Why it Matters
Budgeting and forecasting shouldn’t be a painful guessing game—or a maze of spreadsheets only one person on the team knows how to navigate.
Whether you're managing millions or just trying to keep things on track, your organisation needs a clear, reliable, and collaborative way to plan ahead.
Symphony Budgeting and Forecasting makes that not just possible, but easy.
With visual dashboards, intuitive interfaces, and tools built for real people (not just accountants), we help organisations get better at numbers—faster.
Symptoms to look out for:
If your current budgeting process looks like a juggling act, you’re not alone.
Here are some signs your team might need a better system:
• Endless spreadsheet versions with unclear formulas
• Only one person truly understands “the model”
• Forecasting feels reactive instead of strategic
• It’s hard to see how today’s numbers affect tomorrow’s plans
• You dread budget season—and so does everyone else
• Non-finance stakeholders avoid the budget conversation altogether
Sound familiar? You’re not broken—your system is.
The Business Impact:
An unclear or outdated budgeting process doesn’t just create admin headaches.
It can:
• Lead to missed opportunities and poor resourcing decisions
• Create disconnects between finance and operations
• Reduce trust in the numbers across the organisation
• Make long-term planning feel like a shot in the dark
• Drain time and energy that could be spent delivering value
Getting your budgeting right gives everyone—from execs to team leads—more confidence, clarity, and control.
How Cadence Software can help
Symphony Budgeting and Forecasting, is our purpose-built platform, to help organisations like yours take control of their financial planning—without the spreadsheet sprawl.
With Symphony, you’ll get:
✅ A central source of truth—no more chasing versions or asking “which tab are we using?”
✅ User-friendly design that makes it easy for non-finance people to engage with the process
✅ Interactive dashboards that turn numbers into insights
✅ Built-in permissions, so teams see exactly what they need—nothing more, nothing less
✅ Scenario planning tools to model what-ifs and plan with confidence
✅ Real-time collaboration—work together without waiting for monthly updates
Whether you’re forecasting revenue, managing team labour and budgets, or planning organisation-wide spend, Symphony gives you the tools to do it accurately, collaboratively, and without stress.
Want to make your budgeting smarter, faster, and more collaborative?
Let’s talk about how Symphony Budgeting and Forecasting can help.