book with assumptions and department summaries, plus a deck for the leadership review.”
Spend less time consolidating submissions and more time challenging the plan with budget holders.
Budget Book 2027.docx.docx
Contents
Assumptions · Departments · Trade-offs
Leadership Budget Review.pptx.pptx
2027 budget
Three decisions to settle.
Budget Model.xlsx · Policy checks.xlsx
11 of 14 within policy3 flagged
Department
Policy check
Sales
Within policy
Operations
Salary above band
IT
Capex over envelope
Facilities
Capex over envelope
Marketing
Within policy
Salary bands and capex policy from the finance manual
Illustrative example · fictional company and figures
Excel.xlsx
Budget Model. Department submissions consolidated, policy checks, and the full-year P&L, headcount, and capex.
Word.docx
Budget Book. Assumptions, department summaries, and the trade-offs leadership needs to settle.
PowerPoint.pptx
Leadership Budget Review. The proposed budget, the gaps, and the decisions required.
Brief the Board and the Bank Without Losing a Week.
“Build the board finance section: year-to-date results, the outlook against budget, and the key risks.”
“Prepare the quarterly covenant compliance schedule from the loan agreement and our September actuals.”
“Draft the lender update in last quarter’s format, and add the downside case the bank asked for.”
Prepare board and lender materials without pulling the team away from close and planning.
Covenant Compliance Schedule.xlsx.xlsx
Leverage 2.1× against a 3.0× limit
Interest cover 6.4× against 3.5×
Lender Update – Q3.docx.docx
Performance and outlook
With the downside case the bank asked for
Board Pack – Finance.pptx · Slide 3.pptx
December board
FY outlook against budget
Revenue
$186.2M
+1.2%
EBITDA
$17.4M
−3.9%
Cash
$22.6M
+$1.8M
Net leverage
2.1×
Limit 3.0×
Q1Q2Q3Q4— Budget
Illustrative example · fictional company and figures
PowerPoint.pptx
Board Finance Section. Results, outlook, and risks in the board pack’s format.
Excel.xlsx
Covenant Compliance Schedule. Each covenant calculated from actuals, against its limit, with the loan-agreement reference.
Word.docx
Lender Update. Performance, outlook, and the scenarios the lender requested.
Make the Case for the Next Big Decision.
“Build a five-year plan from our history, the strategy assumptions, and the capacity plan, with a three-statement view.”
“Build the investment case for the new warehouse: NPV, payback, and sensitivity to volume and construction cost.”
“Compare margin by product line and customer, and draft a decision memo on the three lowest-margin lines.”
Give finance more time to shape the decisions the plan is built for.
Investment Model.xlsx · Sensitivity.xlsx
NPV by volume and cost
Discount rate 9% · 10-year horizon
Decision Deck.pptx.pptx
Options
Build, lease, or wait.
Investment Memo – Warehouse.docx.docx
For the leadership team
New warehouse: $6.8M
NPV at 9%
$2.4M
Payback
4.6 years
NPV, $M · cost →
−10%
Base
+10%
Volume −10%
2.0
1.3
0.6
Base volume
3.1
2.4
1.7
Volume +10%
4.2
3.5
2.8
Illustrative example · fictional company and figures
Excel.xlsx
Plan and Investment Models. Three-statement projections, NPV and payback, and sensitivity tables with working formulas.
Word.docx
Investment Memo. The proposal, the returns, the risks, and the recommendation.
PowerPoint.pptx
Decision Deck. The options and trade-offs for the leadership or board discussion.
Editable Word documents. Excel workbooks. PowerPoint decks. Open the files, check every formula, and keep refining.
Keep Every Number Accountable.
Can we trace every figure?
Yes. Each figure links to its source export or document, formulas stay live in the workbooks, and totals are checked against the approved exports. Each proposed reclassification shows the original account and its supporting document.
Does Docsbench replace our ERP or planning system?
No. Bring exports from your ERP, planning tool, or BI reports, along with your existing models, mappings, and templates. Docsbench builds new work in your format and can edit the files you already use.
What happens when the numbers don’t explain themselves?
Docsbench separates calculated drivers from explanations found in your source material. Variances without supporting evidence are marked as open items for the business owner, not filled with an assumed cause.
Who owns the forecast and the budget?
You do. Finance sets the definitions, model logic, and assumptions, and approves what goes to leadership, the board, and lenders. Docsbench’s agents prepare and revise the work under your direction.
More Time for the Next Decision.
Spend less time consolidating data, building models, and reworking packs every time an assumption changes. Give your team more time to advise the business on what to do next.