Free Template · Accounting & Finance
Month-End Close Checklist
A top-to-bottom month-end close checklist across cash, receivables, payables, payroll, and review — the single biggest lever on close speed.
What's inside
- Cash & banking reconciliations
- AR / AP + accruals
- Payroll & adjustments
- Review, lock & report
Format: PDF · 1 page · Free to use and adapt.
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Inside the template: Cash & Banking
Work top to bottom. A consistent checklist is the single biggest lever on close speed.
Cash & Banking
- Reconcile all bank accounts
- Reconcile credit cards and payment processors
- Clear uncategorized transactions
The full PDF continues with: Receivables & Payables · Payroll & Adjustments · Review & Report.
How to use it
Three steps
- Download the PDF (email-gated, free) and open it alongside the work you want to organise.
- Work through the checks in order — it starts with "Cash & Banking"; tick each item and note owner + due date next to anything you cannot tick today.
- Share the adapted version with whoever will use it and revisit it after the first month — most teams trim it once the habit sticks.
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Month-End Close Checklist — FAQs
A top-to-bottom month-end close checklist across cash, receivables, payables, payroll, and review — the single biggest lever on close speed. It is organised into 4 sections — Cash & Banking; Receivables & Payables; Payroll & Adjustments; Review & Report — and covers Cash & banking reconciliations, AR / AP + accruals, Payroll & adjustments, Review, lock & report. Format: PDF, one page, free to use and adapt.
Business owners, controllers and bookkeepers running or outsourcing bookkeeping, month-end close and reporting — from solo operators to multi-entity finance teams.
Yes. It is free — we ask for a work email so we can send the download link. It ships as a PDF you can print or copy into your own document; adapt it freely for internal use. It is provided for planning and is not legal, financial, tax or compliance advice.
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