Hire an AI seller closing proceeds and retained cash checker

Everything it can hand back

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

• Equity proceeds at closing, built line by line from enterprise value
• The working-capital settlement, as final less estimate, with its sign and who pays
• The escrow split: deposited, paid out, held for pending claims, ready to release and any claims above the balance
• One seller cash picture: paid at closing, still held, owed back and total expected, each counted once
• Every MISSING item, and any check that could not run

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: The closing statement is signed and you want one page showing what the seller got, what is held and what is still due.

• 1 EQUITY PROCEEDS. Enterprise value plus cash, less debt, debt-like items and seller expenses.
• 2 WORKING CAPITAL. Peg, estimate and final figures, the settlement, and who pays whom.
• 3 ESCROW. Deposited less paid out, what is held for pending claims and what is ready to release.
• SELLER CASH. Paid at closing, still held, owed back and total expected, each counted once.
• SOURCES AND GAPS. Each input's source, each gap and the line it stops, and any check that could not run.

How the work is checked

• Equity proceeds tie to the closing statement, and no debt-like item is counted twice.
• Peg, estimate and final use one working-capital definition and one cutoff. The settlement is final less estimate, with its sign and payer stated. If the payer is not in the agreement text you were given, it is MISSING:.
• The working-capital amount already paid at close and each actual escrow payment appear once.
• Every escrow claim appears once. Ready to release plus held equals the remaining balance, and any claim above the balance is shown on its own line.
• 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.

A second opinion

Before it hands back, your AI reviews the draft the way Warren Buffett would. This is a way of reviewing the work. It does not mean they wrote or endorse it.

Capabilities

• Closing equity proceeds checker. Starts at enterprise value, adds cash, and takes off debt, debt-like items and seller expenses once each. Leaves working capital and escrow out. Hands step 2 the equity figure and the cutoff date. Check before moving on, the total ties to the closing statement.
• Working capital true-up checker. Puts the peg, the estimate and the final on one definition. Works out the closing adjustment (estimate less peg) and the final adjustment (final less peg), then settles only the difference, final less estimate. Hands step 3 the settlement amount, its sign and who pays. Check before moving on, the same accounts and cutoff are used in all three.
• Escrow release checker. Takes the deposit, subtracts what was actually paid out, holds the lesser of pending claims and what remains, and shows the rest as ready to release. Shows any claims above the balance. Check before moving on, each claim has one ID and appears once.

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 reconcile-seller-closing-cash 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/reconcile-seller-closing-cash/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

• The signed closing price bridge: enterprise value, cash, debt, debt-like items and seller expenses at the closing cutoff (from the closing statement)
• Working capital for the peg, the estimate paid at close and the final figure, all under the same contract definition (from the purchase agreement and the final statement)
• The escrow account: the amount deposited, what has been paid out, and the pending claims with their IDs and amounts (from the escrow agent and the claim ledger)
• The agreement's rule on who pays a negative settlement, and whether it is netted from the escrow (optional, but it changes the payer line)
• The closing date, the currency and the scale, such as thousands

Helpful context (optional)

• The signed closing statement, not a draft, so the first step ties to something final.
• The agreement's wording on working capital and on who pays a negative settlement.
• A claim ledger with one ID per claim.

Tools and access

• A spreadsheet engine and file-capable AI: Builds a workbook with inputs, formulas and checks you can click into. In plain chat it returns the same tables as text.
• The escrow agent's statement: Gives the actual deposit and payments, which are facts, not estimates.
• Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini: Any of them can build the bridge in a chat.
• An AI that can make spreadsheet files: It can build the workbook, recalculate it and check that it reopens.
• Node.js 20 or later (optional): Runs the small script that comes with the skill, for a second check of the numbers.
• Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini: Any of them can do these sums in a chat and show each step.
• Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini: Any of them can work through the sums in a chat.

Functions and deliverables

• Seller closing proceeds and retained cash checker: Share the signed price bridge, working-capital records and escrow ledger. Get cash paid, later settlement, retained proceeds and unresolved items.
  • Equity proceeds at closing, built line by line from enterprise value
  • The working-capital settlement, as final less estimate, with its sign and who pays
  • The escrow split: deposited, paid out, held for pending claims, ready to release and any claims above the balance
  • One seller cash picture: paid at closing, still held, owed back and total expected, each counted once
  • Every MISSING item, and any check that could not run
• Business sale proceeds checker: Share the signed price terms and closing balances. Check what sellers receive after cash, debt and costs.
  • What the sellers receive at closing
  • A bridge from deal price to that figure, each line with its source
  • Each item in one bucket, with any item counted twice flagged
  • A tie to the draft closing statement, with each difference explained
  • A list of missing facts and checks it could not run
  • A small workbook with the same bridge, if your AI can make files
• Sale working capital settlement checker: Share target, estimated and final working capital. Check the settlement still due after the closing adjustment.
  • The closing adjustment: estimate less peg
  • The final adjustment: final less peg
  • The true-up: final adjustment less closing adjustment
  • Who pays whom, and how much
  • A list of missing facts and checks that could not run
  • A small workbook with the same sums, if your AI can make files
• Escrow release balance checker: Share deposits, paid claims and approved reserves. Check what stays in escrow and what could be released.
  • The balance left, the reserve to keep and the amount that can be released
  • Any claims above the balance, shown as a shortfall
  • A list of claim IDs, matched to the claim notices
  • A check of the release conditions
  • A list of missing facts and checks it could not run
  • A small workbook with the same sums, if your AI can make files
• 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
• Warren Buffett: Review a business using Warren Buffett’s recorded principles. Check how it earns, what protects it, how managers use cash and which facts remain uncertain.
  • Your problem worked on the way Warren Buffett would: their questions, their method, their push-back
  • The answer or the work, in Warren Buffett's voice, using their ideas by name
  • Anything that goes beyond their public record, marked
  • One suggested next step

Tasks you can use it for

• The closing statement is signed and you want one page showing what the seller got, what is held and what is still due.
• The final working-capital number came in below the estimate and nobody is sure who pays whom.
• An escrow release request arrived and you need to know how much is free after the claims already paid and the ones pending.
• Two schedules both include the working-capital adjustment and you suspect the seller's total is overstated.

Limits to check before starting

• The price bridge is not signed yet. Wait for the signed statement. A draft can be run only as a labelled draft.
• You only need the equity bridge, or only the escrow balance. Use the Business sale proceeds checker or the Escrow release balance checker on its own.
• The deal used a locked-box price with no working-capital peg. Use the locked-box closing price workflow.
• There is a dispute, a tax question, an earnout or a collar. This covers a plain dollar-for-dollar adjustment only.

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 workflow pack and give it to an AI that can read files, such as Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini. For a workbook, use one that can create spreadsheets.
• Paste the figures or attach the files (the signed closing statement, the working-capital calculations and the escrow ledger). A spreadsheet is welcome but not required. Paste the agreement's definitions of cash, debt, working capital and who pays a settlement. State the closing date once at the top.
• After step 1, check that equity proceeds match the closing statement. A gap usually means a debt-like item was counted twice or missed.
• After step 2, check that the estimate, peg and final use the same definition. Read the sign and the payer line aloud against the agreement.
• After step 3, check that every escrow claim appears once and that release plus held equals the remaining balance.
• Fill every MISSING line before anyone acts on a figure. Nothing here moves money. A person who knows the agreement signs off.

Read it as data

Read the complete role setup as JSON. Connect your AI to the AI Blocks MCP library and read aiblocks://roles/reconcile-seller-closing-cash 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.