Inputs from your team
- Close checklist and ledger
- Statements and subledger reports
- Prior schedules and accounting policies
Prepare for close and management review
Month-End Close Support
Keep assigned close work, evidence, dependencies, review notes, and outstanding questions visible on one accountable calendar.
- 1Schedules + evidence
- 2close calendar
- 3reviewer sign-off.
The operating problem
Close work stretches when schedules are rebuilt from memory, evidence is scattered, dependencies arrive late, and reviewer questions lack owners.
The working scope
What the bookkeeper prepares
Use this list as a starting point, then match it to your systems, calendar, and approval matrix.
- 01
Maintain the close calendar
- 02
Prepare assigned reconciliations and rollforwards
- 03
Collect source packs
- 04
Track draft entries and review notes
A reviewable handoff
Inputs become prepared outputs.
Named records and tangible deliverables make the role easier to scope, train, review, and improve.
Outputs for review
- Updated close tracker
- Draft schedules and journal support
- Evidence and open-item register
Decisions stay accountable
Controls your team retains
Capacity should not blur authority. These decisions and approvals stay with the named client owner or qualified adviser.
- The controller retains estimates and judgment
- Final journals require approval
- Period locking and financial-statement sign-off stay client-owned
A controlled start
The first week is for mapping and review.
Start with a representative sample before expanding access or volume.
Assign each close item an owner and reviewer
Reproduce selected prior schedules
Agree evidence naming and sign-off conventions
Related workflows
Build the next connected scope.
Scope this workflow