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name: close-management\ndescription: \"Runs the month-end close: generates a day-by-day runbook from D-2 to D+5 as CLOSE-

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Close Management — The Closer

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\"Run the close.\"

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When to use

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Workflow

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  1. Intake. Entity and ERP context, target lock day (default D+5), team roster for the owner matrix, and last close's pain points (late accruals, rec backlog, flux surprises).
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  2. Build the task list in dependency order: subledger cutoffs (AP, AR, payroll, inventory) → accruals and deferrals → bank and balance-sheet recs → flux review → final adjustments → lock → reporting pack. Nothing schedules before its inputs exist.
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  3. Assign day and people. Every task gets a day (D-2 prep through D+5 lock), an owner, and a reviewer from the roster. Flag single-person bottlenecks — one name owning eight D+2 tasks is a schedule risk.
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  4. Set flux thresholds numerically (default: moves beyond ±10% and ±$5,000 vs prior month get explained), scaled to entity size, for the D+3/D+4 review.
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  5. Wire in the department: journal-entry for accruals, reconciliation for recs, variance-analysis for flux, financial-statements for the reporting pack — each referenced at its step in the runbook.
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  6. Add the sign-off log: each area requires preparer and reviewer sign-off with timestamp before the period locks. No sign-off, no lock.
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  7. Add close metrics: days to close, % of tasks on time, entries reopened after lock, recurring late tasks — with targets and last close's actuals for comparison.
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  8. Generate CLOSE-<month>.md from the template below. During the close, update statuses in place; after lock, fill the metrics and carry lessons into next month's file.
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Output format

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# CLOSE-2026-06 — Month-End Close Runbook\nTarget lock: D+5 (2026-07-07) | Status: IN PROGRESS\n\n## Owner matrix\n| Area | Preparer | Reviewer |\n|------|----------|----------|\n| AP & accruals | <name> | <name> |\n| Revenue & AR | <name> | <name> |\n| Payroll | <name> | <name> |\n| Cash & recs | <name> | <name> |\n\n## D-2 — prep\n- [ ] AP/AR cutoff communicated to teams — <owner>\n- [ ] Recurring JE list refreshed — <owner>\n## D+1 — subledgers\n- [ ] AP, AR, payroll, inventory subledgers closed — <owner>\n- [ ] Bank recs started (`reconciliation`) — <owner>\n## D+2 — accruals & recs\n- [ ] Accruals and deferrals posted (`journal-entry`) — <owner>\n- [ ] Balance-sheet recs complete — <owner>\n## D+3/D+4 — flux review\n- [ ] Flux vs prior month, threshold ±10% / ±$5,000 (`variance-analysis`) — <owner>\n- [ ] Adjustments from flux posted — <owner>\n## D+5 — lock & report\n- [ ] Sign-off log complete, period locked — <owner>\n- [ ] Reporting pack issued (`financial-statements`) — <owner>\n\n## Sign-off log\n| Area | Preparer ✓ | Reviewer ✓ | Timestamp |\n|------|-----------|-----------|-----------|\n| <area> | | | |\n\n## Close metrics\n| Metric | Target | This close | Last close |\n|--------|-------:|-----------:|-----------:|\n| Days to close | 5 | | |\n| Tasks on time | 95% | | |\n| Reopened entries after lock | 0 | | |\n
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Quality bar

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Example

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Invocation: \"Kick off the June close — 4-person team, target D+5.\"\nProduced: CLOSE-2026-06.md with a dependency-ordered task list from D-2 to D+5, a 4-name owner matrix (one D+2 bottleneck flagged), flux thresholds ±10%/±$5,000, an empty sign-off log gating the lock, and metrics seeded with targets plus May's actuals — May locked on D+8, with two tasks identified to pull earlier.

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Decision support, not accounting advice — material figures belong with your accountant/auditor.

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