AgentsMonth end closeSet up at onboarding

Close in a review, not a scramble.

The close agent drafts your accruals and adjusting entries, explains every variance in plain English, and moves the checklist along. Your accountant reviews it and locks the month. Nothing is filed or locked by us.

Priced on a call, by your workload, your volume and the agents you use. One time onboarding fee of 750 US dollars.

Book a callPricing
StratumMonth end close
September closeDay 3 of 5 · 2 for you
  • Prepaid rentMonth 6 of 12 · drafted
    $2,100For review
  • Accrued freightTern Logistics · September bill not yet in
    $1,870Drafted
  • Software spendUp 18% on August · explained
    $6,880Noted
  • Bank reconciliationAll accounts matched
    Done
  • Period lockWaiting for your accountant
    Yours
Your accountant locks the month. Fictional figures.

The job today

The close starts too late

Because reconciliation piles up, the close starts on the 5th and ends on the 20th.

Adjustments are typed by hand

Accruals and prepaid schedules live in a spreadsheet one person understands.

Nobody trusts the first draft

Variances arrive without explanations, so every review turns into questions.

What the agent does

Accruals and prepaid schedules drafted
From your schedules and history, as proposed entries with the reasoning.
Variances explained
This month against the last three, with the likely reason written out before anyone asks.
A checklist that moves itself
What is done, what is blocked, and who is holding it up.
Missing documents chased
The bill that has not arrived, the receipt nobody filed.
A close package ready for review
Everything your accountant needs to review and lock, in one place.
An audit trail already written
Every entry links back to the evidence and the rule behind it.

An illustrative first week

Example numbers for a business of about forty people.

Your last three closes and your checklist decide where the first draft starts. Book a call and we will show you yours.

  1. Monday

    We read your last three closes and about 80 entries to learn what normal looks like.

  2. Tuesday

    We agree your checklist and owners with you and your accountant.

  3. Wednesday

    Recurring accruals and prepaid schedules are drafted for this month.

  4. Thursday

    Variances are explained in plain English, ready for review.

  5. Friday

    A draft close package is ready. Your accountant reviews and locks when the month ends.

Where it stops

It never

  • Posts a new journal entry without your approval. Recurring entries you approved once as a rule post on schedule.
  • Locks an accounting period.
  • Files a tax return or any filing.
  • Edits a prior period.
  • Deletes anything from your books.

It always asks you first

  • Every proposed journal entry
  • Any reclassification
  • Variances above the size you set
  • The period lock, always
  • Anything your accountant has flagged

What it writes down about you

Your accruals, your schedules and the way your accountant likes the package go into your rulebook in plain English. You can read it, correct it and take it with you.

Your rulebook
Month end close
4.1
That the office lease is prepaid every April and spread over twelve months.
4.2
Which costs accrue every month and at roughly what amount.
4.3
What a normal variance looks like for each account.
4.4
The order your accountant likes the close done in.
4.5
Who owns each step, and who needs a reminder.

What a good quarter looks like for you

5 days or fewerTo close the monthMeasured from your current close.Target we set with you
Every oneVariance explainedBefore the review starts.Target we set with you
Aim: zeroEntries typed by handDrafted, reviewed, approved.Target we set with you

We set these with you once we have seen your last three closes.

What we need to start

Your accounting software, your last three closes, your month end checklist if you have one, and your accountant's email.

See the month end close agent on your own books.

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