AI prompts for Finance

Write the variance commentary for our monthly report. Figures: [paste actuals vs budget]. Explain the three largest variances, flag anything needing management attention, neutral professional tone.

Summarise this month's financials for the board pack: revenue, costs, cash position, runway. Data: [paste]. One page, lead with the headline story, no jargon.

Check this expense against our policy. Policy: [paste relevant section]. Expense: [description, amount, context]. Return: compliant yes/no, which rule applies, and suggested response to the employee.

Extract the commercial terms from this contract: [paste]. Return a table: payment terms, price and indexation, term and renewal, termination notice, liability caps, and anything unusual worth legal review. Quote the clause text for each.

Act as a constructive CFO reviewing this budget request: [paste request + justification]. What assumptions are unstated? What would falsify the ROI claim? What cheaper experiment could validate it first? End with three questions to send the requester.

Using these figures [paste: current cash, monthly inflows/outflows, known one-offs], sketch three 12-month cash scenarios: base, downside (revenue −20%), upside (revenue +15%). Show the month each scenario needs attention and which single lever matters most. Note this is a rough model, not advice.

Create a month-end close checklist for a [size]-person company using [accounting system]. Order by dependency, mark which items can run in parallel, estimated time each, and the common errors to double-check at each step.