Wrap the month in ten days flat
By the Harborview team · 8 min read
Most small outfits shut the books whenever bandwidth appears — so figures land late and earn little faith. A firm ten-day cadence fixes that. Here's the exact beat we keep for clients.
Days 1–3: Gather it all
Pull bank and card feeds, log open invoices and bills, and book payroll. Chase completeness over polish — each entry captured, correctly dated, before tie-outs start.
Days 4–6: Tie out and accrue
Reconcile every balance-sheet line: banks, cards, loans, clearing accounts. Accrue earned-yet-unbilled income and incurred-yet-unbilled costs. Dig into anything past 60 days — aged strays hide the errors.
Days 7–8: Inspect and adjust
A senior eye sweeps the P&L for oddities: margins against prior months, unfamiliar suppliers, missing repeats. Corrections get documented, never smuggled.
Days 9–10: Publish and move
Release the statements with a one-page brief: what shifted, why, and which call it forces. A close only pays when it ends in motion — every pack names next steps and an owner.
Hold this tempo three months straight and the figures quit being history — they turn into a steering wheel.
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