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Month-End Closing & Accounting Close Services

Create a more structured month-end close with reconciliations, supporting schedules and management-ready accounting records. CorporateWalla can support businesses with monthly close checklists, ledger review, bank and balance reconciliations, AR/AP review, accrual support and financial reporting handoffs.

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What Is Month-End Closing?

Month-end closing is the process of reviewing and completing accounting records for a reporting period before management reports or financial statements are prepared.

A close process may include bank and ledger reconciliations, receivable and payable review, inventory checks, accruals or prepayments where appropriate, fixed-asset schedules and other period-end procedures. The exact close checklist depends on the business, accounting framework and reporting requirements.

What Month-End Close Can Include

  • Month-end close checklist and timetable
  • Bank and payment-account reconciliation
  • Accounts receivable reconciliation and ageing review
  • Accounts payable reconciliation and ageing review
  • Inventory-related accounting review where applicable
  • Fixed-asset schedule review
  • Prepaid-expense and accrual schedules where applicable
  • Intercompany reconciliation where applicable
  • Loan and interest schedules
  • Payroll-accounting reconciliation
  • GST or tax-ledger reconciliation support where relevant
  • Suspense and unidentified-entry review
  • General-ledger review
  • Trial-balance review
  • Supporting schedules for management reporting
  • Month-end MIS and financial-reporting handoff

Typical Close Checklist

Depending on the business:

  • Bank reconciliations completed
  • Payment-gateway reconciliations completed
  • Customer balances reviewed
  • Vendor balances reviewed
  • Inventory records reviewed
  • Payroll entries reconciled
  • Fixed assets and depreciation schedules updated where applicable
  • Loans and interest schedules updated
  • Prepaids reviewed
  • Accruals reviewed
  • Intercompany balances reconciled where applicable
  • Suspense balances reviewed
  • Significant journal entries reviewed
  • Trial balance reviewed
  • Management reports prepared

Month-End Close for Different Businesses

Service Businesses

Focus may include customer billing, receivables, payroll, contractor costs, accruals and project-related expenses.

E-commerce and Retail

Close may require marketplace/payment-gateway reconciliation, inventory-related records, refunds, returns and store/channel reporting.

Manufacturing

The close can include production and inventory data, WIP, material consumption and manufacturing-cost schedules where relevant. See also inventory accounting.

Multi-Entity Businesses

The close may include entity-level reconciliations, intercompany balances and group reporting schedules, depending on the engagement.

Important Accounting Boundaries

A month-end close is an accounting process, not automatically an audit or independent assurance engagement. Completion of a close checklist does not guarantee that all errors, fraud, tax issues or financial risks have been identified.

The treatment of accruals, provisions, depreciation, revenue, inventory and other balances depends on the applicable accounting framework and facts. There is no universal month-end journal-entry policy.

Tax/GST filings, statutory audit, tax audit, valuation and certification are separate services unless specifically included in an engagement.

Common Month-End Close Problems

  • Month-end reporting takes too long
  • Reconciliations remain incomplete
  • Supporting schedules are prepared manually and inconsistently
  • Customer/vendor balances are not reviewed regularly
  • Suspense accounts remain unresolved
  • Management reports are delayed
  • Close responsibilities are unclear
  • Different teams use different cut-off dates
  • Accounting data is available but not organised into a repeatable close process

Pricing

Month-end close support is scope-based. Pricing depends on transaction volume, number of entities/accounts, reporting frequency, reconciliation requirements, complexity of schedules and whether ongoing bookkeeping is also included.

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Close Review

Custom quote

Timeline: Quoted on accounts and reconciliations

Month-end close checklist and timetable
Bank and payment-account reconciliation
Suspense and unidentified-entry review
Trial-balance review
Close sign-off and exception list
Accrual, prepaid and fixed-asset schedules
Monthly MIS handoff
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Monthly Close

Custom quote

Timeline: Quoted on transaction volume and schedules

Everything in Close Review
AR and AP reconciliation and ageing review
Accrual and prepaid schedules where applicable
Fixed-asset, loan and interest schedules
Payroll-accounting reconciliation
GST or tax-ledger reconciliation support where relevant
Month-end MIS and financial-reporting handoff

Multi-Entity Close

Custom quote

Timeline: Quoted on entities and reporting frequency

Everything in Monthly Close
Entity-level close across multiple entities
Intercompany reconciliation
Inventory, WIP and costing schedules where relevant
Group reporting schedules where agreed
Ongoing bookkeeping where included in scope

Every price above is a professional fee, excluding GST and government charges. 50% on delivery.

Month-end close support is customised to your accounting volume, reporting requirements and close process. The quote depends on transaction volume, number of entities and accounts, reporting frequency, reconciliation requirements, complexity of schedules and whether ongoing bookkeeping is also included.

How it works

Step 1

Close calendar

Define the reporting cut-off, responsibilities and required schedules.

Step 2

Transaction completeness review

Identify expected sales, purchases, expenses, payroll and other period activity.

Step 3

Reconciliations

Reconcile banks, payment accounts, customer/vendor balances and other relevant accounts.

Step 4

Period-end schedules

Prepare agreed accrual, prepaid, fixed-asset, inventory, loan or other supporting schedules.

Step 5

Ledger review

Investigate unusual balances, suspense accounts and significant movements.

Step 6

Trial-balance review

Review the period-end trial balance for agreed checks and reporting requirements.

Step 7

Management reporting

Prepare or hand off the agreed monthly reports and supporting schedules.

Step 8

Close sign-off and exceptions

Document unresolved items and carry them forward where appropriate.

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Documents required

Trial balance
General ledger
Bank statements
Payment-gateway or marketplace reports
Sales reports
Purchase reports
Accounts receivable ageing
Accounts payable ageing
Inventory reports
Payroll summaries
Fixed-asset register
Loan statements
GST/tax-ledger reports where relevant
Prior-period close checklist
Existing management-reporting formats

Why CorporateWalla®?

A repeatable close calendar

Defined cut-off dates, responsibilities and required schedules so different teams close on the same basis.

Reconciled balances

Banks, payment accounts, customer and vendor balances and other relevant accounts reconciled each period.

Consistent period-end schedules

Accrual, prepaid, fixed-asset, inventory and loan schedules prepared to an agreed format rather than ad hoc.

Management-ready handoff

A reviewed trial balance and supporting schedules handed off for monthly MIS or financial reporting, with open exceptions documented.

Frequently asked questions

It is the process of reviewing and completing accounting records for a reporting period so that management reports or financial statements can be prepared.

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