Finance automation · self-checking workbook · you keep the numbers

Reporting that checksits own math.

Most reporting errors aren’t fraud — they’re a number that quietly stopped tying out. A sub-ledger drifts from the GL, cash is off by a little, a variance blows past plan, and in a manual close you find out late, or after the report is already out.

This kit catches them before they reach a report. A workbook that runs every tie-out and labels each Ties out, Review, or Does not reconcile — you enter the figures, it tells you what doesn’t reconcile.

Get the Kit — $129one-time · instant download · stays under your control · yours to keep
What’s in the kit
Self-Checking Reporting Workbook
Reporting & Close SOP
Finance Prompt Pack
You keep the numbers
not connected to your books — a checking layer
01.The Problem

A number quietly stops tying out.

The scariest line in a monthly close isn’t a big variance — it’s a sub-ledger that quietly drifted from the GL and nobody caught. A small cash difference. A payable that doesn’t match the aging. In a manual close, these surface late, or not until the report is already out.

The fix is a checking layer that runs every tie-out automatically and tells you, in plain terms, what needs attention — before it reaches a report, not after.

Ties out

Within tolerance — no action needed. The check confirms the numbers agree to the dollar threshold you set.

Review

A small difference inside the review threshold — worth a look before sign-off, but not necessarily an error.

Does not reconcile

Beyond threshold — resolve the cause before reporting. This is the line that quietly drifted, caught early.

02.Try the Self-Check

Adjust a figure. Watch a check flip.

Change a few numbers and watch the checks decide what ties out and what doesn’t — the exact verdict logic the workbook runs ($1 ties out, $100 review, 5% variance). The full workbook checks far more. (Illustrative tolerances; set your own materiality. Not accounting advice.)

CheckLeftRightDiffVerdict
Balance sheet (A = L + E)500,000500,0000Ties out
AP: GL vs aging45,00045,200-200Does not reconcile
Revenue vs budget240,000250,0004.2%Within plan

Overall: DOES NOT RECONCILE

Don't publish while anything says Does not reconcile — fix the cause first.

The full workbook checks much more.

AR/AP vs GL, cash vs bank, income-statement consistency, and opex variance — color-coded, with one overall close status and a close SOP.

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Tolerances here are illustrative ($1 ties out, $100 review, 5% variance). Set your own materiality in the workbook. Not accounting advice.

03.What It Checks

Every tie-out that should agree — does.

The workbook runs these reconciliations automatically, each against the tolerance you set, and rolls them into one overall close status.

Balance sheet balances (Assets = Liabilities + Equity)
AR and AP: general ledger vs. sub-ledger aging
Cash: general ledger vs. bank statement
Income statement consistency (Revenue − Expenses = Net income)
Revenue and opex variance vs. budget, within your thresholds
04.What's Inside

A workbook, a close SOP, and prompts.

Self-Checking Reporting Workbook (.xlsx)

Enter the period's figures; reconciliations run automatically — balance sheet, AR/AP vs GL, cash vs bank, income statement, and budget variance — each labeled Ties out, Review, or Does not reconcile, with one overall status. Ships with worked example numbers.

Reporting & Close SOP (.docx)

The monthly close rhythm, what each verdict means, a close checklist, and review and sign-off practices — so the workbook sits inside a repeatable process.

Finance Prompt Pack (.md)

Draft commentary, explain variances, summarize a P&L, and QA a report — without fabricating numbers. You give the model reconciled figures; it explains, never invents.

05.How It Works

Four steps, every close.

1
Enter the period's figures

Type or paste the month's numbers into the Inputs tab. Nothing connects to your accounting system — you stay in control of the data.

2
Set your tolerances

Define what 'ties out' means for you: the dollar threshold, the review band, and the variance percentage. Materiality is yours to set.

3
Read the verdicts

The Checks tab runs every tie-out and labels each Ties out, Review, or Does not reconcile; the Dashboard rolls them into one overall close status.

4
Resolve, then report

Fix the cause of anything that doesn't reconcile — never change a figure just to clear a check — then use the prompt pack to draft honest commentary.

06.Straight Talk

A checking layer, not your accountant.

This is a checking layer, not your accountant. It is not accounting, audit, tax, or financial advice, and it does not replace a qualified professional. You are responsible for your figures and any filings.

You enter the figures — it doesn’t connect to your accounting system, by design, so you stay in control of the numbers. Set the tolerances to your own materiality. And never change a number just to make a check pass — fix the cause. The whole point is to surface what’s wrong, not to paper over it.

08.Common Questions

The questions finance teams actually ask.

A kit for faster, more trustworthy monthly reporting, built around a self-checking workbook. You enter the period's figures and the workbook runs your reconciliations automatically, labeling each one Ties out, Review, or Does not reconcile, with one overall status.

self-checking workbook · close SOP · prompts · $129

Close the books with confidence.

Catch what doesn’t reconcile before it reaches a report. A workbook that checks its own math, a close SOP, and finance prompts that never fabricate numbers. One-time $129, yours to keep.

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