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Month-End Close · Revenue · Costs and Accruals · Reconciliations and Controls · Metrics and Reporting · Busy Season · Tech and Systems · Careers · Gift Guides
Month-End Close
Checklists, calendars and the day-to-day running of a faster, calmer close.
- The SaaS Month-End Close Checklist
- How to Build a Month-End Close Calendar (Day -3 to Day +5)
- How to Cut Your Close from 10 Days to 5
- Who Does What at Month-End: A Role Chart for Small Finance Teams
- Month-End Close When You're a Finance Team of One
- Soft Close vs Hard Close, and What Changes at Quarter-End
Revenue
Revenue recognition, deferred revenue and keeping billing and the ledger in step.
- SaaS Revenue Recognition in Plain English (IFRS 15 / ASC 606)
- How to Build and Reconcile a Deferred Revenue Schedule
- Annual Upfront Billing: The Journals, Month by Month
- Upgrades, Downgrades and Mid-Contract Changes
- Setup Fees and Implementation Services: Recognise Now or Later?
- Usage-Based and Overage Billing at Month-End
- Reconciling Your Billing System to the Ledger
- Stripe Payout Reconciliation: Fees, Refunds, Disputes and FX
Costs and Accruals
Accruals, prepayments, capitalised costs, payroll and share options.
- Accruals and Prepayments: A Practical Guide with Examples
- Capitalising Sales Commissions (Contract Costs)
- Capitalising Software Development Costs: When and How
- Cloud Hosting Costs: Accruing, Allocating, and COGS vs Opex
- Payroll Journals and Bonus Accruals at Month-End
- Share Options and EMI Schemes: The Month-End Basics
- Managing Prepaid Software Subscriptions
All Costs and Accruals guides →
Reconciliations and Controls
Balance sheet and bank recs, journals, FX and staying audit-ready.
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations: What Good Looks Like
- Journal Entry Cheat Sheet: Debits and Credits for Common SaaS Transactions
- Bank Reconciliations Done Properly
- Three-Way Matching Explained
- Intercompany Reconciliations for Multi-Entity SaaS
- Month-End FX Revaluation, Step by Step
- Journal Review and Approval: Simple Controls That Work
- Keeping Audit-Ready Working Papers Every Month
All Reconciliations and Controls guides →
Metrics and Reporting
ARR, retention, margins, board packs, cash and commentary people read.
- ARR vs MRR vs Revenue: Why They Don't Match and How to Reconcile Them
- How to Build an ARR Bridge (New, Expansion, Contraction, Churn)
- SaaS Gross Margin: What Belongs in Cost of Sales
- Net and Gross Revenue Retention: How to Calculate Them Correctly
- SaaS Metrics Formula Sheet (CAC Payback, LTV, Magic Number, Rule of 40)
- Variance Commentary People Actually Read
- Monthly Management Accounts and Board Pack Layout
- Burn, Runway and the 13-Week Cash Forecast
All Metrics and Reporting guides →
Busy Season
Year-end, audit, budgeting, reforecasting, R&D relief and VAT.
- Year-End Close Checklist for SaaS Companies
- Surviving Your First Audit: What to Prepare and When
- Annual Budgeting for SaaS: A Practical Process
- Reforecasting Without the Pain
- R&D Tax Relief for UK SaaS: What Finance Teams Need to Know
- VAT on Digital Services Sold Abroad
Tech and Systems
What to automate, the finance tech stack and spreadsheet standards.
- What to Automate First in Your Close
- The SaaS Finance Tech Stack, by Company Stage
- Spreadsheet Standards for Finance Teams
Careers
First jobs, qualifying, handovers, books and keeping the team going.
- Your First 90 Days in a SaaS Finance Team
- SaaS Finance Glossary: 60 Terms in Plain English
- Moving into SaaS After Qualifying
- Writing a Good Handover Before You Leave
- Keeping the Team Going Through Month-End and Busy Season
- Best Books for SaaS Finance Teams
Gift Guides
Gift ideas for finance people, from Secret Santa to leaving dos.
- Secret Santa Ideas for Finance Teams
- Gifts for Someone Who's Just Qualified
- Leaving Gifts for a Finance Colleague
- The Busy Season Survival Kit
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