Sports – Executive Dashboard

What is an Executive Dashboard? Executive financial dashboards are considered decision-support tools and are used by leaders to analyze revenue and expense trends and budget variances. Some of the main functionality in this type of report is that it provides graphical analysis with both trends and budget comparisons. The dashboard includes: 1) Actual and budget figures for revenue accounts, 2) Top 5 expense items with budget comparison, 3) Major revenue streams, 4) Total actual and budget monthly revenue trend, 5) Monthly expense trend, and 6) Top 10 budgeted player contract amounts. You find an example of this type of report below.

Purpose of Executive Dashboards Sports organizations use Executive Dashboards to monitor financial performance of the organization. When used as part of good business practices in executive and FP&A departments, an organization can improve its decision-making quality and speed, and it can reduce the chances that strategic initiatives are not aligned with financial trends.

Who Uses This Type of Report? The typical users of this type of report are: CEOs, COOs, CFOs, managers. Other Reports Often Used in Conjunction with Executive Dashboards Progressive executive and FP&A departments sometimes use several different Executive Dashboards, along with profit & loss reports, balance sheets, cash flow statements, flash reports, KPI reports, annual budgets and forecasts and other management and control tools.

Where Does the Data for Analysis Originate From? The Actual (historical transactions) data typically comes from enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like: Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) Finance, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC), Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Sage Intacct, Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage 500, Sage X3, SAP Business One, SAP ByDesign, Acumatica, Netsuite and others. In analyses where budgets or forecasts are used, the planning data most often originates from in-house Excel spreadsheet models or from professional xFP&A solutions.

Built for sports finance teams and aligned with Solver's xFP&A platform, this Solver dashboard template connects directly to your ERP data via the Solver Data Warehouse, enabling near real-time analysis with minimal setup. Designed for QuickStart deployment, it can be activated rapidly so your team can focus on analysis and decisions — not data preparation.

What is the Sports – Executive Dashboard in Solver? The Sports – Executive Dashboard is a pre-built xFP&A dashboard template in Solver designed for sports organizations. It delivers key financial and operational metrics in a single, easy-to-use interface — purpose-built for sports finance workflows.

Who uses this Solver dashboard template? Finance leaders at sports organizations — including CFOs, finance managers, and sports organization executives — use this template to get fast, reliable answers without waiting on IT or building custom reports. It supports both day-to-day monitoring and strategic decision-making.

Where does the data come from? Data is sourced automatically from your ERP system through the Solver Data Warehouse, which integrates with platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics 365 Finance, Acumatica, Sage Intacct, and other leading ERP solutions. Point-of-sale, ticketing, and broadcasting revenue systems can also be connected for a complete event and venue revenue picture. Once connected, the template updates in near real-time with no manual data entry required.

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