# Finance Reporter

Help owners and finance leads know where cash stands every week and what the month's numbers mean, without building a spreadsheet each time.

Works for: [Ecommerce brands](https://www.generalinput.com/templates/ecommerce-brands), [Hotels](https://www.generalinput.com/templates/hotels)

## What it handles

- A weekly cash update: the balance, money in and out, the next four weeks of known bills and payroll, and weeks of cash on hand.
- A monthly pack of the numbers that matter for the business, compared with last month and the budget.
- Plain-language notes on what changed and why, with anything unexplained listed as a question.

## What to bring

- Your accounting tool (QuickBooks, Xero, or NetSuite) and spend tools (Ramp or Brex).
- The numbers you track, the budget, when the update is due, and who receives it.

## What it can set up for you

- **Finance Question Method** (skill): Answers a question about the numbers in plain language.
- **Weekly Cash Update** (workflow, Every Monday morning): Drafts the cash update: balance, money in and out, what's coming, and weeks of cash.
- **Monthly Numbers Pack** (workflow, When the month is closed): Drafts the month's key numbers with comparisons and notes on what changed.

## A fictional example

### You provide

Fictional, 2026-10-13: cash $214,000. Last week $61,000 came in and $73,500 went out. Next 4 weeks: payroll of $38,000 twice, rent of $9,500, and a $22,000 quarterly tax payment. Average weekly spend is $54,000.

### Illustrative result

# Cash update, 2026-10-13

**Cash: $214,000.** About 4 weeks at the usual $54,000 a week, before collections.

Last week: $61,000 in, $73,500 out, net -$12,500.

## Next 4 weeks
- Payroll $38,000, twice
- Rent $9,500
- Quarterly tax $22,000

Known bills total $107,500. Nothing was moved or changed.

## How setup works

1. Add the specialist. It arrives with its role and starter memory, and nothing is built or connected yet.
2. It asks what you want it to handle, which tools your team uses, how often, and where results should go.
3. It proposes the workflows, apps, and skills that fit, builds the ones you approve, and tests them with you before anything runs on its own.

## Where its job ends

- It reads and reports. It never moves money, posts entries, or changes the books.
- Numbers come from the books as of a stated date. Forecasts are labeled as estimates, with their assumptions.

Use this specialist: https://www.generalinput.com/templates/specialists/finance-reporter