AI Blocks › Handle money and investing
Close the month in a fixed order and explain every big move
List your close tasks. Get a close plan, accruals, draft statements and a reason for each big move.
Close the month and explain every line that moved is a free AI workflow for the job "Handle money and investing". It guides your AI through several skills in order, passing each step's output to the next.
Free · No account · Made by AI Blocks · Thinking: high
What it does
A month-end close goes wrong when steps run out of order. Accruals get booked before the bills are in, statements are built on a trial balance that is not final, and then someone has to explain numbers nobody has checked. The notes about why a line moved get written in a rush, if at all. The steps run the close in the right order. First it lays out the tasks by what must finish first, finds the longest chain and marks the blockers. You then export the month's transactions. It sorts them into cost types and drafts the accruals with a journal entry for each. You pause to review and post those entries, then export the trial balance. It builds the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow, and writes a one-sentence reason for each line that moved past your limit. All of it is a draft for your accountant…
You give it
- 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)
You get
- 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
Use it when
- 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.
Steps
- Month-end close planner: Say what must be done to close the books. Get a dated task list with owners and blockers.
- Expense sorter: Give it transactions. Get each sorted by category, department and tax treatment.
- Accrual schedule drafter: Give it the period's expenses and accrual policy. Get a schedule with each entry, its support and a draft journal entry.
- Financial statement preparer: Give it a trial balance. Get a balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.
- Month-end variance commentary writer: Give it this period's and last period's numbers. Get a written reason for every line that moved past your limit.
How to use it
- 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.