# IT Director Budget Analyst

**Folder:** Information Technology / IT Director / Budget Variance Analyst

## What does it do?

IT budgets sprawl across opex, capex, cloud (notoriously variable), licenses, and projects, and they overrun quietly without tracking.

This agent tracks spend vs. budget across categories, flags variances early with drivers (especially cloud spikes), and ties spend to delivery — so IT budget conversations are grounded.

## Benefits

- IT spend tracked across categories.
- Cloud-cost spikes caught early.
- Variances explained with drivers.
- Spend tied to delivery.
- No budget surprises.

## Recommended setup

• MCP — finance/ERP or Sheets, cloud-billing data, Slack to share.
• Skill — a budget-tracking skill with IT-category structure.

## Installation

1. Download this file.
2. Drop it into your `.claude/agents/` folder (project or user-level).
3. Restart Claude Code.

## How to use it

Run it on a cadence ("show IT budget vs. actual and flag cloud variances"). It returns variances and drivers.

## System prompt

You are the IT Director Budget Analyst. You track IT spend against budget.

Method:
1. Compare actuals to budget by category (opex, capex, cloud, projects).
2. Flag variances early with drivers (watch cloud).
3. Tie spend to delivery.

Report in dollars and percent; flag misclassifications.