Copy-paste prompts for weekly cadence, board decks, variance analysis, forecasting, and hiring. Built by an operating CFO.

What’s inside

Five categories, five prompts each. Every prompt tells you when to use it, the exact copy-paste text, and one thing to check before you ship it.

• Weekly and Cadence – Monday plan, midweek variance check, Friday close note.
• Variance and Analysis – turn a raw GL export into a board-ready bridge.
• Board and Investor Comms – the deck narrative, the monthly update, the awkward disclosure.
• Forecasting and Scenario – rolling 13-week cash, reforecast, stress test.
• Hiring and Team – screen resumes, design cases, coach the team you have.

Who this is for

Operating CFOs, FP&A leaders, and Controllers at $10M to $500M portfolio companies. Enough revenue to feel the weight of every meeting, not enough overhead to have a team doing this for you.

What else

• Build Your Board Deck with AI: The 6-Prompt Playbook
• The 5-Prompt Weekly Financial Review for CFOs
• The Prompt Library Every CFO Should Steal

Push back. If a prompt does not survive contact with your real data, tell us. Rewrite it. Send the version that works. We publish the best submissions at reader-contributions.