MDSS mBUDGET
Run the budget process, not just the ledger.
Base Budgets
Base Budgets
Roll up / roll down budgeting across Fund, Department, Division, Category, Account, and Line Item.
History
Historical trend visibility
Ground budget proposals in prior performance and spending history before decisions are finalized, with deep multi-year load and clear annual versus monthly context.
Ground proposals in
prior performance with multi-year history that can load back to FY 1985. Actuals are monthly, with an adjusted 13th month for year-end close; budgets and amended budgets stay on the annual cycle.
Compare monthly actual
pace against adopted and amended plans so variance explanations stay defensible. Trend and seasonality context sits beside current-cycle requests for package ranking and board narratives.
Seasonality and multi-year
patterns inform mid-year monitoring and next-cycle base builds. Departments and finance share the same historical trail when explaining variance to executives and governing bodies.
Handoffs between fiscal
years inherit the same multi-year trail, so new analysts and new boards can defend continuity with confidence. Mid-year monitors use that history to separate one-time spikes from structural service costs before amending the adopted plan.
