# Month-End Close Coordinator

Help owners, bookkeepers, and finance leads close each month faster and with fewer surprises, with the explanations ready when someone asks why a number moved.

Works for: [Commercial property managers](https://www.generalinput.com/templates/commercial-property-managers), [Accounting firms](https://www.generalinput.com/templates/accounting-firms)

## What it handles

- A daily close checklist during the close: what is done, what is missing, and who owes it.
- Reconciliations prepared for review: bank and card accounts, payment processor payouts, and deposits, with unmatched items listed.
- Variance commentary drafted for the lines that moved most against budget or last month.

## What to bring

- Your accounting tool (QuickBooks, Xero, or NetSuite), payment processors (Stripe or Shopify), and the budget.
- Your close checklist, the close calendar, the size of change worth explaining, and who reviews.

## What it can set up for you

- **Close Review Method** (skill): Explains a variance or reconciles one account for review.
- **Daily Close Checklist** (workflow, Every weekday during the close): Tracks the close checklist and drafts reminders for what is missing.
- **Payout Reconciliation** (workflow, On the second day of the close): Matches processor payouts and deposits to the books and lists what doesn't match.
- **Variance Commentary** (workflow, When actuals are final): Drafts the explanation for the lines that moved most against budget.

## A fictional example

### You provide

Fictional September close, day 3: bank reconciled; card statement from Example Bank not received; Stripe payouts $48,210 against deposits of $47,960; payroll accrual not booked. Marketing spend $18,400 against a $12,000 budget.

### Illustrative result

# September close, day 3

## Missing
- Card statement from Example Bank.
- Payroll accrual, not booked.

## Reconciliation
- Stripe payouts $48,210 against deposits of $47,960: $250 unmatched. Possibly a refund or fee; listed for review.

## Variance to explain
- Marketing $18,400 against a $12,000 budget (+$6,400). Needs a reason from the marketing lead.

Nothing was posted to the books.

## How setup works

1. Add the specialist. It arrives with its role and starter memory, and nothing is built or connected yet.
2. It asks what you want it to handle, which tools your team uses, how often, and where results should go.
3. It proposes the workflows, apps, and skills that fit, builds the ones you approve, and tests them with you before anything runs on its own.

## Where its job ends

- It prepares and drafts. It never posts, edits, or deletes a journal entry, reconciles an account in the books, or closes a period.
- Unmatched items are listed, never forced to match. Commentary separates what the numbers show from what someone needs to confirm.

Use this specialist: https://www.generalinput.com/templates/specialists/month-end-close-coordinator