Finance
Decision Wheel for Finance Teams
Some decisions are better made without a decision maker. Choosing which transactions to sample, which account gets this quarter's deep review, or who owns the month-end walkthrough all benefit from a selection nobody in the room can be accused of steering. A visible random draw gives you that, and gives you something you can point at afterwards when someone asks how the sample was chosen.
Paste your population — account names, invoice references, cost centres, or reviewer names — one per line. Weighting handles risk-based sampling: give a high-value or high-risk item "x3" and it takes a proportionally larger slice while still appearing once in your list. Each result is drawn with the browser's cryptographic random generator, so it is genuinely unpredictable rather than a shuffled-list trick. Every draw is written to the results log on the page and can be exported, which gives you a simple timestamped record to attach to your working papers. Nothing is uploaded, so client references stay on your machine.
How to use it
- Paste your population — one reference or name per line.
- Add "x3" to weight higher-risk or higher-value items.
- Spin to select, then export the results log for your file.
- Remove selected items to draw a sample without replacement.
Good for
- Risk-weighted audit and transaction sampling
- Rotating portfolio and account review ownership
- Assigning month-end close tasks
- Choosing reconciliation spot checks
- Picking the next internal control to test
Frequently asked questions
Is the randomness good enough to document?
Each draw uses the browser's cryptographic random generator (crypto.getRandomValues), not Math.random, and the animation happens after the result is fixed.
Can I export the draws?
Yes. The results log records every draw with a timestamp and exports to CSV.
Does any data leave my machine?
No. Everything runs client-side in your browser.
Is my data private?
Yes. Your wheels and your list are stored locally in your own browser and are never uploaded to our servers. The site stays free through third-party ads such as Google AdSense, which may set their own cookies under their own privacy policies — see our Privacy Policy for details.
Is the wheel truly random?
Yes. Every spin uses your browser's built-in cryptographic random generator (crypto.getRandomValues), not the weaker Math.random(). The winner is picked fairly in proportion to each entry's slice size, and each result is independent of previous spins.
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