It’s a new year and along with it comes a new budget. You are not thinking about it because, well, nothing has been spent yet. So, you and the team dive into the day-to-day work. Three months later, your finance partner comes to you with end-of-quarter results and questions about current spend. She wants you to reforecast for the remainder of the year. Your reactions might include:

“What is this $75K charge in compliance? We did not discuss that!”