What does the checklist cover?

Pre-close tasks in the last days of the month, then each close day: cash, payroll, accruals, depreciation, and prepaids first; revenue recognition, subledger reconciliations, and FX revaluation next; balance sheet and intercompany reconciliations; the tax provision, equity roll-forward, and draft statements; then management review, hard close, period lock, and the reporting package.

Can it track a close that is already running?

Yes. Tell it which tasks are done, in progress, or blocked, and it builds a status board with owners, deadlines, and blockers, and flags the tasks at risk of missing their day.

How is this different from the AI Checklist Generator?

The checklist generator makes a printable PDF checklist for any event or process. This tool is built for the accounting close: it knows the usual close tasks, the order they depend on, and the critical path, and returns the plan as text in the chat.

It does not connect to your ERP, post entries, or lock periods, and it does not give financial advice. It plans and tracks the work, and a qualified finance professional should review the close activities.

AI Month-End Close Checklist

Describe your team and how many days you have to close. Get a day by day close checklist in the chat with task dependencies, owners, a status board, and the blockers to clear first.

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Nothing sends until you start, and you can change anything afterwards.

What you get

Text in the chatCopy it wherever you need it. Keep chatting to adjust the tone, length, or wording.

How it works

Describe your team, the entities you consolidate, your systems, and the number of days you have to close, or share where the current close stands.
askROI's Run a month-end close tool builds the plan in the chat: a pre-close checklist, tasks for each close day from T+1 to hard close, the dependencies between them, and a status board with owner, deadline, status, and blocker.
Copy the checklist into your close tracker, or keep chatting to update statuses as the close moves or run a retrospective when it ends.

What people use it for

Close calendara pre-close list plus tasks for each day, from cash and accruals through reconciliations, draft financials, and hard close.
Dependenciessee which tasks can start on day one and which wait on others, and where the critical path runs.
Daily standupsa status board of not started, in progress, complete, blocked, and at risk tasks for a 15 minute check-in.
Shorter closesa three day close target with the prerequisites it needs, such as automated recurring entries and continuous reconciliation.
Retrospectivesquestions to ask after the close and common bottlenecks with their fixes.

Questions

What does the checklist cover?: Pre-close tasks in the last days of the month, then each close day: cash, payroll, accruals, depreciation, and prepaids first; revenue recognition, subledger reconciliations, and FX revaluation next; balance sheet and intercompany reconciliations; the tax provision, equity roll-forward, and draft statements; then management review, hard close, period lock, and the reporting package.
Can it track a close that is already running?: Yes. Tell it which tasks are done, in progress, or blocked, and it builds a status board with owners, deadlines, and blockers, and flags the tasks at risk of missing their day.
How is this different from the AI Checklist Generator?: The checklist generator makes a printable PDF checklist for any event or process. This tool is built for the accounting close: it knows the usual close tasks, the order they depend on, and the critical path, and returns the plan as text in the chat.
What does it not do?: It does not connect to your ERP, post entries, or lock periods, and it does not give financial advice. It plans and tracks the work, and a qualified finance professional should review the close activities.