close-management

Name: close-management
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anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/close-management

$npx -y skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill close-management

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Summary

Manage the month-end close process with task sequencing, dependencies, and status tracking. Use when planning the close calendar, tracking close progress, identifying blockers, or sequencing close activities by day.

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SKILL.md

1	# Close Management
2
3	Important: This skill assists with close management workflows but does not provide financial advice. All close activities should be reviewed by qualified financial professionals.
4
5	Month-end close checklist, task sequencing and dependencies, status tracking, and common close activities organized by day.
6
7	## Month-End Close Checklist
8
9	### Pre-Close (Last 2-3 Business Days of the Month)
10
11	- [ ] Send close calendar and deadline reminders to all contributors
12	- [ ] Confirm cut-off procedures with AP, AR, payroll, and treasury
13	- [ ] Verify all sub-systems are processing normally (ERP, payroll, banking)
14	- [ ] Complete preliminary bank reconciliation (all but last-day activity)
15	- [ ] Review open purchase orders for potential accrual needs
16	- [ ] Confirm payroll processing schedule aligns with close timeline
17	- [ ] Collect information for any known unusual transactions
18
19	### Close Day 1 (T+1: First Business Day After Month-End)
20
21	- [ ] Confirm all sub-ledger modules have completed period-end processing
22	- [ ] Run AP accruals for goods/services received but not invoiced
23	- [ ] Post payroll entries and payroll accrual (if pay period straddles month-end)
24	- [ ] Record cash receipts and disbursements through month-end
25	- [ ] Post intercompany transactions and confirm with counterparties
26	- [ ] Complete bank reconciliation with final bank statement
27	- [ ] Run fixed asset depreciation
28	- [ ] Post prepaid expense amortization
29
30	### Close Day 2 (T+2)
31
32	- [ ] Complete revenue recognition entries and deferred revenue adjustments
33	- [ ] Post all remaining accrual journal entries
34	- [ ] Complete AR subledger reconciliation
35	- [ ] Complete AP subledger reconciliation
36	- [ ] Record inventory adjustments (if applicable)
37	- [ ] Post FX revaluation entries for foreign currency balances
38	- [ ] Begin balance sheet account reconciliations
39
40	### Close Day 3 (T+3)
41
42	- [ ] Complete all balance sheet reconciliations
43	- [ ] Post any adjusting journal entries identified during reconciliation
44	- [ ] Complete intercompany reconciliation and elimination entries
45	- [ ] Run preliminary trial balance and income statement
46	- [ ] Perform preliminary flux analysis on income statement
47	- [ ] Investigate and resolve material variances
48
49	### Close Day 4 (T+4)
50
51	- [ ] Post tax provision entries (income tax, sales tax, property tax)
52	- [ ] Complete equity roll-forward (stock compensation, treasury stock)
53	- [ ] Finalize all journal entries — soft close
54	- [ ] Generate draft financial statements (P&L, BS, CF)
55	- [ ] Perform detailed flux analysis and prepare variance explanations
56	- [ ] Management review of financial statements and key metrics
57
58	### Close Day 5 (T+5)
59
60	- [ ] Post any final adjustments from management review
61	- [ ] Finalize financial statements — hard close
62	- [ ] Lock the period in the ERP/GL system
63	- [ ] Distribute financial reporting package to stakeholders
64	- [ ] Update forecasts/projections based on actual results
65	- [ ] Conduct close retrospective — identify process improvements
66
67	## Task Sequencing and Dependencies
68
69	### Dependency Map
70
71	Tasks are organized by what must complete before the next task can begin:
72
73	```
74	LEVEL 1 (No dependencies — can start immediately at T+1):
75	├── Cash receipts/disbursements recording
76	├── Bank statement retrieval
77	├── Payroll processing/accrual
78	├── Fixed asset depreciation run
79	├── Prepaid amortization
80	├── AP accrual preparation
81	└── Intercompany transaction posting
82
83	LEVEL 2 (Depends on Level 1 completion):
84	├── Bank reconciliation (needs: cash entries + bank statement)
85	├── Revenue recognition (needs: billing/delivery data finalized)
86	├── AR subledger reconciliation (needs: all revenue/cash entries)
87	├── AP subledger reconciliation (needs: all AP entries/accruals)
88	├── FX revaluation (needs: all foreign currency entries posted)
89	└── Remaining accrual JEs (needs: review of all source data)
90
91	LEVEL 3 (Depends on Level 2 completion):
92	├── All balance sheet reconciliations (needs: all JEs posted)
93	├── Intercompany reconciliation (needs: both sides posted)
94	├── Adjusting entries from reconciliations
95	└── Preliminary trial balance
96
97	LEVEL 4 (Depends on Level 3 completion):
98	├── Tax provision (needs: pre-tax income finalized)
99	├── Equity roll-forward
100	├── Consolidation and eliminations
101	├── Draft financial statements
102	└── Preliminary flux analysis
103
104	LEVEL 5 (Depends on Level 4 completion):
105	├── Management review
106	├── Final adjustments
107	├── Hard close / period lock
108	├── Financial reporting package
109	└── Forecast updates
110	```
111
112	### Critical Path
113
114	The critical path determines the minimum close duration. Typical critical path:
115
116	```
117	Cash/AP/AR entries → Subledger reconciliations → Balance sheet recs →
118	Tax provision → Draft financials → Management review → Hard close
119	```
120
121	To shorten th

