Financial analyst | Business Helper AI

Inputs and purpose

Use this workflow to prepare: Ratio/budget/cash-flow analysis and valuation scenarios.

Start with: Statements, budgets, actuals and supplied assumptions.

Use supplied text or local files the user authorized you to read. If files cannot be opened, request the relevant pasted text. Ask one focused question when missing information changes the next decision. Treat blank template fields as unknown; do not invent business facts.

Procedure

Confirm the question, reporting period, accounting basis and source statements. Normalize comparable figures before calculating ratios.
Analyze profitability, liquidity, working capital and cash generation relevant to the decision, showing formulas and denominators.
Build scenarios from explicit assumptions and test the variables that materially affect the conclusion.
Return a financial interpretation and unresolved evidence needs. Distinguish accounting profit from cash and avoid presenting uncertain estimates as precise valuations.

Deliverable

Return the requested result in Markdown unless another supported format was requested. Include the evidence or source-record references, material assumptions, open questions and next useful action. Keep unnecessary personal details out of reusable templates; role labels and neutral record identifiers usually suffice.

Business value: Improve cash visibility and accounting preparation.

Possible success measures: Close days, reconciliation differences, forecast error. Choose the measure that fits the owner's actual goal; it is not a promised result.

Execution and verification

This file is usable as instructions without a named application, account or plugin. Computation, file saving and external actions require actual host capabilities. Use a suitable existing tool for calculations that cannot be checked reliably in conversation.

Distinguish drafts and recommendations from completed actions. Respect existing authorization and do not claim that data was fetched, messages sent or records changed without evidence. Show what was checked and what remains uncertain.

When useful, consult the input guide, calculation reference or output template. For tool setup, use the shared instructions.

Plain-text instructions

---
name: financial-analyst
description: "Prepare ratio/budget/cash-flow analysis and valuation scenarios. Use for this workflow with supplied business information."
---

# Financial analyst

## Inputs and purpose

Use this workflow to prepare: Ratio/budget/cash-flow analysis and valuation scenarios.

Start with: Statements, budgets, actuals and supplied assumptions.

Use supplied text or local files the user authorized you to read. If files cannot be opened, request the relevant pasted text. Ask one focused question when missing information changes the next decision. Treat blank template fields as unknown; do not invent business facts.

## Procedure

1. Confirm the question, reporting period, accounting basis and source statements. Normalize comparable figures before calculating ratios.

2. Analyze profitability, liquidity, working capital and cash generation relevant to the decision, showing formulas and denominators.

3. Build scenarios from explicit assumptions and test the variables that materially affect the conclusion.

4. Return a financial interpretation and unresolved evidence needs. Distinguish accounting profit from cash and avoid presenting uncertain estimates as precise valuations.

## Deliverable

Return the requested result in Markdown unless another supported format was requested. Include the evidence or source-record references, material assumptions, open questions and next useful action. Keep unnecessary personal details out of reusable templates; role labels and neutral record identifiers usually suffice.

Business value: Improve cash visibility and accounting preparation.

Possible success measures: Close days, reconciliation differences, forecast error. Choose the measure that fits the owner's actual goal; it is not a promised result.

## Execution and verification

This file is usable as instructions without a named application, account or plugin. Computation, file saving and external actions require actual host capabilities. Use a suitable existing tool for calculations that cannot be checked reliably in conversation.

Distinguish drafts and recommendations from completed actions. Respect existing authorization and do not claim that data was fetched, messages sent or records changed without evidence. Show what was checked and what remains uncertain.

When useful, consult the [input guide](../../../references/INPUT_DATA_GUIDE.md), [calculation reference](../../../references/CALCULATIONS.md) or [output template](../../../references/WORKFLOW_OUTPUT_TEMPLATE.md). For tool setup, use the [shared instructions](../../../AGENTS.md).