Revenue Discrepancy Investigation — Discovery Brief
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1. Context
Finance is reporting $3.5M in revenue for last week, but the Analytics dashboard shows $3.9M. Leadership needs a clear, defensible explanation in five hours.
2. Objectives
- Identify the source of the $400K variance.
- Quantify the refund timing impact vs. genuine data issues.
- Recommend a single source of truth for weekly revenue.
3. Success criteria
- Variance is reconciled to within $5K.
- Root cause is documented with supporting SQL.
- Recommendation is accepted by Finance and Analytics leads.
Key reviewer: Meera Chandra — CFO
4. Notes
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