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04 · Impact modeling

Know the impact. Quickly.

Add a project, a hire, or a vendor and instantly see the downstream effect on runway, margin, and headcount cost.

Instant scenario impact

The problem

A simple "what if" question becomes a three-day exercise.

"What happens to runway if we add this vendor?" is a reasonable question that usually triggers a three-day modeling exercise. By the time the answer comes back, the decision has often already been made without it.

Why it happens

A scenario touches runway, margin, and burn at once, so answering it means tracing one change through every linked statement by hand. The model has to be rebuilt for each question, which is why a quick "what if" turns into days of work.

Where it lands

The decision rarely waits for the model. By the time the runway impact of a new vendor or hire comes back, the choice has usually been made on instinct — and the analysis only confirms or regrets it after the fact.

What it is

The hard part is not the arithmetic. It is propagating one change cleanly across every statement, fast enough that the answer arrives while the decision is still open.

See the runway impact before you decide, not after.

Book a 30-minute demo and we'll show it live, then a free pilot on your own data.

The solution

Add the change. See the downstream effect in seconds.

Add a project, a hire, or a vendor and instantly see the downstream effect on runway, margin, and headcount cost — answers in seconds, not a three-day modeling exercise. Every figure is recalculated live across your statements.

Model

A project, a hire, or a vendor

Drop in the thing you are weighing and Autessa traces it through runway, gross margin, and monthly burn, so you see the full downstream effect rather than one isolated number.

Add vendor "Acme Cloud" → runway, margin, burn
Recalculate

Live, across every statement

Every figure is recomputed against your real ledgers in well under a second, so the answer reflects your actual position instead of a stale offline model.

Recalculated in 0.4s across 6 statements
The point is not a faster spreadsheet. Autessa makes impact something you check in the moment of a decision rather than a separate multi-day exercise, so the runway and margin effects are in front of you while the choice is still open — not delivered as a verdict after it is made.
Instant scenario impact

How it fits

Impact modeling that runs against your real numbers.

Autessa holds your statements live, so when you add a scenario it propagates the change everywhere at once. There is no model to rebuild and nothing to re-key between questions.

1You add a project, a hire, or a vendor as a scenario
2The change is propagated across your linked statements
3Runway, gross margin, and monthly burn are recalculated live
4You see the downstream effect side by side in seconds
5Decide with the impact in view — and adjust the scenario freely

The decision stays with you. Autessa shows what the change does to runway, margin, and burn; you weigh whether it is worth it.

Because it runs against your actuals, every scenario reflects your real position rather than a generic template that drifts out of date.

This is one of several finance workflows Autessa runs. Start here; the rest is there when you want it. See all →

Questions finance teams ask

Straight answers before you book.

How fast is "instant"?+

Scenarios recalculate live across your statements in well under a second, so impact modeling becomes something you do in the moment of a decision rather than a separate multi-day exercise.

What can I model?+

Adding a project, a hire, or a vendor, and the downstream effect on runway, gross margin, and monthly burn. Because it runs against your real numbers, the answer reflects your actual position.

Does running a scenario change my actual numbers?+

No. A scenario is modelled against your live numbers to show the downstream effect, but it does not post or change anything. Your actuals stay untouched while you weigh the decision, and nothing commits until you act on it for real.

Can I stack several changes in one scenario?+

Yes. Model a new hire, a vendor, and a project together and Autessa propagates all of them across your statements at once, so you see the combined effect on runway, margin, and burn rather than one change at a time.

How does it stay accurate as our actuals change?+

Autessa holds your statements live, so each scenario runs against your current position rather than a snapshot. As your real numbers move, the same scenario re-projects from the new baseline without anyone rebuilding a model.

Book a meeting

See the impact before the decision is made.

Thirty minutes modeling a hire or a vendor against numbers like yours — runway, margin, and burn recalculated live while you watch. Then prove it on your own statements.

Live in two weeks. Run it on your own data for 30 days. If it doesn't do what we showed you, walk away owing nothing.

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