Your question is Approach Budget Variance Analysis. Take a moment with it on the right.
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You're reviewing monthly financial performance for a business unit and need to explain why actual results did not match plan. The team wants a clear way to separate normal timing differences from meaningful overspend or revenue shortfalls, and to connect the variance back to business performance.
Explain how you would approach a budget variance analysis.