Warns the owner when a close task cannot finish because a task it depends on is still open.
Part of Month-End Close Checklist
Tools
Trintech, FloQast, BlackLine
Outcomes
Blockers surfaced the same day • Chase emails replaced by one alert
Documentation
Instruction-ready detail below
When a close task is marked blocked, <slack>message</slack> the owner the upstream task holding it up and the date the dependent task is now at risk.
When a close task is marked blocked, <slack>message</slack> the owner the upstream task holding it up and the date the dependent task is now at risk.Tools
Trintech, FloQast, BlackLine
Trigger
When a close task is marked blocked
Setup time
20 minutes
Compares remaining close work against the days left and warns when the date will not hold.
Sends the close owner the list of open tasks by day, with anything already past due first.
Nudges approvers about manual journals that have been waiting more than two days.
Match every bank and card statement line to a ledger entry and clear the residual difference before reporting.
Produce the management pack from closed figures that tie to the ledger, with every line traceable to the transactions behind it.
Collect audit evidence while the period is still open, so the request list stays short and no figure has to be rebuilt after it is asked for.
Download
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