The FP&A toolkit library

A growing shelf of practical financial models, decision frameworks, and analysis systems, each built around a specific business problem. Free tools are ready to download now. Advanced toolkits are in development.

CFO Monthly Close Toolkit

Free

Drop in your raw monthly financials and get the full board pack back in one run: an interactive dashboard, a 9-slide deck, a formula-driven Excel workbook, and written management commentary. The mechanical assembly is done before you start reviewing, so your time goes to the analysis instead. Runs as a Claude skill, no integration to maintain.

SolvesDays of senior finance time spent assembling the monthly board pack, leaving too little for the judgment it is meant to enable.
ForCFOs, finance directors, FP&A leads, and owner-operators producing a recurring monthly reporting package.
InsideThe Claude skill, an optional Excel input template, and a 5-page quick-start guide. Accepts any data, from a P&L to full customer and product detail.
NeedsA Claude Pro, Max or Team account (two-minute one-time setup). For the strongest analysis, run it on Claude Opus.

New here? Start with the guide, then read the thinking behind it: The Real Cost of the Monthly Close →

Forecasting rather than closing? The Forecast Review Toolkit → does the same job for where the year lands.

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Each one takes a single decision and settles it on your own numbers, updating as you type. Nothing is sent anywhere, the maths runs in your browser, and each is built from the thinking in a specific article.

Cost-to-Serve Calculator

Free · interactive

Takes a customer past gross margin: order handling, delivery, returns, support time and the financing cost of payment terms, down to what the account actually contributes.

SolvesLarge accounts that look healthy on gross margin and quietly return far less than smaller ones once the cost of serving them is counted.
ForCommercial finance, sales leadership, and owner-operators reviewing a customer list.
InsideContribution after cost to serve in dollars and as a share of revenue, the 5 cost drivers priced separately, and the 2 fixes sized side by side: the price rise needed, or the delivery consolidation that replaces it.

Promotion Break-Even Calculator

Free · interactive

Either direction of a price move: how much extra volume a discount has to produce, or how much volume a price increase can afford to lose, plus the dollar impact for the period.

SolvesPrice moves approved on optimism, without anyone knowing the volume the discount needs or the volume the increase can afford to lose.
ForCommercial finance, pricing leads, and owner-operators signing off on discounts.
InsideBreak-even lift on a cut, affordable volume loss on an increase, margin leverage before and after, and a profit verdict in dollars.

Value-Based Price Calculator

Free · interactive

Sets a price against all 3 anchors instead of 1: what the product costs you, what it is worth to the customer, and where your differentiation puts you between the two.

SolvesA habitual markup that leaves money on the table when your cost is low, and prices you out of the market when your cost is high.
ForPricing leads, commercial finance, and founders who have never repriced from anything but cost.
InsideThe floor, the ceiling and the competitor plotted together, the margin left on the table per unit and per year, and the price your position actually justifies.

Constraint Mix Calculator

Free · interactive

Ranks products by what each one earns per unit of the resource you have least of, then fills capacity from the top of that ranking down.

SolvesA full factory, a strong top line, and profit going backwards, because the mix was chosen on revenue or on margin per unit.
ForOperations and commercial finance, sales leaders setting incentives, and anyone whose capacity is genuinely full.
InsideContribution per constraint unit for up to 5 products, the optimal fill against demand ceilings, what ranking by contribution per unit alone would have cost you, and what one more unit of the constraint is worth.

Variance Screen Calculator

Free · interactive

Screens a variance report on 2 filters instead of 1, so the lines that are merely large separate from the lines that have genuinely changed.

SolvesA monthly pack where every line carries a dutiful comment, which trains everyone to read none of them.
ForFP&A analysts, finance managers, and CFOs who want the month reported by exception.
InsideEvery line sorted into investigate, monitor, note or ignore, the 4 quadrants counted, and the largest variance that is only noise named explicitly.

Forecast Decision Headroom Calculator

Free · interactive

Tells you whether a sharper forecast would change any decision, before you spend 3 weeks making it sharper.

SolvesForecast accuracy pursued as a target in its own right, disconnected from whether a single decision moves.
ForFP&A teams, demand planners, and anyone being asked to improve a forecast.
InsideHeadroom as distance to the threshold over typical error, a verdict on whether accuracy is decisive, and the error you would need for the call to be safe.

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Every model below is formula-driven, documented, and adaptable to most businesses. No signup, no email wall, just download and open.

FP&A Budget and Variance Template

Free

A complete annual budgeting model, from a central assumptions hub through to automatic budget-vs-actual variance reporting.

SolvesRebuilding the budget from scratch every cycle, and chasing variances manually.
ForFP&A analysts, finance managers, and owner-operators running a planning cycle.
InsideAssumptions hub, monthly P&L, actuals input, automatic variance reporting. Fully formula-driven.

Margin Bridge and Price/Volume/Mix Model

Free

A structured model that separates a change in gross margin into its four real drivers: price, volume, mix, and cost.

Solves"Revenue grew but margin didn't, where did the margin actually go?"
ForCFOs, controllers, and analysts preparing margin or board commentary.
InsideStandard PVMC decomposition, full reconciliation check, waterfall-ready output, worked example data.

Forecast Scenario and Sensitivity Model

Free

A driver-based forecast with three scenarios and built-in sensitivity analysis showing which assumptions move the outcome most.

SolvesSingle-point forecasts that hide risk and treat every assumption as equally important.
ForFinance leaders running strategic planning and board forecast conversations.
Inside5-year driver model, Base / Upside / Downside scenarios, sensitivity ranking, executive summary.

Cash Flow Stress Test Model

Free

A 26-week cash flow model that shows liquidity pressure before it becomes a problem, with a Base vs Stress comparison.

SolvesA healthy-looking P&L hiding an unpredictable, tightening cash position.
ForOwners, CFOs, and finance leads managing liquidity and runway.
InsideDynamic actuals-to-forecast cutover, realistic payment calendar, AP/AR aging, 3-scenario dashboard. Six tabs.

Pricing Optimization Model

Free

A price-elasticity model with a working Solver optimisation engine: it finds the contribution-maximising price for every product, inside the commercial limits you set, and tells you which limit is costing you money.

SolvesPricing and mix decisions made on instinct, or from a handful of scenarios someone happened to think of.
ForCommercial finance, pricing leads, and founders setting price and mix strategy.
InsideA Solver optimiser (5 decision variables, 6 business constraints, GRG Nonlinear), binding-constraint diagnostics, three comparison scenarios, contribution and effort analysis, and full methodology.
NeedsDesktop Excel with the Solver add-in. The model is saved inside the sheet, so Data ► Solver opens fully pre-filled: solving is one press, with nothing to set up. Contains no macros.

Manufacturing FP&A Forecast Planner

Free

A forecasting model built for operations-driven businesses, where backlog, lead times, and capacity drive the financials.

SolvesGeneric forecasts that ignore production timelines and capacity constraints.
ForFinance teams in manufacturing and other operationally complex businesses.
InsideBacklog, lead times, and capacity integrated into one model, with two-way sensitivity and scenario comparison.

Complete systems, not single answers

The models and calculators above each answer one question. A toolkit runs a whole recurring job end to end. The CFO Monthly Close Toolkit at the top of this page is the third. All 3 are free, and none of them wants your email address.

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Tools here are built around real business problems. If there's a specific analytical problem or decision you're working on, describe it and I'll tell you how I'd approach it, and whether a tool already exists.

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