Roll Forward
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- Business and productivity
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The roll-forward skill provides a structured procedure for generating balance-sheet account reconciliations. It systematically maps beginning balances, period activity, and ending balances to ensure financial accuracy. By requiring direct ties to general ledger queries for every line item, the skill ensures that month-end close packages and audit support documentation are verifiable and transparent. It enforces a strict mathematical foot check to identify and surface any unexplained variances rather than masking them.
What it does
- Calculates ending balances based on beginning balances and period activity.
- Integrates with general ledger data to verify each line item.
- Provides a standardized format for account roll-forward schedules.
- Performs a foot check to validate the mathematical integrity of the schedule.
- Surfaces unexplained variances for investigation instead of plugging gaps.
When to use it
- During month-end close processes for balance-sheet account reconciliation.
- When preparing supporting documentation for financial audits.
- To verify the movement of account balances across a specific reporting period.
Advantages
- Ensures all financial figures are traceable to the general ledger.
- Promotes transparency by highlighting unexplained discrepancies.
- Standardizes the documentation process for financial reporting.
- Reduces manual effort in reconciling complex balance-sheet accounts.
Usage examples
- “Generate a roll-forward for the Accounts Payable account for the month of October.”
- The agent produces a table showing the beginning balance, additions, reversals, and payments, with each line linked to specific GL queries and a final foot check confirming the ending balance.
- “Create a roll-forward schedule for the Accrued Expenses account for Q3.”
- The agent generates a detailed schedule tying the beginning balance to the ending balance, citing the relevant GL journal sources for each activity line and reporting any unexplained delta.
Install
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Documentation by Anthropic
Roll-forward
Given an account (or account group), entity, and period, produce a roll-forward that ties beginning to ending.
Structure
Beginning balance (per prior-period close) X
+ Additions / new activity A
+ Accruals booked this period B
− Reversals of prior accruals (C)
− Payments / settlements (D)
± Reclasses / adjustments E
± FX translation F
Ending balance (per GL at period end) YTie each line
Beginning — prior-period close package, or GL balance at prior-period end date.
Each activity line — a GL query (account + date range + journal-source filter) via the internal-gl MCP. Cite the query.
Ending — GL balance at period-end date.
The schedule must foot: X + A + B − C − D + E + F = Y. If it doesn't, the gap is an unexplained item — surface it, don't plug it.
Output
The roll-forward table with a "ties to" column citing the GL query or document for every line, plus a foot check (pass/fail and the unexplained delta if any).
Files
- ATTRIBUTION.mdAdded by AutoGineer918 B
- LICENSELicence file added by AutoGineer11.1 KiB
- SKILL.md1.4 KiB
SKILL.md
Roll-forward
Given an account (or account group), entity, and period, produce a roll-forward that ties beginning to ending.
Structure
Beginning balance (per prior-period close) X
+ Additions / new activity A
+ Accruals booked this period B
− Reversals of prior accruals (C)
− Payments / settlements (D)
± Reclasses / adjustments E
± FX translation F
Ending balance (per GL at period end) YTie each line
Beginning — prior-period close package, or GL balance at prior-period end date.
Each activity line — a GL query (account + date range + journal-source filter) via the internal-gl MCP. Cite the query.
Ending — GL balance at period-end date.
The schedule must foot: X + A + B − C − D + E + F = Y. If it doesn't, the gap is an unexplained item — surface it, don't plug it.
Output
The roll-forward table with a "ties to" column citing the GL query or document for every line, plus a foot check (pass/fail and the unexplained delta if any).
Requirements and compatibility
Written for: Claude Code, Claude apps
Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta
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Attribution and licence
- Published by
- Anthropic
- Publisher
- Anthropic (Official)
- Source
- anthropics/financial-services · plugins/vertical-plugins/fund-admin/skills/roll-forward · commit 6056506
- Licence
- Apache License 2.0 (redistribution allowed)
- LICENSE (added by AutoGineer from LICENSE)
- ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)
- Synced
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- anthropics/financial-services
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