“How many people have the budget file, and which one is current?”
Departments fill in their own file, finance merges them, one formula slips and the consolidated number no longer ties. A budget cycle that starts in October drags into January. DRM Budget rebuilds that cycle on a single template, a single account tree and an explicit approval chain.
If your department heads will not give up Excel, the reason is usually speed. So the entry grid was built for the keyboard: tab across month cells, spread a single figure over the year, apply a percentage uplift in bulk, undo what you just did. You keep the speed of a spreadsheet and lose the file sprawl.
Most revenue and cost lines hang off a few drivers: occupancy, ADR, covers, headcount. Define those drivers and the dependent lines calculate themselves. Move the occupancy assumption by two points and laundry cost, breakfast cost and housekeeping labour move with it — no line-by-line rework.
A budget starts with the department head, passes the division lead, is checked by finance and approved by the general manager. Every step is defined and every approval is recorded. An approved period locks; a retroactive change needs both authority and a stated reason.
Budgets, forecasts and scenarios on a single template. The same account tree from departmental budget up to consolidated P&L.
One report catalogue from a USALI-aligned P&L to departmental profitability, with drill-down all the way to the account.
Who can see what, who approves what — all explicit. Every change is kept in the audit trail.
Plan room, F&B and other revenue by board type, segment and channel.
One chain from the daily till to a 12-month projection — banks, cheques and loans in one statement.
Plan headcount together with its cost, and see raise and statutory-load scenarios in advance.
Let us walk you through it in 30 minutes — on your department structure, your chart of accounts and your numbers. Not a canned demo: your scenario.