CFO Office
Board deck narrative before Friday 4pm.
Finwren delivers annotated variance sections with driver attribution and the anticipated board question for each material item — before the deck assembly window closes. The CFO office reviews and refines a narrative; the narrative is not built from scratch.
The problem
2-3 days of analyst work before the narrative exists
The board needs a variance narrative that explains the business — not a pivot table of budget-vs-actual deltas. Getting from locked actuals to a board-ready story typically takes 2-3 days of analyst work, followed by several rounds of CFO review. The narrative frequently is not complete until hours before the meeting. The CFO walks in with a draft, not a finished story.
How Finwren helps
Narrative ready before the deck assembly window
Finwren generates annotated variance narrative alongside the attribution analysis. Each material item arrives with a driver label, a quantified delta, and the question the board is likely to raise in the meeting. The CFO office reviews and refines; it does not write the narrative from a blank slide. The variance story is available the same session the actuals are uploaded — not 48 hours later.
What Finwren does for CFO Offices
Board Narrative Delivery
Annotated variance narrative delivered before the deck assembly window. Each material item has a driver label, a quantified delta, and the anticipated board question. The CFO reviews a framed story, not a table of numbers.
Material Variance Summary
Top material variances with driver labels — the board-level view, not the 200-row account-level detail. The CFO-level summary is separate from the analyst-level attribution map.
Operating Cash Scan
Cash position context delivered alongside P&L variance — no separate financial modeling cycle to run.
Data Handling Controls
No data stored beyond the session. Designed with SOC 2 controls. Suitable for ERP-connected data without a lengthy IT review.
Close Cycle Visibility
See which close items are explained and which remain open — at the CFO level, not buried in the analyst's spreadsheet.
Anticipated Question Prep
The question the board is likely to ask is surfaced alongside every material variance — not discovered mid-meeting.