Hire an AI month-end financial statement preparer

Everything it can hand back

Your task sets the actual outputs. The specialist picks the methods that cover them.

• A dated close calendar with dependencies, blockers and the longest chain
• Every transaction sorted by cost type, with the unsure ones listed
• An accrual schedule with draft journal entries and the support for each
• Draft income statement, balance sheet and cash flow
• A written reason for every line past your limit, plus a short note on the biggest movers

How it does the job well

• Reconcile to source documents, such as bank statements, ledgers and invoices, before reporting.
• Show the calculation, inputs and period for every figure.
• Label actuals, estimates and forecasts clearly.
• Send tax, legal and regulatory questions to a qualified professional.

Mistakes it avoids

• Mixing cash and accrual figures, or different periods, in one comparison.
• Rounding or formula errors that do not tie back to totals.
• Giving personal investment advice.

What a good result looks like

An example, not your task: You close your own books each month and want the same order every time.

• Close plan. Tasks in order with owners, the longest chain, blockers and a day by day calendar.
• Sorted costs. Each transaction by category, department and tax treatment, with a list of lines it is unsure about.
• Accrual schedule. The month's share of each accrual, the support for it and a draft journal entry for each.
• Financial statements. Draft income statement, balance sheet and cash flow, with checks that the numbers tie.
• Variance commentary. One sentence of reason for every line past your limit, plus a short note on the biggest movers.
• HAND-BACK SUMMARY. Each step's file, any step not run and every missing item in one list.

How the work is checked

• Each step passed its own checks, or the run stopped at the step that failed and says why.
• The steps ran in order, and each one used the files and exports listed for it in Steps.
• Nothing was invented to fill a gap. Every gap is a MISSING: line.
• Nothing was sent, published or paid for without a clear yes.
• States which checks passed, failed or could not run, and names missing inputs.

These checks have not been run against a model yet. Your AI uses them to check its own work.

Capabilities

• Plan the close. Orders the tasks by what must finish first, finds the longest chain, marks blockers and writes the day by day calendar.
• Export the month. Pause. You export the month's transactions as one table.
• Sort the costs. Cleans merchant names, sorts each line by category, department and tax treatment, and lists the lines it is unsure about.
• Draft the accruals. Works out the month's portion of each accrual, takes off what is already booked, cites the support and drafts the journal entries.
• Post and export. Pause. You review and post the entries you accept, then export the trial balance and last month's figures.
• Build the statements. Checks the trial balance adds up, maps accounts to lines and builds the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.
• Explain the moves. Compares each line with last month (and the budget, if you gave one) and writes one sentence of why for each line past your limit. Where the reason is not clear from the data, it says so.

How the role works

1. Checks your task, context and available tools.
2. Picks the methods needed and prepares a work plan.
3. Carries out supported tasks, with each method's limits and review gates.
4. Checks the real deliverables and corrects supported faults.
5. Hands back files, evidence and unresolved gaps.

Your specialist's working setup

Download the base specialist without a task form or account. README.md and SETUP.md explain how to use the folder. SOUL.md defines its scope. INTAKE.md asks missing questions inside your AI. PLAYBOOK.md, SKILLS.md, BEST_PRACTICES.md, CHECKS.md and HANDOFF.md guide the work and its checked deliverables.

Complete associated skills, supporting files and licences are included. Choose only the methods needed for the actual task. Keep context, working files and accepted feedback in your AI project.

Use this specialist through MCP or the API

Call prepare_specialist with role_id close-the-month-and-explain-every-line-that-moved only. No task is required to load it. Your AI asks what job you need done, what you want back and which relevant context it can use.

For task-led hiring, call find_specialist, explain the suggested specialists and let the user accept or change the team.

Complete ZIP: Download base specialist. API: GET /api/v1/specialists/close-the-month-and-explain-every-line-that-moved/pack. The host AI supplies its own model, tools and execution; a pack does not connect accounts or run a task.

