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Budget Variance Analysis — ready-to-use Claude prompt

Fill in your details, copy the prompt, then paste your department figures from Excel directly into Claude. No templates, no spreadsheet formulas — just a clear, CFO-ready report.

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Fill in the formCompany, period, figures, and audience.
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Copy the promptOne click — the full prompt goes to your clipboard.
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Paste into ClaudeAdd your department data from Excel at the bottom of the prompt.
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Get your reportClaude returns a structured variance report — ready to share.

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How Claude handles this prompt

Paste data from Excel

After copying the prompt, open Claude and paste it. Then add your department-level figures directly below — copy-paste from Excel works perfectly. Claude reads tables, comma-separated values, or plain lists.

No hallucinated figures

If department data is missing, Claude flags exactly what's needed and provides a template to fill in — it does not invent numbers. This makes the prompt safe to use in real finance workflows.

Audience-aware tone

The prompt adjusts the report tone based on your selected audience — concise and strategic for the CFO or Board, more detailed for department heads or the internal Finance team.

Actionable output

Every report includes root-cause hypotheses for flagged variances and 2–3 concrete corrective actions — not just numbers. The output is designed to be shared without further editing.

Tip: For the best results, paste your department budget vs. actual table immediately after the prompt in Claude — before pressing send. Claude will process both together and produce a complete, populated report in one pass.