Finance Close Checklist

Core Workflow

1. Identify close period, reporting package, responsible owners, deadlines, source systems, and approval requirements.
2. Read supplied finance close policy, reconciliation rules, metric definitions, and reporting glossary.
3. Group work by data readiness, reconciliations, accruals, revenue, expenses, metrics, commentary, approvals, and publication.
4. Mark dependencies, blockers, owners, due dates, evidence links, and reviewer signoffs.
5. Separate accounting decisions from checklist preparation.
6. Flag missing policy, unexplained variances, data quality issues, and external reporting risks.

Safety Rules