This is for all accountants who participate in the month-end close. I bet you often wonder about whether your close process is as great as it can be!
The reality is that whether you’re on a 1-day close or a 10-day close, there are some fundamental commonalities that all strong accounting departments share when it comes to the month-end close.
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SkyStem Webinar-Close Like a Rock Star
1. Close Like a
Rock Star
The Power of Process (and Why We Sometimes Hate It)
2. Nancy Wu
Head of Sales and Support
SkyStem LLC
About SkyStem
SkyStem makes ART – a month
end close and reconciliation
software for the busy accountant
that is affordable and easy to use.
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3. Why Do We Care?
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4. Why do we care?
Minimize Effort
Maximize Results
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6. Webinar: Close Like a Rock Star www.skystem.com
Close Sub
Ledgers
Record Journal
Entries
Consolidate Report and File
Reconcile Accounts
Error Correcting and Adjustment Journal Entries
Balance Sheet Flux
P&L Variance Analysis
Budget to Actual Analysis
Forecast Analysis
Day 0
A Typical Close Process
7. Improving the
Month-End Close Process
Step 1
Set the Account Population
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18. Subsystem Close
Overall Close
Reconciliation Completion Date
Prelim Financials
Flux Completion
# of Non-Standard JEs
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Milestones / Performance Metrics Examples
19. % of Work Done Before Day 0
# of Man House Before Final TB
Amount of Rework (JEs, Recs,
Others)
Late Submissions
# and Type of Unexpected Events
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Milestones / Performance Metrics Examples
20. Improving the
Month-End Close Process
Step 5
Identify Issues, Analyze
Root Cause and Tweak Process
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