Close faster. Defend everything.
Board memos should be reviewable, not mysterious. Arcus starts from approved warehouse data, cites the source context behind each answer, and helps finance teams turn recurring executive questions into traceable artifacts.
Example Q3 revenue memo with every figure reviewable.
This mock memo shows the intended answer shape: a cited headline, the drivers behind it, and the raw evidence a reviewer can inspect before the memo is shared.
Arcus can support finance questions when revenue, cost, pipeline, and customer fields are modeled in the tenant semantic layer.
The goal is not to replace finance judgment. It is to make every board-facing claim easier to trace, challenge, and revise.
What changes when finance can just ask.
Illustrative outcomes for the workflows Arcus is designed to support. Public customer benchmarks will appear only after approval.
Time-to-close, month-end
Variance research, journal explanations, and controller review should move faster when the source context is already attached.
Forecast accuracy at 90 days
Scenario answers are easier to trust when every assumption and variance can be inspected.
Of board figures cited to source
Every number in a reviewed memo should point back to the query, source context, or assumption that produced it.
Questions you'll ask in the first close.
For finance & RevOpsWalk me through the variance between actual and forecast revenue for September.
Build the AR aging by customer segment and flag anything above the agreed threshold.
What does runway look like at 0%, +20%, and +40% headcount growth?
Net retention by cohort. Which months are dragging us below plan, and why?
Draft the Q3 board memo from approved revenue, margin, NRR, and runway metrics.
Headcount cost run-rate by department, and the variance against the Q4 plan.
Show top customers by ARR with renewal context if those fields are modeled.
Flag journal entries above a threshold that hit unusual accounts.
Models that own their accuracy.
Arcus is designed to preserve the assumptions behind forecast work so finance can compare scenarios against actuals and explain what changed.
- Assumptions visible. Forecast work should show the fields, windows, and thresholds used.
- Variance review. Compare a scenario to actuals when the underlying data is available.
- Memo-ready context. Keep the explanation beside the numbers so reviewers can challenge it.
Starts with your warehouse.
The CFO's review layer.
Bring the warehouse-backed finance questions that slow the team down. Arcus will help scope the first pilot workflow.