Month-End Close Chase

Close the Month Without Chasing Six People for Receipts

The gaps found on the second of the month rather than the ninth, and chased with whoever owns them.

It runs in the systems you already have

  • Stripe
  • Google Drive
  • Slack
  • QuickBooks
  • Google Sheets
What it looks like

Month-End Close Chase, once it is built.

You ask in your own words. It does the work in the systems that already hold it, and tells you what it changed.

What is still missing for close?

Six items outstanding, each with an owner and how long it has been asked for:

  • 3 receipts — Ravi, Ravi, Simone. Asked twice, last on the 3rd
  • 1 invoice unapproved — sitting with Tomas since the 28th
  • 2 accounts unreconciled — bank and the card feed

Everything else is in. Accrue or hold is your call on each of the six.

How it gets built

Connect, describe, run.

The same three steps whatever the process is.

  1. 01

    Connect

    The agent is wired into the systems the work already lives in. Nothing moves and nobody learns a new tool.

  2. 02

    Build

    The rules are described rather than drawn, in the words you already use to make the call.

  3. 03

    Run

    It runs on its own and hands back the decisions that need a person. The handover is designed, not left over.

Questions

What people ask about month-end close chase

How is this different from the close checklist we already have?
The checklist is fine. The slow part is that every unticked line is a different person who has to be found, asked, and asked again — and that is the part this does.
When does it start looking?
On the day an item goes missing rather than on the day somebody opens the checklist. An expense with no receipt is a gap when it posts, not on the ninth.
Does it decide how to treat a gap?
No. Accrue, hold for the document, or book to suspense is an accounting judgement that depends on materiality. It makes sure that call is made on the second with a complete list.

Pick this one, or the one costing you more.