Tell Us About Your Budget Process
Every field starts with a typical value for your type of organization. Change only what you know.
Building The Annual Budget
Finance staff plus the department heads who submit and revise numbers.
Personnel Planning Included in Plus and Premium
Salaries, benefits, raises and new hire scenarios, usually kept in a separate spreadsheet.
Reporting
Pulling actuals, building budget to actual reports, and sending them to department heads and the board.
Include salary and benefits for the employees involved in your budgeting and reporting process.
Only used for the indirect benefit shown separately.
What Your Team Gets Back
Likely range*: hours, based on what Martus customers report.
Range
* Year two and beyond, after year one implementation. See what year one looks like
Year One vs. Year Two And Beyond
Year one includes getting set up. From year two on, the time savings above are yours every year.
Year One
Getting set up, then your first budget in Martus.
- Your team spends about getting set up on : prep before each training session, the live sessions themselves, and follow-up work afterward.
- The one-time implementation cost falls in this year.
- Savings begin with your first budget cycle in Martus.
Year Two And Beyond
Set up once. Savings every year after.
- No onboarding time and no implementation cost.
- Your next budget starts from the one already in Martus.
- This is where the likely range above applies in full.
Estimated Time To Get Set Up, By Package
One time, in year one. Every package also includes a 30 minute onboarding review and three one hour check-ins after training, and all live sessions are recorded.
| PACKAGE | PREP BEFORE TRAINING | LIVE TRAINING | FOLLOW-UP AFTER TRAINING | TOTAL, WITH REVIEW AND CHECK-INS |
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How We Calculated This
Nothing is hidden. Hours you entered, multiplied by the time reduction customers report, multiplied by your hourly cost.
| WHERE THE TIME GOES | HOURS A YEAR TODAY | CUSTOMER-REPORTED REDUCTION | HOURS BACK* | VALUE AT YOUR HOURLY COST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
What These Numbers Leave Out
Some benefits are real but hard to put a dollar figure on, so we did not try.
- Department heads and board members open current reports themselves instead of waiting for someone to send them.
- One shared budget instead of versions passed around by email.
- Actuals flow in from your accounting system, so budget to actual is always current.
- Reforecast in minutes when plans change mid-year.
Monthly Budget Comparison in Martus: actual, budget and variance for every account, month by month.
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