Recurring Finance Work Calculator

Answer for one workflow, not the whole function. Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere or stored.

The six questions

1Frequency

How often does the workflow run?

Runs

2Effort

Total person-hours per cycle, including preparation and follow-up.

People involved

Hours per person per cycle

3Systems

Systems, spreadsheets or data sources connected by hand.

Sources manually connected

4Exceptions

How often cycles need rework, and what that costs when it happens.

Cycles requiring rework %

Additional hours when it happens

5Review

Reviewers and approvers, separate from the people doing the work.

Reviewers or approvers

Hours per reviewer per cycle

6Adjacent work

Downstream reports, forecasts, reconciliations or decisions that depend on this output.

Downstream outputs affected

Loaded hourly cost

Fully loaded cost per hour, including benefits and overhead. Edit to match your own figure.

Cost per hour $

Annual hours 0

FTE capacity tied up 0.00 FTE

Estimated annual cost $0

Contained

This is a directional estimate of capacity tied up, not a guarantee of hours eliminated or financial savings.