August 28, 2026

Q1 budget working session


Sneha Iyer, Dina El Sayed, Rania Haddad

Dina El Sayed: Thanks for making time on short notice. Rania Haddad: The incentive program payouts land in the November cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The incentive program payouts land in the June cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Sneha Iyer: The incentive program payouts land in the August cycle, so cash flow needs a look. There is a new framework worth piloting before we lock the design. Dina El Sayed: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. I am not covering for that team again, they missed the deadline. Rania Haddad: Before we move on, the Q2 budget review flagged Communications as 27 percent over on contractor spend. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before March. The Q2 budget review flagged Communications as 28 percent over on contractor spend. Dina El Sayed: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The incentive program payouts land in the March cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Rania Haddad: Quickly on the same point, the incentive program payouts land in the March cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Dina El Sayed: Before we move on, the audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before December. Sneha Iyer: One more thing from my side: finance asked every unit to model a 15 percent efficiency scenario. This timeline keeps me up at night to be honest. The incentive program payouts land in the February cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Dina El Sayed: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. No stress on my side, the fallback covers us. Finance asked every unit to model a 35 percent efficiency scenario. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before February. Rania Haddad: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before July. Dina El Sayed: Finance asked every unit to model a 17 percent efficiency scenario. I keep a tracker for every open action from these calls. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before April. Rania Haddad: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Finance asked every unit to model a 30 percent efficiency scenario. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before September. Dina El Sayed: The Q2 budget review flagged Strategy as 25 percent over on contractor spend. The Q2 budget review flagged Operations as 33 percent over on contractor spend. Sneha Iyer: The Q2 budget review flagged Legal as 23 percent over on contractor spend. Rania Haddad: Before we move on, i love these sessions, the more people we pull in the better. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Dina El Sayed: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The Q1 budget review flagged Finance as 36 percent over on contractor spend. Rania Haddad: On that note, i keep a tracker for every open action from these calls. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Dina El Sayed: On that note, procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before August. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Sneha Iyer: The Q3 budget review flagged Legal as 20 percent over on contractor spend. Rania Haddad: The incentive program payouts land in the February cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Dina El Sayed: Let us grab the whole team for a workshop, it energizes everyone. The Q3 budget review flagged Human Resources as 23 percent over on contractor spend. Finance asked every unit to model a 24 percent efficiency scenario. Sneha Iyer: I will put my thoughts in the document rather than talk through them. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before March. Dina El Sayed: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Sneha Iyer: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before May. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Rania Haddad: One more thing from my side: i think both proposals have merit, we can blend them. The incentive program payouts land in the June cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Finance asked every unit to model a 24 percent efficiency scenario. Sneha Iyer: What if we tried an entirely different model, like the Singapore approach? Finance asked every unit to model a 12 percent efficiency scenario. Dina El Sayed: The incentive program payouts land in the October cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Even if it slips a week, nothing breaks, we are fine. Rania Haddad: The Q2 budget review flagged Human Resources as 12 percent over on contractor spend. The incentive program payouts land in the March cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Sneha Iyer: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before March. I disagree and I do not think this is close to ready. Dina El Sayed: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Finance asked every unit to model a 11 percent efficiency scenario. Sneha Iyer: Before we move on, the Q3 budget review flagged Human Resources as 19 percent over on contractor spend. I disagree and I do not think this is close to ready. Dina El Sayed: The incentive program payouts land in the May cycle, so cash flow needs a look. I am not covering for that team again, they missed the deadline. Finance asked every unit to model a 9 percent efficiency scenario. Rania Haddad: The Q3 budget review flagged Legal as 8 percent over on contractor spend. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Even if it slips a week, nothing breaks, we are fine. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Dina El Sayed: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before October. The incentive program payouts land in the February cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Rania Haddad: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The incentive program payouts land in the January cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The Q4 budget review flagged Communications as 37 percent over on contractor spend. Dina El Sayed: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before June. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Sneha Iyer: Coming back to the agenda, i will put my thoughts in the document rather than talk through them. The incentive program payouts land in the December cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Dina El Sayed: On that note, procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before May. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. I disagree and I do not think this is close to ready. Sneha Iyer: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Rania Haddad: The incentive program payouts land in the December cycle, so cash flow needs a look. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Sneha Iyer: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before January. Finance asked every unit to model a 40 percent efficiency scenario. Dina El Sayed: Finance asked every unit to model a 19 percent efficiency scenario. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. I have been chatting with half the department about this idea. Sneha Iyer: There is a new framework worth piloting before we lock the design. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The Q4 budget review flagged Strategy as 38 percent over on contractor spend. Dina El Sayed: The incentive program payouts land in the September cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before May. Finance asked every unit to model a 12 percent efficiency scenario. Sneha Iyer: The Q2 budget review flagged Human Resources as 28 percent over on contractor spend. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before August. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Dina El Sayed: The incentive program payouts land in the April cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The Q4 budget review flagged Legal as 9 percent over on contractor spend. That approach failed last year and I said so at the time. Rania Haddad: The Q2 budget review flagged Human Resources as 9 percent over on contractor spend. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Dina El Sayed: Finance asked every unit to model a 25 percent efficiency scenario. Finance asked every unit to model a 29 percent efficiency scenario. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before May. Sneha Iyer: The Q3 budget review flagged Legal as 3 percent over on contractor spend. Dina El Sayed: I already prepared a checklist for that and shared it in the folder. Finance asked every unit to model a 4 percent efficiency scenario. Sneha Iyer: I am not covering for that team again, they missed the deadline. