Accounting Software - Sage Active Planner

Active Planner ROI Calculator
Enter Values in the Gray section & Click the Calculate Button

Total Number of Budget Stakeholders Across Departments:
Average Expense Per Employee: Input the average expense you spend per employee for the budgeting process. Be sure to include Salary plus Benefits	Input the average expense you spend per employee for the budgeting process. Be sure to include Salary plus Benefits
Duration of Budgeting Process in Months:
Average Share of Month Dedicated to Budgeting (Including training meetings across organization, meetings within organizations, planning sessions and working time. Share of time is often underestimated as shares of time can easily approach 20% or more across the organization for both Finance and non-finance employees:	(Including training meetings across organization, meetings within organizations, planning sessions and working time. Share of time is often underestimated as shares of time can easily approach 20% or more across the organization for both Finance and non-finance employees: %
Time Saved in Process: Assumption = 60%:	%
How frequently do you like to budget (times per year): Please enter the number of times during the year that you do your budget.	Please enter the number of times during the year that you do your budget.
Total Software and Implementation Cost: (Please contact Your Sage partner for specific estimates) Total Software cost includes: licensing, implementation and training.	Total Software cost includes: licensing, implementation and training.

Hours Spent on Budgeting: Number of stakeholders * Duration of Budgeting Process (months x 20 work days x 8 hours per day) * Average Share of Months Dedicated to Budgeting	Number of stakeholders * Duration of Budgeting Process (months x 20 work days x 8 hours per day) * Average Share of Months Dedicated to Budgeting
Potential Time Savings: (Number of stakeholders * Duration of Budgeting Process (months x 20 work days x 8 hours per day) * Average Share of Months Dedicated to Budgeting) * Time Saved in Process	(Number of stakeholders * Duration of Budgeting Process (months x 20 work days x 8 hours per day) * Average Share of Months Dedicated to Budgeting) * Time Saved in Process
Current Cost: (Number of stakeholders * Average expense per employee * Duration of Budgeting Process/12) * frequency of Budgeting	(Number of stakeholders * Average expense per employee * Duration of Budgeting Process/12) * frequency of Budgeting
Annual ROI: ((Number of stakeholders * Average expense per employee * Duration of Budgeting Process/12) * frequency of Budgeting) * Time saved in process)	((Number of stakeholders * Average expense per employee * Duration of Budgeting Process/12) * frequency of Budgeting) * Time saved in process)
Expected Return on Investment Timeframe (in years):

Please keep in mind that in addition to the hard savings indicated by the calculator above, there are many other benefits of Active Planner that are more difficult to quantify but are no less important. These benefits can have both strategic and financial benefits. Some of these items to consider are:

• Ability to budget more often then once a year
• Organization is now more agile
• More accurate budgets
• Ability to make more informed decisions on corporate directions and challenges
• Competitive advantages over less agile and informed competitors