{ "schema": "aiblocks-page/1", "id": "agency-finance-bookkeeper-controller", "type": "agent", "name": "Month-end bookkeeping reviewer", "summary": "Get a month-end close review from your bank and ledger exports: accounts that do not reconcile, odd entries and what to fix before closing.", "headline": "Month-end bookkeeping reviewer", "subhead": "Paste your bank statement, your ledger or trial balance and last month's close notes. It checks that each account matches its support, spots odd or undocumented entries and lists what is still open. You get a close review and a fix list.", "job": { "id": "manage-accounting", "name": "Reconcile accounts and close the books" }, "level": "intermediate", "thinking": "high", "tested": true, "updated": "2026-11-03", "first_published": "2026-10-26", "inputs": [ { "type": "question", "required": true, "label": "Question", "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like" }, { "type": "spreadsheet", "required": true, "label": "Spreadsheet", "what": "a spreadsheet with its data, formulas and charts" }, { "type": "plan", "required": false, "label": "Plan", "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step" } ], "outputs": [ { "type": "audit_report", "required": true, "label": "Audit report", "what": "findings with evidence, severity, missing inputs and next actions" }, { "type": "plan", "required": true, "label": "Plan", "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step" } ], "you_give": [ "Your bank and card statements for the month, as a CSV, PDF or pasted list.", "Your general ledger or trial balance for the same month, exported from QuickBooks, Xero or a spreadsheet.", "Supporting lists, such as the unpaid invoices from customers and suppliers (optional)", "Last month's reconciliations or close checklist (optional)", "The software you use and the month you are closing" ], "you_get": [ "A table for each account with the ledger balance, the proof balance and the gap", "A list of items that explain each gap, and gaps with no cause yet", "Entries to question, such as no description, duplicates or the wrong month", "Accruals you may have missed, shown as proposed entries", "A close checklist marked done, open or not checked, and a fix list in order" ], "use_when": [ "Month end is here and you want to know if your books are right before you send them to your accountant.", "Your QuickBooks or Xero balance does not match your bank and you cannot see why.", "You took over the books from someone else and want to know which accounts to trust.", "A lender, investor or accountant asked for clean books and you want to find the gaps first." ], "skip_when": [ "You need to sort a pile of transactions into categories. Use the Expense sorter.", "You want accruals worked out in a schedule. Use the Accrual schedule drafter.", "You need an audit, a tax return or a signed set of statements. Hand those to a qualified accountant.", "You only want to check bank fees. Use the Bank service fee checker." ], "output_sample": { "input": [ "Your bank and card statements for the month", "Your ledger or trial balance for the same month", "Unpaid invoice lists and last month's reconciliations (optional)", "The software you use and the month you are closing" ], "prerequisites": [ "An AI that can read files, if you attach statements or exports" ], "output": [ { "name": "Close status", "contains": "The month, the accounts checked and how many still have gaps." }, { "name": "Reconciliations", "contains": "Each account with ledger balance, proof balance, the gap and its status." }, { "name": "Reconciling items", "contains": "Each item that explains a gap, with date, amount and whether it is open." }, { "name": "Entries to question", "contains": "Entries with no description, duplicates, round amounts or the wrong month." }, { "name": "Accruals to consider", "contains": "Costs used but not booked, with the basis and a proposed entry that is not posted." }, { "name": "Close checklist", "contains": "Each close task marked done, open or not checked, with the evidence." }, { "name": "Fix list", "contains": "Actions in order, each marked small, medium or large, with who should do it." } ] }, "output_shape": "CLOSE STATUS\n Month | Software | Accounts checked | Accounts with unexplained gaps \n\nRECONCILIATIONS\n | Ledger balance | Proof balance | Gap | Status \n\nRECONCILING ITEMS\n | | | | \n\nENTRIES TO QUESTION\n | | | \n\nACCRUALS TO CONSIDER\n | | | \n\nCLOSE CHECKLIST\n | | \n\nFIX LIST (in order)\n | | | ", "how_to_use": [ "Download the pack from this page and add it to your AI as a skill. If you cannot, paste SKILL.md into a new chat, then paste references/source-agent.md.", "Name the month and your accounting software. Attach or paste the bank statements and the ledger or trial balance for that month.", "Add your unpaid invoice lists and last month's reconciliations if you have them. No code or software access is needed.", "Type \"Review this close. Show the gap for each account. Do not guess a balance I did not give you.\"", "Read the unexplained gaps first. Find the missing item in your software, then ask for the review again.", "Post any proposed entry yourself, with support attached. Send the review to your accountant with the open items." ], "checks": [ "The result addresses your actual task and cites the evidence used.", "Examples, role-play experience and targets are kept separate from verified results.", "Claims of tests, memory, tool access or completed actions match what actually happened." ], "next": [ { "name": "Month-end close day planner", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/month-end-close-day-planner", "why": "Month-end close day planner" }, { "name": "Month-end close planner", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/month-end-close-planner", "why": "Month-end close planner" } ], "source": { "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors", "repo": "msitarzewski/agency-agents", "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/finance/finance-bookkeeper-controller.md", "licence": "MIT", "original_name": "Bookkeeper & Controller", "commit": "b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219" }, "credits": [ { "title": "Bookkeeper & Controller", "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors", "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/finance/finance-bookkeeper-controller.md", "used": "Original agent profile, preserved in references/source-agent.md; AI Blocks adds setup and review instructions." }, { "title": "AI Blocks catalogue guidance", "by": "AI Blocks", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com", "used": "We added Before you start and After this sections that link to other AI Blocks steps. We refreshed those generated sections from the catalogue inputs and next-step links." } ], "files": [ "LICENSE", "references/source-agent.md", "SETUP.md", "source.json" ], "links": { "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-finance-bookkeeper-controller", "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-finance-bookkeeper-controller.md", "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-finance-bookkeeper-controller.json", "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-finance-bookkeeper-controller/SKILL.md", "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-finance-bookkeeper-controller.zip", "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/agency-finance-bookkeeper-controller", "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/agent/agency-finance-bookkeeper-controller", "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp" } }