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This skill generates comprehensive financial reports including P&L, balance sheets, and cash flow analyses to inform strategic decisions.

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---
name: Financial Reporter
slug: financial-reporter
description: Generate comprehensive financial reports including P&L, balance sheets, and cash flow statements
category: business
complexity: intermediate
version: "1.0.0"
author: "ID8Labs"
triggers:
  - "financial report"
  - "P&L statement"
  - "balance sheet"
tags:
  - financial-reporting
  - accounting
  - statements
---

# Financial Reporter

Generate comprehensive financial reports that tell the story of your business. From P&L statements to cash flow analysis, create reports that inform decisions.

## Core Workflows

### Workflow 1: P&L Statement
1. **Revenue Collection** - Gather all revenue streams
2. **Expense Categorization** - Organize costs by category
3. **Gross Margin** - Calculate gross profit
4. **Operating Expenses** - Deduct operating costs
5. **Net Income** - Calculate bottom line
6. **Variance Analysis** - Compare to budget/prior period

### Workflow 2: Balance Sheet
1. **Assets** - List current and fixed assets
2. **Liabilities** - Document current and long-term debt
3. **Equity** - Calculate owner's equity
4. **Balance Check** - Verify assets = liabilities + equity
5. **Ratio Analysis** - Calculate key financial ratios

## Quick Reference

| Action | Command |
|--------|---------|
| P&L report | "Generate P&L for [period]" |
| Balance sheet | "Create balance sheet as of [date]" |
| Cash flow | "Generate cash flow statement" |

Overview

This skill generates comprehensive financial reports that tell the story of your business, including P&L statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements. It produces structured outputs that support analysis, budgeting, and stakeholder communication. Reports include core metrics, variance analysis, and recommended next steps for decision-making.

How this skill works

The skill ingests revenue, expense, asset, and liability data to construct standard financial statements. For P&L it aggregates revenues, categorizes expenses, computes gross margin, operating expenses, and net income, then performs variance analysis versus budget or prior periods. For balance sheets it lists assets, liabilities, and equity, verifies the accounting equation, and calculates key ratios. For cash flow it reconciles operating, investing, and financing activities to show liquidity movements.

When to use it

  • Prepare monthly or quarterly management reports
  • Validate financial position before investor meetings or financing
  • Perform budget vs. actual variance analysis
  • Reconcile cash flow for planning and treasury decisions
  • Generate audited-ready statements for accountants

Best practices

  • Provide clean, source-tagged transaction data for accurate aggregation
  • Standardize expense categories before running reports to ensure comparability
  • Review and reconcile supporting schedules (bank, receivables, payables) before finalizing
  • Use consistent period definitions (monthly, quarter, year) when comparing results
  • Document assumptions used in non-recurring adjustments and allocations

Example use cases

  • Generate a monthly P&L with variance analysis against budget for the executive team
  • Create a balance sheet at quarter-end and calculate liquidity and leverage ratios for lenders
  • Produce a cash flow statement to plan next quarter’s hiring and capital expenditures
  • Run a year-over-year profitability analysis to support strategic pricing decisions
  • Compile a reporting pack for investor updates including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow summary

FAQ

What inputs are required to generate a report?

Provide revenues, expenses, asset and liability lists, and any budget or prior-period data for comparisons.

Can the reports include variance analysis and ratios?

Yes. The skill computes variance versus budget or prior period and calculates common ratios such as current ratio, debt-to-equity, and gross margin.