Question 440
After resolving this Dynamics 365 Finance case: A plan is approved but its values are not reflected in the executable budget register used by budget control. What preventive control belongs in the operating procedure?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Reconcile plan approval totals to posted budget register before enforcing controls. This prevents recurrence of the identified mechanism: Budget plans and budget registers are related but separate data/process stages. Validate the control by checking: The posted budget model reflects the approved planning amounts and budget control uses them.
Incorrect Answers
Compare totals and allocation drivers after each hierarchy change. That safeguard is aimed at a different risk: A corporate budget plan should allocate a shared facilities amount by headcount, but manual spreadsheet splits are inconsistent. It does not most directly prevent recurrence of: Budget plans and budget registers are related but separate data/process stages.
Test rejection and resubmission paths with actual planning roles. That safeguard is aimed at a different risk: A planning workflow advances before the manager reviews the department's numbers because no approval stage exists. It does not most directly prevent recurrence of: Budget plans and budget registers are related but separate data/process stages.
Protect approved baseline scenario values during reforecasting. That safeguard is aimed at a different risk: The planning team needs optimistic and conservative scenarios, but overwrites the base scenario each cycle. It does not most directly prevent recurrence of: Budget plans and budget registers are related but separate data/process stages.