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Generates variance commentary for P&L and balance-sheet lines, comparing current vs prior period and vs budget with driver explanations. Useful for month-end close and management reporting.
npx claudepluginhub anthropics/financial-services --plugin month-end-closerHow this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/month-end-closer:variance-commentaryThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Given current-period actuals, prior-period actuals, and budget for the same scope, produce a commentary table.
Generates variance commentary for P&L and balance-sheet lines, comparing current vs prior period and vs budget with driver explanations. Useful for month-end close and management reporting.
Decomposes financial variances into price/volume/mix/headcount drivers with formulas, narratives, examples, and waterfall analysis for budget vs. actual or period-over-period changes.
Generates ownership-ready variance narratives from budget-vs-actual reports for CRE properties. Screens materiality, classifies variances as timing/permanent/one-time/trend, projects full-year NOI impact, drafts investor explanations.
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Given current-period actuals, prior-period actuals, and budget for the same scope, produce a commentary table.
Flag a line for commentary if either is true:
| Column | Content |
|---|---|
| Line | Account or caption |
| Current / Prior / Budget | The three values |
| Δ vs prior and Δ vs budget | Amount and % |
| Driver | One sentence explaining the movement from underlying activity — not a restatement of the number |
A driver explains why, not what: "Cloud spend up $1.2M on incremental GPU reservations for the May launch" — not "Cloud spend increased $1.2M (18%)."
Look at the activity behind the line (journal-source breakdown, vendor mix, headcount delta, volume × rate) via the internal-gl MCP. If the driver isn't clear from the data, write "driver unclear — flag for controller" rather than inventing one.
The commentary table plus a short narrative (3–5 sentences) summarizing the period's biggest movers.