Guides

Bank Reconciliations Done Properly
Why a matched bank feed isn't a reconciliation, a step-by-step month-end process, and a worked bank reconciliation with timing differences and errors. Read more...
Journal Entry Cheat Sheet: Debits and Credits for Common SaaS Transactions
The debits and credits for 20 common SaaS transactions, from annual billing and Stripe payouts to payroll, accruals and share options, with worked numbers. Read more...
Balance Sheet Reconciliations: What Good Looks Like
What a good balance sheet reconciliation contains, which accounts to reconcile and how often, and worked examples for accruals and VAT. Read more...
Keeping Audit-Ready Working Papers Every Month
How to build month-end working papers that an auditor can follow without asking: a standard layout, a folder structure, a monthly checklist and a worked accruals example. Read more...
Journal Review and Approval: Simple Controls That Work
A practical approach to reviewing and approving manual journals: risk tiers, an approval matrix, a reviewer checklist and what still works in a team of one. Read more...
Month-End FX Revaluation, Step by Step
Which foreign currency balances to revalue at month-end, how to calculate and post the journal, and how realised and unrealised gains fit together, with a worked example. Read more...
Intercompany Reconciliations for Multi-Entity SaaS
A monthly process for agreeing intercompany balances across entities and currencies, with a worked recharge, reconciliation and consolidation elimination. Read more...
Three-Way Matching Explained
What three-way matching is, how to run it when most of your spend is software and services, and how it feeds your month-end accruals, with worked examples. Read more...