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Scenario 01 · Communication site

A finance team intranet

The page a finance team opens every morning: where the close stands, what changed in policy, and the handful of links they use through every reporting cycle. Below is a concept design for one team, built entirely from web parts that ship with SharePoint.

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One ledger. One calendar.
One finance team.

Close & Consolidation

  • Month-end close checklist
  • Account reconciliations
  • Journal entry requests
  • Intercompany & eliminations

Reporting & Analysis

  • Board & management packs
  • Budget vs. actual
  • Forecast models
  • KPI dashboards

Controls & Compliance

  • Financial policies
  • Audit schedule & findings
  • Controls matrix
  • FSRA regulatory filings

Accounts & Payments

  • AP & vendor payments
  • AR & collections
  • Expense claims
  • Payroll calendar

Performance & Transparency

Key financial metrics, refreshed at month-end.

Key Performance Indicators
Days to Close 4.5 ↓ 1.5 from prior month
Forecast Accuracy 97% ↑ 2% vs. plan
Budget Variance 1.8% Under plan YTD
Open Recs 12 All > 30 days
Revenue by Branch ($M)
MAIN NORTH WEST EAST HQ
Employee of the Month
Sarah Quinn, senior finance analyst Excellence Award
Sarah Quinn “Brought the April close in at 4.5 days, the team’s fastest yet.”

Concept design, hand-coded to preview the layout. Harbourstone is a fictional credit union; all names, numbers and photos are illustrative. The real page is built directly in SharePoint.

No code, out of the box

What you’re looking at

Nothing on that page is custom-built. Every block is a standard SharePoint web part, set up by an editor with permission to the site.

Click a card to see the exact steps for building it.

Want your tenant to open like this?

This is a concept, not a template you download. A real homepage is shaped around your departments, your news and the handful of links your people genuinely use. A 20-minute call is enough to sketch what yours would look like.

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