A better close calendar
The close becomes easier to manage when tasks follow their real dependencies.

Six practical readings on records, cash, evidence, forecasting, controls and the language of financial reporting.
The close becomes easier to manage when tasks follow their real dependencies.
Read earnings and cash movement together before drawing conclusions about performance.
A record becomes more useful when another reader can follow it without asking its author.
A forecast is only as useful as the assumptions a reader can understand and challenge.
A useful control is performed, evidenced and connected to a clear risk.
Financial explanations should help a reader understand what changed and why.