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Month-end close preview

What is ready, blocked, or still unknown before the books can close?

Preview reconciliation, schedule, exception, freshness, and sign-off status without posting entries or declaring the period closed.

Inputs

  • Close month
  • Reconciliation status
  • Schedules and exceptions

Outputs

  • Ready items
  • Close blockers
  • Unknown evidence

Checks performed

  • Source freshness
  • Reconciliation coverage
  • Reviewer sign-off

Guided synthetic example

See the check from input to decision

Most July close work is complete, but one reconciliation and one accrual schedule remain unresolved.

This is the operating model we use at Level. The percentages are estimated shares of the work in a typical review. Actual effort varies with data quality, complexity, and the issue found.

1

Start with the source records

About 15% of work
Close areaStatusEvidence
Bank reconciliationsBlocked1 account open
Accrual schedulesUnknownSupport missing
AR subledgerReadyTied
Reviewer sign-offBlockedPending
2

Run the deterministic check

About 20% of work

Require fresh evidence for every applicable close control and preserve ready, blocked, unknown, and not-applicable separately.

3

Surface the flagged result

About 10% of work

Needs review

July is not close-ready because a bank account is unreconciled, accrual evidence is missing, and sign-off is pending.

4

Use recorded finance judgment to analyze possible reasons

About 25% of work

At Level, we record the review logic, known explanations, and questions our finance professionals use in this situation. AI applies that documented human judgment to organize the most plausible reasons, without pretending it knows which reason is true.

Possible reasons to investigate

The remaining items may be small, but close readiness depends on control completion, not just estimated dollar impact.

5

Make the final human judgment

About 20% of work

A Level finance professional validates the source evidence, challenges the AI-assisted analysis, and decides which explanation is supported.

Who owns each blocker?
Is the source evidence current?
Has the reviewer signed the completed controls?
6

Make the operating decision

About 10% of work

Resolve the named blockers and obtain controller sign-off before declaring the period closed.

Use this system

Start with the example, then inspect the structure

  1. Download the invented input and expected output.
  2. Replace one field at a time with a safe test value.
  3. Compare the result with the expected structure.
  4. Have a finance professional review every exception before acting.

MCP preview

run_synthetic_example {"slug":"month-end-close-preview"}

Human review is part of the system

This check organizes evidence and surfaces exceptions. A person with finance domain expertise still needs to interpret the result, validate the source records, and discuss the operating decision.

Open source does not mean open client data. We publish reusable finance tools, checks, templates, and playbooks. Client records, workpapers, credentials, communications, and private configurations remain confidential.