Reporia & Chartedly
Manufacturing

Automating a Sage month-end close from ten days to three

Month-end close relied on a manual checklist spread across email and spreadsheets, so it regularly slipped past the tenth working day.

Finance team reviewing month-end reports

The challenge

Month-end close relied on a manual checklist spread across email and spreadsheets, so it regularly slipped past the tenth working day.

The solution

We automated recurring journals, bank reconciliation and accrual workflows directly in Sage, with a shared close checklist and automated variance flags.

The results

10→3
Days to close, cut from ten to three
0
Missed close deadlines since go-live

Tech stack

Tools used

SagePower AutomateExcel

How we helped

Related services

Sage

Sage implementation, automation and integration with the rest of your stack.

Month-End

A month-end close process that finishes on schedule, every month.

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