Monthly close services you can plan around.
The difference between numbers you can plan around and numbers that arrive whenever the work happens to finish.
The date depends on when bank feeds, payroll, and merchant statements land. What we commit to is a date agreed up front and held to.
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Reconcile everything, including what usually gets skipped
Every bank, card, loan, line of credit, merchant clearing, and payroll liability account reconciled to statement. The accounts that get skipped are where the surprises live.
Book the adjustments that make the month true
Accruals, prepaids, and deferrals recorded so the period reflects what actually happened in it. Without these the month is a cash report wearing a P&L's clothes.
Review before it goes out
Balance-sheet accounts checked against support, unusual variances investigated, and the statements reviewed by someone whose job it is to catch the thing that does not look right.
Close the period and lock it
Once the month is closed it is closed. Locking periods is what stops prior months quietly changing underneath you and makes comparison meaningful.
Questions we get asked
How fast can you close?
That depends on when third-party information arrives, bank feeds, payroll, merchant statements. What we commit to is a set date each month.
What is a soft close versus a hard close?
A soft close skips some adjustments for speed. A hard close is complete and locked. We run a hard close monthly, because a soft close compounds.
Why does locking periods matter?
Because if prior months can change, no comparison you make is reliable. Locking is what makes month-over-month analysis mean something.
Can you close books our previous bookkeeper never closed?
Yes. That is catch-up or cleanup work, quoted separately, and it comes before an ongoing close can be reliable.
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