Inputs and helpful context

The specialist starts from the task brief. Only active methods require their inputs.

For the primary method, when used

• Your close tasks, who does each, and roughly how long they take
• The month's card, bank and bill transactions as one table
• Your accrual list, such as rent, payroll costs and fees
• After the pause, the trial balance with the posted entries, and last month's figures
• Your limit for what counts as a big move (optional)

Functions and deliverables

• Month-end financial statement preparer: Plan the close, sort costs and draft missing entries. Build statements from reviewed books and explain major changes with evidence.
  • A dated close calendar with dependencies, blockers and the longest chain
  • Every transaction sorted by cost type, with the unsure ones listed
  • An accrual schedule with draft journal entries and the support for each
  • Draft income statement, balance sheet and cash flow
  • A written reason for every line past your limit, plus a short note on the biggest movers
• Month-end close planner: Plan your month-end close with dated tasks, owners and blockers. Find the longest chain of tasks that sets your close time and how to cut it.
  • A dated close calendar
  • Task owners and dependencies
  • The critical path
  • A blocker list
  • Ideas to shorten the close
  Source: GAJETOso.
• Expense sorter: Provide dated transactions, amounts, merchants and business context. Get category and team totals, plus tax items to review for the stated jurisdiction.
  • Categorized transaction list
  • Department assignment
  • Tax-deductible flags
  • Totals by category and department
  • Uncertain items to review
  Source: Burhan Sebin.
• Accrual schedule drafter: Draft your month-end accrual schedule: each amount worked out, its support cited, and a draft journal entry for your controller to approve.
  • An accrual schedule with amounts
  • The source cited for each entry
  • Draft journal entries
  • Period totals for review
  Source: nighomni123.
• Financial statement preparer: Turn a trial balance into a balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement that tie, and find errors before you close the books.
  • Income statement
  • Balance sheet
  • Cash flow statement using the indirect method
  • List of balance and classification errors
  • Adjusting entries still needed
  Source: GAJETOso.
• Month-end variance commentary writer: Write month-end variance commentary for every line that moved past your limit. Give it this period, last period and budget. You get a reason for each.
  • A commentary table for flagged lines
  • Changes against prior and budget
  • A one sentence driver for each line
  • A short summary of the biggest movers
  Source: nighomni123.
• me.md builder: Answer a few questions, or let your AI use what it remembers. Get one private file that tells any AI who you are.
  • One me.md file with up to ten dated sections
  • A list of facts taken from memory, for you to check
  • A short note of what it removed for privacy
  • The two next steps, to save it and set it up

Tasks you can use it for

• You close your own books each month and want the same order every time.
• Your close drifts late because accruals and statements get tangled.
• A boss, partner or investor asks why a line moved and you need an answer written down.

Limits to check before starting

• Your books are already closed by a team or close software: use this only to check the order of your tasks.
• You need final statements to file or send to a lender: give the drafts to your accountant to review first.
• You only want to sort one month of spending: use the Expense sorter on its own.

Best way to use this role

Give it one clear outcome, the actual files and a definition of done. Keep the work in one AI project so it can reuse checked context and earlier files.

• Download the handoff pack. It's a zip with HANDOFF.md and every skill file this workflow uses.
• Give the folder to Claude (in Claude Code, or as files in a Claude Project) and say "Follow HANDOFF.md".
• List your close tasks. Step 1 gives the calendar and stops.
• Pause. Export the month's transactions as one table. After it drafts the accruals, review them, post the ones you accept and export the trial balance and last month's figures.
• Set your limit for a big move, such as 5 percent or a fixed amount.
• Give the finished drafts to your accountant to review.

Read it as data

Read the complete role setup as JSON. Connect your AI to the AI Blocks MCP library and read aiblocks://roles/close-the-month-and-explain-every-line-that-moved for its role instructions and pinned sources.

This is a prepared AI role. No task has run. Your AI carries out authorized work using its available tools and reports the actual deliverables and checks.