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Monthly Variance Reporting Workflow

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Problem

Explain how you would prepare a monthly variance report in SQL for a finance reporting workflow. Focus on how you align actuals and budget, choose the reporting grain, calculate dollar and percentage variance, and handle missing or zero values in a month-end process.

What This Tests

  • Aggregating actuals to a monthly reporting grain
  • Joining budget and actual datasets correctly
  • Using CTEs to structure a readable reporting query
  • Applying CASE logic for variance and exception handling
  • Using date functions to align reporting periods