Tell Manta exactly what you need. It builds the report from live data.

YOUR REPORT, YOUR TERMS

Describe what you need. Manta builds it from the live model.

Open Ray and describe the report in plain language — the scope, the time period, the dimensions, the audience, and the level of detail. Ray reads the request, queries the live financial model, and returns a fully formatted report. There is no template to configure, no export to run, and no spreadsheet to build. The report reflects the state of the business at the moment it is requested, not the state it was in when someone last exported the data.

“Give me a gross-to-net P&L by channel for Q2, compared to Q1, with variance explanations for any line that moved more than 5%.”

Manta queries the live financial model and returns a fully formatted output, no template required, no manual steps.

• Reports can be scoped to any dimension in the model: company, channel, retailer, customer, SKU, or any combination.
• Every report is built from the same live data that drives the P&L and cash forecast — no separate reporting database, no data lag.

THE WHY BEHIND THE NUMBERS

Every variance explained. No separate analysis required.

A report that shows what happened is useful. A report that explains why it happened is actionable. Manta includes AI variance explanations in every report you request that contains a comparison — plan vs. actual, period over period, channel vs. channel. The explanation names the driver, the dimension it is coming from, and the magnitude of its contribution.

“Gross margin declined 2.8 points versus plan. Primary driver: a 6-point increase in trade deductions from Kroger, partially offset by a 1.4-point improvement in DTC contribution margin.”

• Explanations drill to the level of specificity the report requires — company-level summaries for board packs, SKU-level detail for operating reviews.
• Variance explanations are generated from the same source data as the report figures — not from a separate model or a manual narrative.
• When a variance has multiple contributing factors, Manta ranks them by magnitude and presents them in order of impact.

BUILT FOR THE AUDIENCE

The right format for every context — board, investor, operator, or analyst.

A board pack and a weekly operating review are not the same document. They have different audiences, different levels of detail, different formats, and different narrative requirements. Your CFO specifies the audience when they describe the report, and Manta calibrates the output accordingly, clean and summary-level for board and investor contexts, detailed and dimensional for operating and analytical contexts.

• Board packs — Executive summary, P&L highlights, cash position, key variances, and forward-looking commentary. Clean, formatted, and ready to present.
• Investor updates — Revenue and margin performance, channel mix, and key operational metrics. Formatted for external audiences with appropriate level of detail.
• Weekly operating reviews — Channel P&L, trade spend summary, cash position, and open action items. Operational detail for internal finance and leadership teams.
• Ad hoc analysis — Any dimension, any time period, any comparison. Described in plain language and returned as a formatted output from live data.

EVERY NUMBER TRACEABLE

Every figure in every report traces back to its source transaction.

A report is only as trustworthy as the data behind it. Manta is built on the principle that every number in every report should be traceable, from the summary figure on the board pack cover to the individual transaction that contributed to it. When a board member asks where a number came from, your CFO can answer immediately. There are no black boxes, no unexplained figures, and no numbers that exist only in the report and nowhere else in the model.

• Every figure in every report is linked to its source data — transactions, invoices, settlements, and accounting entries.
• Drill-through available from any summary figure to the underlying detail — your CFO can follow any number to its origin without leaving Manta.
• Reports generated from the same audited financial model as the P&L and cash forecast — not from a separate reporting layer.
• Audit trail available for every report: when it was generated, what data it was built from, and who requested it.