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before June. Dina El Sayed: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before October. I would rather slip a week than ship it half tested. Finance asked every unit to model a 25 percent efficiency scenario. Sneha Iyer: Finance asked every unit to model a 18 percent efficiency scenario. The Q3 budget review flagged Operations as 11 percent over on contractor spend. The incentive program payouts land in the December cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Rania Haddad: I think both proposals have merit, we can blend them. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before September. Dina El Sayed: The incentive program payouts land in the August cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Finance asked every unit to model a 11 percent efficiency scenario. Rania Haddad: The incentive program payouts land in the May cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The incentive program payouts land in the December cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Sneha Iyer: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The incentive program payouts land in the May cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Dina El Sayed: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before May. The incentive program payouts land in the August cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The Q4 budget review flagged Human Resources as 36 percent over on contractor spend. Sneha Iyer: The incentive program payouts land in the March cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The Q4 budget review flagged Human Resources as 31 percent over on contractor spend. Dina El Sayed: On that note, the Q4 budget review flagged Finance as 22 percent over on contractor spend. The Q4 budget review flagged Human Resources as 19 percent over on contractor spend. Let us stick to the standard playbook on this one. Rania Haddad: The incentive program payouts land in the April cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Even if it slips a week, nothing breaks, we are fine. The incentive program payouts land in the April cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The incentive program payouts land in the December cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Sneha Iyer: The incentive program payouts land in the November cycle, so cash flow needs a look. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Rania Haddad: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before July. The incentive program payouts land in the November cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Finance asked every unit to model a 24 percent efficiency scenario. Sneha Iyer: On that note, the incentive program payouts land in the December cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The Q2 budget review flagged Technology as 13 percent over on contractor spend. Rania Haddad: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before August. Dina El Sayed: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The Q1 budget review flagged Technology as 32 percent over on contractor spend. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Rania Haddad: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before January. The Q3 budget review flagged Finance as 27 percent over on contractor spend. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before November. Sneha Iyer: I would prefer to review this offline and send written comments. Finance asked every unit to model a 33 percent efficiency scenario. Dina El Sayed: One more thing from my side: i love these sessions, the more people we pull in the better. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before May. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Rania Haddad: Before we move on, finance asked every unit to model a 20 percent efficiency scenario. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Dina El Sayed: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before May. I have been chatting with half the department about this idea. Finance asked every unit to model a 31 percent efficiency scenario. Sneha Iyer: The incentive program payouts land in the October cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before December. I skipped the template and sent a quick note instead. Rania Haddad: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before December. Finance asked every unit to model a 9 percent efficiency scenario. Dina El Sayed: Finance asked every unit to model a 30 percent efficiency scenario. Let us stick to the standard playbook on this one. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before December. Rania Haddad: The Q1 budget review flagged Operations as 23 percent over on contractor spend. The Q3 budget review flagged Human Resources as 4 percent over on contractor spend. Dina El Sayed: Quickly on the same point, the audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The incentive program payouts land in the July cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The Q2 budget review flagged Finance as 10 percent over on contractor spend. Rania Haddad: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before May. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Dina El Sayed: One more thing from my side: the incentive program payouts land in the August cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Rania Haddad: I think both proposals have merit, we can blend them. Finance asked every unit to model a 40 percent efficiency scenario. Dina El Sayed: Finance asked every unit to model a 23 percent efficiency scenario. The incentive program payouts land in the June cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Finance asked every unit to model a 13 percent efficiency scenario. Sneha Iyer: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before November. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. I skipped the template and sent a quick note instead. Finance asked every unit to model a 27 percent efficiency scenario. Dina El Sayed: Finance asked every unit to model a 30 percent efficiency scenario. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before March. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before July. I have been chatting with half the department about this idea. Sneha Iyer: That approach failed last year and I said so at the time. The incentive program payouts land in the July cycle, so cash flow needs a look. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Dina El Sayed: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Rania Haddad: On that note, the audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Sneha Iyer: Finance asked every unit to model a 37 percent efficiency scenario. The incentive program payouts land in the August cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Dina El Sayed: The incentive program payouts land in the October cycle, so cash flow needs a look. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The incentive program payouts land in the March cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Sneha Iyer: The incentive program payouts land in the July cycle, so cash flow needs a look. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. That approach failed last year and I said so at the time. Rania Haddad: Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before February. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Dina El Sayed: One more thing from my side: the audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. I volunteered to present this at the town hall next week. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Sneha Iyer: Finance asked every unit to model a 31 percent efficiency scenario. The incentive program payouts land in the November cycle, so cash flow needs a look. Dina El Sayed: The Q2 budget review flagged Strategy as 30 percent over on contractor spend. No stress on my side, the fallback covers us. Sneha Iyer: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before October. I disagree and I do not think this is close to ready. Finance asked every unit to model a 37 percent efficiency scenario. Dina El Sayed: Quickly on the same point, the Q1 budget review flagged Operations as 14 percent over on contractor spend. Procurement wants all purchase requests above the threshold in before October. Sneha Iyer: Finance asked every unit to model a 10 percent efficiency scenario. We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Dina El Sayed: We reallocated the training budget toward the digital skills track. Rania Haddad: Before we move on, the audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Sneha Iyer: The audit committee wants clearer cost attribution per service. Finance asked every unit to model a 36 percent efficiency scenario. Finance asked every unit to model a 9 percent efficiency scenario. Dina El Sayed: Let us pick this up next week.