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Feature: Scenario planning

Be ready for anything with what-if scenario planning

Smart business planning thrives with a robust scenario planning framework, but manual spreadsheets slow down the scenario planning process. Centage’s scenario planning software enables your team to rapidly create and explore multiple budgeting scenarios, clearly visualizing every possible financial outcome.

Replace Excel with Scenario Planning Tools from Centage

Unlike Excel’s isolated, error-prone spreadsheets, Centage brings your teams together for a seamless budgeting and planning experience. Centralized data and intuitive tools lets your team create accurate budgets and forecasts that drive your business forward.

Simplify change management with a scenario planning framework

Empower your team to handle business changes without complexity. With Centage’s built-in logic, adjusting your financial models is as simple as changing the numbers. Collaboratively create unlimited budget versions, each with its own financial model, and test the impact of various scenarios. Work together to explore the financial consequences of different growth and funding strategies, ensuring all departments are aligned in the decision-making process.

Accelerate your scenario planning process with intuitive tools

Easily test multiple assumptions and predict their financial impact with Centage’s driver-based automation. Work with your team to evaluate how different variables affect your plans. Built-in compliance and automated workflows ensure that all stakeholder inputs are processed according to your company’s unique structure, making scenario planning a collaborative effort.

Secure scenario planning across your organization

Scenario planning involves insights from multiple departments, and Centage makes this process secure and efficient. Role-based access allows key stakeholders to contribute relevant data and insights, while only accessing what’s necessary for their role. Built-in safeguards protect the financial integrity of all inputs, allowing teams to collaborate with confidence and accountability.

Enhance financial visibility with scenario planning software

Centage gives your entire organization a clear view of the company’s financial health, enabling collaboration in real-time. Teams can instantly compare actuals to plan, react to trends, and stay aligned on performance goals. Drill down into the data as a group to understand the story behind the numbers and take informed actions together.

Seamless data integration for effective scenario forecasting

Centage automates the secure exchange of transaction data from GL, ERP, Payroll and other sources, enabling continuous actuals vs. budget comparisons. By eliminating data silos and manual errors, your teams can collaborate on accurate forecasts and work together with synchronized information to make strategic decisions that drive success.

Why Choose Centage for Scenario Planning?

When the market shifts or your CEO asks “what happens if…” you can’t afford to rebuild your plan from scratch.

Centage makes it easy to think ahead, adjust quickly, and bring the right people into the process.

  • Ease of Collaboration
  • Robust Scenario Planning Framework
  • Seamless Data Integration
  • Enhanced Security and Control
  • Faster, More Accurate Decisions

Centage helps you stay ready, not reactive.

"We used Centage to do some worst-case scenario planning, such as losing 50% of our revenue and planned hours. It was a huge benefit to forecast the impact on our revenue."

Peter Welch

CFO, Heartland

This private equity lawn care rollup sought a flexible and scalable FP&A software to support their aggressive growth strategy through M&A and organic expansion. Centage allows them to run scenarios around variables like weather (they work outdoors), and provides a single source of truth across 20+ companies. With the ability to create and analyze scenarios quickly, Heartland has been able to enhance strategic planning and ensure adaptability in a constantly changing environment.

Read more in the case study

“We used Centage to do some worst-case scenario planning, such as losing 50% of our revenue and planned hours. It was a huge benefit to forecast the impact on our revenue.”

Peter Welch

CFO, Heartland

This private equity lawn care rollup sought a flexible and scalable FP&A software to support their aggressive growth strategy through M&A and organic expansion. Centage allows them to run scenarios around variables like weather (they work outdoors), and provides a single source of truth across 20+ companies. With the ability to create and analyze scenarios quickly, Heartland has been able to enhance strategic planning and ensure adaptability in a constantly changing environment.

Read more in the case study

“We used Centage to do some worst-case scenario planning, such as losing 50% of our revenue and planned hours. It was a huge benefit to forecast the impact on our revenue.”

Peter Welch

CFO, Heartland

This private equity lawn care rollup sought a flexible and scalable FP&A software to support their aggressive growth strategy through M&A and organic expansion. Centage allows them to run scenarios around variables like weather (they work outdoors), and provides a single source of truth across 20+ companies. With the ability to create and analyze scenarios quickly, Heartland has been able to enhance strategic planning and ensure adaptability in a constantly changing environment.

Read more in the case study

“We used Centage to do some worst-case scenario planning, such as losing 50% of our revenue and planned hours. It was a huge benefit to forecast the impact on our revenue.”

Peter Welch

CFO, Heartland

This private equity lawn care rollup sought a flexible and scalable FP&A software to support their aggressive growth strategy through M&A and organic expansion. Centage allows them to run scenarios around variables like weather (they work outdoors), and provides a single source of truth across 20+ companies. With the ability to create and analyze scenarios quickly, Heartland has been able to enhance strategic planning and ensure adaptability in a constantly changing environment.

Read more in the case study

Scenario Planning Software FAQs

How does Centage simplify the scenario planning process?

Centage simplifies the scenario planning process by providing automated, collaborative tools that replace manual spreadsheets, reducing errors, speeding up analysis, and ensuring data accuracy across scenarios.

Can Centage integrate with existing financial systems?

Yes, Centage seamlessly integrates with common ERP, CRM, and GL platforms, automatically importing financial data to support accurate, real-time scenario planning and forecasting.

What are the main advantages of scenario planning tools over spreadsheets?

Scenario planning tools offer real-time collaboration, automated workflows, data accuracy, and faster analysis, reducing the risk of errors and providing more reliable and actionable insights compared to manual spreadsheet methods.

Is scenario planning software suitable for small businesses?

Yes, Centage’s scenario planning software is suitable for businesses of all sizes. Its intuitive design and scalability make it ideal for small businesses aiming to improve budgeting accuracy and strategic planning.

How secure is my data when using Centage’s scenario planning software?

Centage ensures robust security with role-based access controls, data encryption, audit trails, and compliance features, protecting your sensitive financial information throughout the entire scenario planning process.

Can Centage scenario planning software be customized to my business’s unique needs?

Absolutely. Centage provides flexible, customizable scenario planning frameworks, enabling businesses to tailor financial models, budgeting templates, and reporting structures to their specific operational needs.

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