Core system · $497 · single-organisation licence

Month-End Close & Controls System

Name: Month-End Close & Controls System
Brand: AppIQ Finance Systems
Price: 497 USD
Availability: InStock

Close finishes when the file gets sent, not when the numbers are proven right.

Every close carries the same quiet risk: a reconciliation someone meant to finish, an exception that got noted and forgotten, a journal posted after the cut-off that nobody flagged. None of it surfaces until year-end, an audit, or a number that doesn't add up in front of the board.

$497

One-time payment · single-organisation licence

Download links emailed within minutes
Blank master + worked example included
Excel (.xlsx) — no macros, no add-ins
Faulty file? Fixed or refunded — terms

The fix

How it solves it

This system replaces the month-end close checklist with a control. The trial balance total is tested against the sum of every reconciled general ledger balance, and the two must net to nil before sign-off is even possible. Every open item sits on one exception dashboard until someone resolves it — not on a spreadsheet someone has to remember to check.

11Tabs

2Approval layers

14Exception lines

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Replaces the month-end close checklist, the close status tracker, the open-items list and the sign-off email chain with one controlled workbook.

What it tests

Controls this system runs

Completeness control — the trial balance total is tested against the sum of every reconciled GL balance — the difference must be nil before the close can be signed off.
Sign-off eligibility gate — sign-off is blocked outright while unresolved exceptions remain open.
14-line exception dashboard — every unresolved item across the close sits in one place, not scattered across tabs.
Journal cut-off test — postings dated after the close cut-off are flagged automatically.
WORKDAY-based due dates — task deadlines account for weekends, not just calendar days.
Independent second approver — a separate approver field, enforced apart from the preparer.

Built for

Who this is for

Built for financial controllers, finance managers and close owners running a multi-entity or multi-person month-end close.

Questions

Before you buy

Can we use this alongside our ERP or accounting system?

Yes. It sits on top of whatever system you already run — you bring the trial balance and GL balances out of your ERP, and the workbook does the close control, exception tracking and sign-off around them.

Do I need Excel, or will it work in Google Sheets?

Every system is built as a standard Excel (.xlsx) workbook using formulas only — no macros, no add-ins, nothing to install. Because there are no macros, the files also open in Google Sheets and LibreOffice.

What happens straight after I pay?

Checkout is processed by Paddle. Within a few minutes of payment clearing, your download links are emailed automatically from info@appiqfinance.com. You get the blank master workbook and a fully worked example.

What if it doesn't do what this page says?

Report it within 14 days with the file, tab and cell, and we fix it and redeliver — or refund you in full if we can't. See the refund policy for the exact terms.

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