Family C · Running the organisation
MeshGov Budget
Budgeting and finance
Budget build and appropriations, general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, fixed asset accounting, financial statements and treasury.
MeshGov Budget (MG-17), the service for budgeting and finance, is one of the twenty-one MeshGov services, in the "Running the organisation" family. Budget build and appropriations, general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, fixed asset accounting, financial statements and treasury. It replaces erp financials module, budget spreadsheets and month-end reconciliation by hand. AI agents carry the work end to end; a named officer takes every decision with legal effect on a person, a business or public money. It is core at federal level, core at state level, core at local level.
What it replaces
- ERP financials module
- Budget spreadsheets
- Month-end reconciliation by hand
What it reacts to
- Budget cycle opens
- Invoice received
- Payment due
- Period closes
- Variance crosses threshold
The agents that carry it
Budget agent
Builds the budget from the program plan and tracks appropriations and commitments against it in real time.
Ledger agent
Posts to the ledger, matches invoices three ways, reconciles receivables from the revenue service and runs fixed asset accounting from the asset register.
Reporting agent
Drafts the financial statements and the disclosures from the ledger, with every figure traceable to its postings.
Where a person decides
No decision with legal effect on a person, a business or public money is taken by an agent alone. In MeshGov Budget, these decisions are held for a named officer, with the agent's evidence and recommendation attached.
| Decision | Who decides | Why a person |
|---|---|---|
| Budget approval and re-allocation | CFO and executive | Public money |
| Journals above threshold | CFO delegate | Internal control |
| Sign-off of financial statements | Accountable officer | Statutory reporting |
Records it writes
Budget with appropriations · Ledger postings · Three-way match record · Financial statements · Reconciliation record
Before MeshGov: the baseline this service is measured against
Invoices a year
62,000
matched by hand today
Month-end close
11 days
today, working days
Budget visibility
monthly
today; live commitments on MeshGov
Statement preparation
9 weeks
today, of adjustments and drafting
Levels of government: core at federal level, core at state level, core at local level.
Questions buyers ask about MeshGov Budget
- What does MeshGov Budget do?
- MeshGov Budget is the MeshGov service for budgeting and finance. Budget build and appropriations, general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, fixed asset accounting, financial statements and treasury. It reacts to events such as budget cycle opens, invoice received and payment due, and writes budget with appropriations, ledger postings, three-way match record and financial statements as records.
- What systems does MeshGov Budget replace?
- ERP financials module, Budget spreadsheets and Month-end reconciliation by hand. Because the service runs on the MeshGov rails, the licence, integration and upgrade costs of those systems retire with them.
- What do the AI agents do in Budgeting and finance?
- The budget agent builds the budget from the program plan and tracks appropriations and commitments against it in real time. The ledger agent posts to the ledger, matches invoices three ways, reconciles receivables from the revenue service and runs fixed asset accounting from the asset register. The reporting agent drafts the financial statements and the disclosures from the ledger, with every figure traceable to its postings.
- Which decisions does a person still take?
- Agents never take a decision with legal effect on a person, a business or public money. In MeshGov Budget, a person decides budget approval and re-allocation (cfo and executive), journals above threshold (cfo delegate) and sign-off of financial statements (accountable officer). The record shows who decided, why, on what evidence and under which delegation.
- Which levels of government use MeshGov Budget?
- It is core at federal level, core at state level, core at local level. MeshGov was checked against the Australian Government Architecture, the AGA Business Reference Model, the Queensland Government Enterprise Architecture and the UK Local Government Business Model, and serves government in any country.