Prompt

Analyze budget variances and recommend actions.

<budget_data>
- Period: {month/quarter/year}
- Actual vs Budget: {key line items}
- Department/Category: {breakdown}
</budget_data>

<variance_thresholds>
{acceptable variance levels}
</variance_thresholds>

<business_context>
{what's driving variances}
</business_context>

Analyze variances:
1. Variance calculation
   - Dollar variances
   - Percentage variances
   - YTD cumulative
   - Trend analysis
   
2. Root cause analysis
   - Volume vs price
   - Timing differences
   - One-time vs recurring
   - Controllable vs uncontrollable
   
3. Impact assessment
   - Bottom line impact
   - Cash flow effects
   - Future periods
   - Strategic implications
   
4. Corrective actions
   - Immediate actions
   - Process improvements
   - Budget revisions
   - Forecast updates

Include variance report template.