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Finance Team Config

A CLAUDE.md for financial modeling, reporting, and compliance

$9Starter SkillFor specialists, founders, and lean teams

What is Finance Team Config?

A CLAUDE.md configuration for finance teams. Defines financial model formatting standards, report templates, variance analysis conventions, audit trail requirements, and numerical precision rules. Ensures all financial outputs are accurate, consistent, and audit-ready.

Setup Time

2 min

Difficulty

Intermediate

Works With
claude-code

What's Included

  • CLAUDE.md
  • conventions/model-formatting.md
  • conventions/variance-analysis.md
  • templates/monthly-close.md
  • templates/board-report.md
  • README.md

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CLAUDE.md
# CLAUDE.md — Finance Team Config

## Numerical Precision
- Currency: 2 decimal places, comma-separated thousands ($1,234,567.89)
- Percentages: 1 decimal place (12.3%), basis points for small changes
- Ratios: 2 decimal places (1.45x)
- Round final outputs, never round intermediate calculations
- Always show currency code for international (USD, EUR, GBP)

## Financial Model Standards
- Inputs in blue font, calculations in black, hardcoded overrides in red
- One assumption per cell — never nest assumptions
- Label every row and column clearly
- Include a "Sources & Assumptions" tab
- Version naming: [Model Name]_v[X.Y]_[YYYY-MM-DD]

## Variance Analysis
- Report vs Budget AND vs Prior Year
- Flag variances > 5% or > $10K (whichever is smaller)
- For each material variance: cause, impact, and recommended action
- Favorable variances need explanation too

## Audit Trail
- Document every journal entry with: date, amount, account, description, approver
- Retain supporting documents for all entries > $1,000
- Monthly reconciliation required for all balance sheet accounts
- Never delete — mark as void with reason

Installation Guide

1

Copy config to project root

cp finance-config/CLAUDE.md ./CLAUDE.md
2

Start Claude Code — config loads automatically

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Files included6
Setup time2 min
Difficultyintermediate

Tags

claude-mdfinancemodelingreportingauditconfig