Month End Close Template

Month-End Close Template & Dashboard

Turn month-end close into an organized, repeatable process.

Month-end shouldn't mean scrambling to remember what still needs to be reconciled, posted, reviewed, or approved.

The Month-End Close Template & Dashboard gives accounting teams, bookkeepers, controllers, and business owners a structured Excel system for managing the entire monthly close process—from bank reconciliations and accruals through financial reporting and final close approval.

See Your Close Status at a Glance

The automated dashboard provides a real-time view of your close progress, including:

✓ Overall completion percentage
✓ Tasks remaining
✓ Overdue tasks
✓ Blocked tasks
✓ Items due today or tomorrow
✓ Target close date
✓ Next open actions

As your checklist is updated, the dashboard automatically reflects your current close status.

Comprehensive Month-End Close Checklist

The workbook includes 28 prebuilt close tasks covering key accounting areas:

• Cash
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Payroll
• Revenue
• Inventory
• Fixed Assets
• Accruals
• Intercompany
• Tax
• Financial Reporting

Assign Responsibility & Review

Each close task allows you to track:

• Task ID
• Accounting area
• Close task
• Owner
• Reviewer
• Due day
• Automatically calculated due date
• Status
• Completion percentage
• Dependencies

This makes it easier to see who owns each task, who reviews it, and when it needs to be completed.

Automatic Deadline Monitoring

Due dates are automatically calculated using the period-end date and business-day schedule.

The workbook identifies tasks as:

OPEN
DUE SOON
OVERDUE
BLOCKED
DONE

This helps accounting teams focus on the items that need attention instead of manually reviewing every line of the checklist.

Customizable Close Schedule

Use the Setup page to enter:

• Company name
• Period-end date
• Dashboard as-of date
• Close owner
• Target number of business days to close

The workbook automatically calculates the target close date and individual task deadlines.

Built for a Complete Accounting Close

The prebuilt checklist includes activities such as:

✓ Bank reconciliations
✓ Outstanding checks and deposits in transit
✓ AP and AR subledger reconciliations
✓ Payroll and benefit accruals
✓ Revenue recognition
✓ Inventory reconciliation
✓ Fixed asset activity and depreciation
✓ Expense accruals and prepaid expenses
✓ Intercompany reconciliations
✓ Tax provisions
✓ Journal entries
✓ Balance sheet reconciliations
✓ Budget and prior-month variance analysis
✓ Trial balance review
✓ Financial statement preparation
✓ Final close approval and period lock

Great For:

Bookkeepers • Accounting departments • Controllers • Accounting managers • Small and midsize businesses • Growing companies • Multi-person finance teams • Businesses formalizing their month-end process

What's Included

4 integrated Excel worksheets:

✓ Month-End Close Dashboard
✓ Close Checklist
✓ Setup & Close Settings
✓ Supporting Chart Data

Digital Product

This is a downloadable Microsoft Excel workbook with built-in formulas, automatic due-date calculations, deadline monitoring, and dashboard reporting. No physical product will be shipped.

Customize the tasks, owners, reviewers, deadlines, and accounting areas to match your organization's month-end close process.

Organize the close. Assign accountability. Catch delays. Close the books with confidence.

Important: This workbook is provided as an accounting workflow and organizational tool. Month-end procedures vary based on the business, accounting method, industry, reporting requirements, and internal controls. It does not constitute accounting, tax, audit, legal, or financial advice.