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Finance & Accounting

Finance

Version
1.2.0
Publisher
Anthropic
Category
Finance & Accounting
Maturity
Starting point

The plugin produces substantive output. However, the tasks are relatively simple, or work is a midpoint rather than a near-final draft. The level of specificity and expert-level input is lacking. The plugin needs customization and iteration before it is consistently useful.

Automate month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, and SOX testing so your finance team closes faster and audits cleaner.

What it does

This plugin handles the core workflows of a corporate accounting team: preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, generating financial statements with variance analysis, managing the month-end close process, and supporting SOX 404 compliance testing. It works standalone from uploaded spreadsheets or pasted data, and becomes more powerful when connected to your ERP, data warehouse, or BI tools via MCP integrations.

What you can ask

PromptWhat you get

Book AP accruals for December 2025

Formatted journal entry with debits, credits, department codes, supporting calculations, reversal flag, and a review checklist

Reconcile our bank account for March

Two-sided reconciliation showing adjusted bank and GL balances, categorized reconciling items with aging analysis, and escalation flags for stale items

Run SOX testing for revenue recognition Q4

Control matrix, risk-based sample selections, testing workpaper templates with pre-built test steps, and a deficiency classification framework

Inputs

Trial balance or GL account datapaste, upload spreadsheet, or connect ERP (required)
Prior period data for comparison, budget/forecast figures, bank statements, fixed asset registers, depreciation schedules, contract details for revenue recognition, and organization-specific materiality thresholds

Output

Formatted journal entries with debits, credits, and supporting detailAccount reconciliation workpapers with categorized reconciling items
Multi-column income statements with variance flags and key metricsWaterfall variance decompositions with narrative explanations
SOX control matrices, sample selections, and testing workpaper templatesMonth-end close checklists with task sequencing and status tracking

Tools & Integrations

Works standalone from uploaded files or pasted data. Optionally connects to ERP/accounting systems (NetSuite, SAP), data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks), spreadsheet tools, BI platforms (Tableau, Looker), email (Microsoft 365), and team chat (Slack) for automated data pulls and status updates.

How it works

1

Structured entry templatesGenerates journal entries in standard accounting format with balanced debits and credits, department coding, and auto-reversal flags, so entries are audit-ready before they reach the reviewer.

2

Two-sided reconciliationCompares GL balances against bank statements or subledgers from both directions, categorizes every reconciling item by type (timing, adjustment, investigation), and ages outstanding items to surface stale balances that need attention.

3

Variance decompositionBreaks down financial variances into specific business drivers (volume, price, mix, timing, one-time) using standard analytical techniques, so leadership sees the "why" behind the numbers rather than just the gap.

4

Materiality-driven flaggingApplies configurable dollar and percentage thresholds to automatically highlight variances that warrant investigation, preventing both over-analysis of immaterial items and under-investigation of significant ones.

5

Risk-based sample selectionCalculates SOX testing sample sizes based on control frequency, risk level, and prior-year results, then generates random or targeted sample selections with full documentation of the selection methodology.

6

Close sequencing engineMaps task dependencies across the entire month-end close process, identifies the critical path, and provides day-by-day checklists with status tracking so nothing falls through the cracks.

Skills

SkillDescriptionType
journal-entryPrepare journal entries with debits, credits, and supporting detail for any standard entry typeInvocable
journal-entry-prepBest practices, standard accrual types, documentation requirements, and review workflowsReference
reconciliationAccount reconciliation methodology for GL-to-subledger, bank, and intercompanyInvocable
financial-statementsIncome statement, balance sheet, and cash flow generation with GAAP presentationInvocable
variance-analysisVariance decomposition, waterfall analysis, and narrative generationInvocable
sox-testingSOX 404 sample selections, testing workpapers, and control assessmentsInvocable
close-managementMonth-end close checklists, task sequencing, dependencies, and status trackingReference
audit-supportSOX 404 testing methodology, documentation standards, and deficiency classificationReference

Install

Cowork
1.Open the Claude Desktop app and switch to the Cowork tab
2.Click Customize in the left sidebar, then Browse plugins
3.Search for “Finance” and click Install