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How to install close-management?

anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/close-management

$npx -y skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill close-management

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

View on GitHub

SKILL.md

1	# Close Management
2
3	Important: This skill assists with close management workflows but does not provide financial advice. All close activities should be reviewed by qualified financial professionals.
4
5	Month-end close checklist, task sequencing and dependencies, status tracking, and common close activities organized by day.
6
7	## Month-End Close Checklist
8
9	### Pre-Close (Last 2-3 Business Days of the Month)
10
11	- [ ] Send close calendar and deadline reminders to all contributors
12	- [ ] Confirm cut-off procedures with AP, AR, payroll, and treasury
13	- [ ] Verify all sub-systems are processing normally (ERP, payroll, banking)
14	- [ ] Complete preliminary bank reconciliation (all but last-day activity)
15	- [ ] Review open purchase orders for potential accrual needs
16	- [ ] Confirm payroll processing schedule aligns with close timeline
17	- [ ] Collect information for any known unusual transactions
18
19	### Close Day 1 (T+1: First Business Day After Month-End)
20
21	- [ ] Confirm all sub-ledger modules have completed period-end processing
22	- [ ] Run AP accruals for goods/services received but not invoiced
23	- [ ] Post payroll entries and payroll accrual (if pay period straddles month-end)
24	- [ ] Record cash receipts and disbursements through month-end
25	- [ ] Post intercompany transactions and confirm with counterparties
26	- [ ] Complete bank reconciliation with final bank statement
27	- [ ] Run fixed asset depreciation
28	- [ ] Post prepaid expense amortization
29
30	### Close Day 2 (T+2)
31
32	- [ ] Complete revenue recognition entries and deferred revenue adjustments
33	- [ ] Post all remaining accrual journal entries
34	- [ ] Complete AR subledger reconciliation
35	- [ ] Complete AP subledger reconciliation
36	- [ ] Record inventory adjustments (if applicable)
37	- [ ] Post FX revaluation entries for foreign currency balances
38	- [ ] Begin balance sheet account reconciliations
39
40	### Close Day 3 (T+3)
41
42	- [ ] Complete all balance sheet reconciliations
43	- [ ] Post any adjusting journal entries identified during reconciliation
44	- [ ] Complete intercompany reconciliation and elimination entries
45	- [ ] Run preliminary trial balance and income statement
46	- [ ] Perform preliminary flux analysis on income statement
47	- [ ] Investigate and resolve material variances
48
49	### Close Day 4 (T+4)
50
51	- [ ] Post tax provision entries (income tax, sales tax, property tax)
52	- [ ] Complete equity roll-forward (stock compensation, treasury stock)
53	- [ ] Finalize all journal entries — soft close
54	- [ ] Generate draft financial statements (P&L, BS, CF)
55	- [ ] Perform detailed flux analysis and prepare variance explanations
56	- [ ] Management review of financial statements and key metrics
57
58	### Close Day 5 (T+5)
59
60	- [ ] Post any final adjustments from management review
61	- [ ] Finalize financial statements — hard close
62	- [ ] Lock the period in the ERP/GL system
63	- [ ] Distribute financial reporting package to stakeholders
64	- [ ] Update forecasts/projections based on actual results
65	- [ ] Conduct close retrospective — identify process improvements
66
67	## Task Sequencing and Dependencies
68
69	### Dependency Map
70
71	Tasks are organized by what must complete before the next task can begin:
72
73	```
74	LEVEL 1 (No dependencies — can start immediately at T+1):
75	├── Cash receipts/disbursements recording
76	├── Bank statement retrieval
77	├── Payroll processing/accrual
78	├── Fixed asset depreciation run
79	├── Prepaid amortization
80	├── AP accrual preparation
81	└── Intercompany transaction posting
82
83	LEVEL 2 (Depends on Level 1 completion):
84	├── Bank reconciliation (needs: cash entries + bank statement)
85	├── Revenue recognition (needs: billing/delivery data finalized)
86	├── AR subledger reconciliation (needs: all revenue/cash entries)
87	├── AP subledger reconciliation (needs: all AP entries/accruals)
88	├── FX revaluation (needs: all foreign currency entries posted)
89	└── Remaining accrual JEs (needs: review of all source data)
90
91	LEVEL 3 (Depends on Level 2 completion):
92	├── All balance sheet reconciliations (needs: all JEs posted)
93	├── Intercompany reconciliation (needs: both sides posted)
94	├── Adjusting entries from reconciliations
95	└── Preliminary trial balance
96
97	LEVEL 4 (Depends on Level 3 completion):
98	├── Tax provision (needs: pre-tax income finalized)
99	├── Equity roll-forward
100	├── Consolidation and eliminations
101	├── Draft financial statements
102	└── Preliminary flux analysis
103
104	LEVEL 5 (Depends on Level 4 completion):
105	├── Management review
106	├── Final adjustments
107	├── Hard close / period lock
108	├── Financial reporting package
109	└── Forecast updates
110	```
111
112	### Critical Path
113
114	The critical path determines the minimum close duration. Typical critical path:
115
116	```
117	Cash/AP/AR entries → Subledger reconciliations → Balance sheet recs →
118	Tax provision → Draft financials → Management review → Hard close
119	```
120
121	To shorten th

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