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Useful work for the close.

Practical guides for the people who prepare, review, and stand behind the numbers. No demo required; just working material for the team.

FIELD GUIDE / 001Close with clarity.CHECKLISTS / NOTES / QUESTIONS

START WITH THE WORK

Built for real finance routines.

Use these guides as a starting point. Adapt owners, timing, and evidence requirements to your organization's policies and materiality thresholds.

Close operations

01 / Checklist

Month-end close checklist

A practical framework for planning the close, assigning owners, managing exceptions, and retaining review evidence.

4 phases
31 prompts
Evidence index
Escalation triggers

Reconciliation

02 / Guide

Bank reconciliation: an exception guide

A step-by-step way to investigate unmatched bank and ledger activity and document the resolution.

6 workflow steps
8 exception cases
Exception log fields
Reviewer questions

05 / Guide

Aged reconciling items guide

A framework for aging, assigning, escalating, and carrying forward open reconciling items.

5 aging buckets
Escalation ladder
Carry-forward decisions

Planning

03 / Template

Illustrative close calendar

A relative-day calendar template for sequencing close work, dependencies, and review handoffs.

T-10 to T+5
Owner and input columns
Dependency notes

Review controls

04 / Checklist

Journal-entry review checklist

A companion checklist for support, unusual entries, reviewer questions, and sign-off records.

14 review prompts
High-risk categories
Evidence requests
Note template

Finance AI

06 / Questions

Questions to ask an AI vendor

A controller's guide to evaluating evidence, exceptions, approvals, repeatability, and data handling.

12 questions
Strong-answer signals
Red flags
Pilot plan

Team exercise

07 / Assessment

Close-process self-assessment

An ungated set of prompts to help a team discuss handoffs, exceptions, and close evidence.

21 prompts
Local only
Copy or download

How to use these materials

They are educational working aids, not accounting, audit, tax, or legal advice. Your team's policies and professional judgment take precedence.

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