A free 5-tab Excel workbook that holds your entire month-end close in one place — 42 pre-populated tasks, 18 standard subledger reconciliations, JE log with sanity check, and printable sign-off with auto-tabulated close metrics.
A reliable month-end close comes down to a repeatable checklist and the right supporting schedules. Here’s the full sequence — from Day 1 through final signoff — with specific focus on the technical areas that trip up growing finance teams.
Commission accrual and commission capitalization are two different entries that most closes tangle together. One worked month shows the accrual when the commission is earned, the capitalization of the same dollars as a contract cost asset, the payout, the true-up when a deal falls through, and the monthly amortization, with the Excel schedule that ties all of it to the general ledger.