Private Equity Budget Variance Driver Map

A portfolio-company budget variance carries different management consequences when the revenue, price, volume, mix, cost, and timing movements beneath the headline difference do not move in the same direction during the current period.

About this interactive

Map the operating movements beneath a current portfolio-company budget variance and see whether the headline result is concentrated, offset, or carried across several drivers. The view supports variance review within our Private Equity FP&A practice.

Financial line carrying the current budget variance.
Direction and relative strength of the headline difference.
Unfavorable
UnfavorableNear planFavorable
Operating movement carrying the strongest part of the variance.
Supporting operating movement, when one is present.
Current direction of the supporting operating condition.
Point in the current management period.

Interactive view

Operating movements beneath the variance

The primary driver receives the strongest treatment. Supporting movement can reinforce or offset the headline variance while the remaining drivers stay contextual.

Revenue variance Unfavorable Mid-period
Primary driver Secondary driver Offsetting movement

What the interactive shows

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