Deliver a budget vs actuals variance digest to your finance team
Every Monday, WebRun opens Jirav and pulls the current-period budget vs actuals by department, calculates the variance in dollars and as a percentage for each line, flags any line that exceeds your threshold, and posts a ranked digest to your Slack finance channel so the team can investigate before the period closes.
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How do I automatically send a budget vs actuals variance digest from Jirav to Slack?
WebRun opens Jirav every Monday, pulls budget vs actuals by department for the current period, calculates dollar and percentage variances for each line, and posts a ranked digest to your Slack finance channel. The biggest variances appear first so your FP and A team can investigate and correct before the period closes.
- Budget variances surface every Monday, not at quarter-end
- Finance team sees a ranked variance table in Slack before the week starts
- No manual report-building or spreadsheet work required each period
Built for FP and A teams · finance managers · corporate controllers · CFOs · finance operations
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
app.jirav.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Jirav - read budget vs actuals by department
jirav.com How to Automate Jirav
WebRun opens Jirav to read budget vs actuals by department. - Open Jirav and navigate to the budget vs actuals report for the current period
- Pull actuals, budget, and variance for each department and cost category
- Calculate the variance as a dollar amount and as a percentage of budget for each line
- Identify lines where the variance exceeds the threshold you configured
- Rank flagged lines by the size of the variance, largest first
Done when Every department line has actuals, budget, and a calculated variance ready for the digest.
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Slack - post variance digest
slack.com How to Automate Slack
WebRun opens Slack to post variance digest. - Post a digest to the finance Slack channel listing each department, its actuals, budget, and variance
- Lead the message with the biggest variances so the team can prioritize
- Note the total portfolio-level variance for the period at the bottom of the message
Done when Finance has a ranked budget variance digest in Slack ready to investigate.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
What variance threshold triggers a flag in the digest?
You set the threshold during setup, either as a percentage or a dollar amount. WebRun flags every department line that exceeds it and ranks those lines at the top of the Slack digest so the biggest issues are immediately visible.
Will WebRun email the digest to stakeholders outside Slack?
No. WebRun posts only to the internal Slack channel you specify. Any stakeholder email or external distribution is prepared as a draft for you to review and send. WebRun never sends external email without your approval.
What if the Jirav report is not yet updated when the run starts?
WebRun reads whatever data Jirav has at the time of the run and notes the last-updated timestamp in the digest. If the data looks stale, you can trigger a manual re-run once Jirav has refreshed.
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