Record-to-Report (R2R) FinanceOS module

Accounting Operations & Financial Close

During the close, do you know what is blocking it right now — or only what was blocking it at the last status call?

Record-to-report: reconciliation, accruals, task orchestration and the financial close itself. In FinanceOS it is intended to run with the exceptions and evidence attached, so the close produces its own audit trail.

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Why today's systems do not close it

Three places the work leaks out.

The close is coordinated in a spreadsheet

Tasks, owners and dependencies live in a workbook, and status is whatever the last call said.

Differences are chased, not managed

A reconciliation difference becomes a mail thread and reappears next month.

Evidence is produced afterwards

The audit file is assembled weeks later from people who have moved on to the next period.

Capabilities

What it does, concretely.

Close calendar and dependenciesTasks with owners, deadlines and what they block, per entity and per period.
ReconciliationLedger against subledger, bank and third party, with the difference as a case rather than as a note.
Accruals and recurring entriesPrepared, reviewed and released within the same authority as everything else.
Status that is read, not askedWhere the close stands is a state, not a reported opinion.
Exceptions with ownersA blocking difference has a name and a deadline attached.
Evidence during the closeWorking papers assembled as the work happens, not reconstructed for the audit.
Period controlWho may post into which period, and what happens to a change after a freeze.
End to end

How it runs.

DataLedgers and sources
ReconcileDifference or match
ExceptionOwner and deadline
AdjustWithin authority
ClosePeriod state
EvidenceReady when asked
Control and evidence

Who may do what, and what it leaves behind.

Separation in the closeWhoever prepares an entry does not release it, including at month end.
Freeze means frozenA change after a period freeze is an authorised exception with its own record.
Working papers are the by-productThe evidence exists because the work ran, not because someone compiled it.
Connected value

This module does not end here.

Each of these is a link. FinanceOS is worth more with every relevant domain that joins, because the domains work on one finance model instead of exchanging files.

Accounting & CloseCases & Exceptions Every close exception is the same kind of object as every other exception. Accounting & CloseGroup FinanceFinanceOS module A clean entity close is the precondition of a group view that holds. Accounting & CloseWorking Capital Open items and their differences are where most close friction starts. Accounting & CloseDocuments The evidence behind an entry stays attached to the entry.

All FinanceOS modules

Where this module takes part

Chains this module appears in.

Each chain starts with a business event and ends at a decision that is documented and closed. What this module contributes to it is stated on the chain.

Contract → effect → cashChain Assigns the obligation to entity and period and sets the accrual. That makes it comparable at the close. Close exception → evidenceChain Runs reconciliation, accruals and task control, and turns every open position into a named exception rather than a residual line. Procure to payChain The accrual comes from the commitment and the delivery status, not from an estimate without a basis. Intercompany reconciliationChain Reconciliation is a close task with an owner and a date, not a line in a file.
Status

Where this module stands

Where this module stands

This module is part of FinanceOS and works on the same finance model, the same cross-functional capabilities and the same foundation as every other module. Its capabilities differ in maturity, and each one says which. What is not marked, we do not claim.

Talk to us about this direction

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