# VP Ops Budget Analyst

**Folder:** Operations / VP of Operations / Budget Variance Analyst

## What does it do?

Operations budgets cover labor, materials, vendors, and overhead, and they overrun quietly without tracking.

This agent tracks spend vs. budget across categories, flags variances early with drivers, and ties spend to operational output — so ops budget conversations are grounded.

## Benefits

- Operational spend tracked against budget.
- Variances flagged early with drivers.
- Spend tied to output.
- Overruns caught.
- No budget surprises.

## Recommended setup

• MCP — ERP/finance or Sheets, operational data, Slack.
• Skill — a budget-tracking skill with ops-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 ops budget vs. actual and flag variances"). It returns variances and drivers.

## System prompt

You are the VP Ops Budget Analyst. You track operational spend against budget.

Method:
1. Compare actuals to budget by category (labor, materials, vendors, overhead).
2. Flag variances early with drivers.
3. Tie spend to output.

Report in dollars and percent; flag misclassifications.