Finance (Close, Reconciliation, Statements)
Month-end close, journal entry preparation, account reconciliation, financial statements, variance analysis, and SOX testing.
Before & after
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Month-end close is important to get right. You'll want to make sure all your transactions are recorded correctly, reconcile your accounts to make sure nothing is off, and then prepare your financial statements. Accruals can be tricky—you'll need to think about revenue recognition, any expenses that need to be recorded but invoices haven't arrived yet. Then you'll want to look at your P&L and compare it to budget or prior periods to see if anything stands out. It's a process that usually takes a few days depending on how organized you are. You might need to journal some adjusting entries. Do you have a checklist of things to do, or would you like help thinking through the steps?
CLOSE CHECKLIST & DELIVERABLES ACCRUALS & ADJUSTING ENTRIES • Unbilled revenue (consulting delivered, invoice not sent): 47K JOURNAL: Debit AR_Consulting 47K / Credit Revenue_Consulting 47K • Accrued payroll (Sept salary not yet paid): 68K JOURNAL: Debit Payroll_Expense 68K / Credit Payroll_Payable 68K • Prepaid insurance (Q4 coverage, paid Oct 1): 12K JOURNAL: Debit Prepaid_Insurance 12K / Credit Cash 12K (reverse Oct 1) RECONCILIATION SUMMARY • Bank balance (9/30): $342,106 vs. GL: $341,980 → variance $126 (uncashed check, noted) • Accounts receivable aging: 92K outstanding, 14K over 60 days (2 follow-ups queued) • AP reconciliation: Vendor statements vs. GL → all match INCOME STATEMENT (P&L) Q3 2024 Revenue: $892K (+12% vs. Q2, +28% YoY) | variance: +18K (higher consulting), -5K (lower SaaS) COGS: $267K (-2% vs. Q2) | margin: 70% (healthy, stable) Gross Profit: $625K (+18% vs. Q2) OpEx: $510K (-1% vs. Q2, reductions in contractor spend offset higher headcount) Net Income: $115K (operating margin 13%, consistent) VARIANCE ANALYSIS Revenue beat by 18K: Consulting overrun (+2 extra projects), SaaS slight miss (-5K annual churn) OpEx beat by 7K: Contractor savings, marketing spend tracked lower (campaigns start Oct) Recommendation: Budget Q4 conservatively for marketing ramp. Schedule CFO review by Friday.
About this skill
name: kw-finance description: Use when month-end close, journal entry preparation, account reconciliation, financial statements, variance analysis, and SOX testing.
Finance (Close, Reconciliation, Statements)
Anthropic's Finance and Accounting plugin supports the accounting cycle. /journal-entry drafts accruals, fixed asset entries, prepaids, payroll, and revenue entries with proper debits/credits and supporting detail. /reconciliation compares GL balances to subledger, bank, or third-party balances and identifies reconciling items. /income-statement produces a P&L with period-over-period variance analysis. /variance-analysis decomposes variances into drivers with narrative and waterfall. /sox-testing generates sample selections, testing workpapers, and control assessments. Skills journal-entry-prep, reconciliation, financial-statements, and variance-analysis run automatically. Disclaimer: assists but is not tax, audit, or financial advice.
What you get
- /journal-entry, /reconciliation, /income-statement, /variance-analysis, /sox-testing commands
- journal-entry-prep, reconciliation, financial-statements, variance-analysis skills
- GAAP presentation defaults
- connectors Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Slack, Microsoft 365
Customize your output
- Command: journal-entry, reconciliation, income-statement, variance-analysis, sox-testing
- Statement scope: P&L, balance sheet, cash flow
- Variance method: price/volume, rate/mix
- Warehouse connector: Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery
Example output
Close-week: /journal-entry drafts the standard accruals with supporting detail; /reconciliation ties out the AR subledger and flags three aged items; /variance-analysis explains a 12% opex overrun as headcount hiring pulled forward.
Best for
Corporate accountants, controllers, and FP&A running close, reconciliation, and SOX
SKILL.md preview
---
name: kw-finance
description: Use this skill when running month-end close, journal entries, account reconciliation, financial statements, variance analysis, or SOX testing.
version: 1.0.0
category: Finance
author: AgentVolt
license: proprietary
tags:
- finance
- p3
---
# Finance (Close, Reconciliation, Statements)
Supports the accounting cycle: journal entry preparation, reconciliation, financial statements, variance analysis, and SOX testing.
## When to use
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