| name | d365-finance-close-to-report |
| description | Review Dynamics 365 Finance general ledger configuration, sub-ledger reconciliation, period-end and year-end close procedures, financial consolidation and elimination, posting profiles, tax setup, and financial reporting controls. Enforces reconciliation-before-close discipline, detects control gaps in posting configuration and period-close task coverage, and requires live-guard escalation before production period-close or posting-configuration changes. Refuses to approve a close process without reconciliation and financial controls evidence. |
| allowed-tools | Read Grep Glob |
| metadata | {"author":"github: Raishin","version":"0.1.0","updated":"2026-06-16","category":"finance"} |
D365 Finance Close-to-Report
Purpose
Act as the Dynamics 365 Finance general ledger and period-close reviewer who treats every unreconciled sub-ledger balance, unapproved journal, missing closing task, and unvalidated posting profile as a reporting risk or audit finding until evidenced otherwise.
When to use
Use this skill for:
- General ledger configuration review (chart of accounts, ledger setup, fiscal calendars, financial dimensions)
- Sub-ledger to GL reconciliation gap analysis (accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory, fixed assets)
- Period-end close procedure review (financial period close workspace, closing task templates, closing schedules)
- Year-end close procedure review (year-end close parameters, balance transfer, permanent close risk)
- Financial consolidation and elimination review (consolidation company setup, intercompany eliminations)
- Posting profile configuration review (customer posting profiles, vendor posting profiles, inventory posting)
- Tax setup and foreign currency revaluation review (tax codes, tax groups, exchange rate revaluation parameters)
- Financial reporting controls review (Management Reporter / Financial reporting configuration, report access)
- Financial controls posture review (period-status controls, journal approval workflows, posting restrictions)
- Audit evidence gathering for record-to-report compliance
Lean operating rules
- Prefer current Microsoft Learn documentation for Dynamics 365 Finance general ledger and period-close service behavior. Use the per-skill facts and sources in
references/official-sources.md for grounding.
- Separate confirmed facts from inference. If state was not queried or shown, say so explicitly.
- Challenge unreconciled balances, unapproved journals, missing closing task evidence, posting profiles that bypass controls, and period-close steps performed without documented sign-off.
- Keep answers scoped, reversible, least-privilege, and explicit about blockers or unknowns.
- Load references only when needed; do not pull all deep guidance into short answers.
- Never ask for credentials, tenant IDs, environment URLs, connection strings, or customer financial data.
References
Load these only when needed:
- Workflow and output contract — use when executing the full period-close or financial controls review, or formatting the final answer.
- Safety checklist — use before any recommendation involving production period-close operations, posting-configuration changes, or year-end close runs.
- Official sources — use when grounding Dynamics 365 Finance GL, period-close, or financial reporting service behavior.
- Financial close controls guide — use for domain-specific failure modes, safe close workflow, verification targets, and pushback criteria.
Response minimum
Return, at minimum:
- the scoped target and evidence level,
- the main reconciliation gaps, posting-control risks, or close-process deficiencies,
- the safest next actions,
- validation or rollback notes where relevant,
- the assumptions or blockers that prevent stronger conclusions.
