{
  "id": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
  "_kind": "Workflow",
  "_file": "workflows/workflows/workflows-finance-deep.yaml",
  "_cluster": "workflows",
  "attributes": {
    "displayName": "Financial Close Cycle",
    "workflowKind": "operational",
    "triggerType": "scheduled",
    "typicalCadence": "monthly",
    "complexity": "cross-team",
    "description": "Manages the month-end and quarter-end financial close process --\nexecuting the close checklist with task assignments, deadlines, and\ndependency sequencing, performing account reconciliations for balance sheet\naccounts including cash, prepaids, accruals, and fixed assets, recording\nadjusting journal entries for accrued expenses, deferred revenue, and\ndepreciation, validating intercompany eliminations and consolidation\nentries for multi-entity organizations, running variance analyses comparing\nactuals against budget and prior periods, preparing financial statements\n(income statement, balance sheet, cash flow) with management commentary,\nand conducting final close review meetings with cross-functional\ncontrollers. Produces closed financial statements and close completion\ncertification. Excludes external audit coordination.\n"
  },
  "outgoingEdges": [
    {
      "from": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "to": "role:planner",
      "kind": "involves_role",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "to": "role:engineering-manager",
      "kind": "involves_role",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "to": "role:data-scientist",
      "kind": "involves_role",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "to": "skill-area:python-data-pipelines",
      "kind": "requires_skill_area",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "to": "skill-area:data-quality",
      "kind": "requires_skill_area",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "to": "domain:finance",
      "kind": "applies_to_domain",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "to": "domain:operations",
      "kind": "applies_to_domain",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "to": "responsibility:data-quality-monitoring",
      "kind": "triggers_responsibility",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "to": "responsibility:cost-optimization",
      "kind": "triggers_responsibility",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "to": "org-unit:finance-team",
      "kind": "performed_by_org_unit",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "to": "org-unit:operations-team",
      "kind": "performed_by_org_unit",
      "attributes": {}
    }
  ],
  "incomingEdges": [
    {
      "from": "tool:gusto",
      "to": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "kind": "supports_work",
      "attributes": {
        "confidence": "medium",
        "evidence": "Payroll and tax-filing data feeds finance close and reconciliation workflows."
      }
    },
    {
      "from": "tool:chargebee",
      "to": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "kind": "supports_work",
      "attributes": {
        "confidence": "medium",
        "evidence": "Revenue and invoice data supports finance close and reconciliation."
      }
    },
    {
      "from": "tool:lemon-squeezy",
      "to": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "kind": "supports_work",
      "attributes": {
        "confidence": "low",
        "evidence": "Transaction and payout data can inform finance reconciliation."
      }
    },
    {
      "from": "tool:ramp",
      "to": "workflow:financial-close-cycle",
      "kind": "supports_work",
      "attributes": {
        "confidence": "medium",
        "evidence": "Spend reconciliation and approvals support financial close review."
      }
    }
  ]
}