Building the First Lender Reporting Pack and Covenant Certificate
The pack we build for a first bank facility: what to extract from the credit agreement, the contents page by page, and a worked covenant certificate.
02Working documents
Insights for the person who owns the numbers.
Checklists, matrices, close calendars and walkthroughs. Each one is written to be used during a period rather than read once, which is why they are short and why they say what to do rather than why it matters.
Consolidating Two Canadian Entities in a Small-Company Ledger
A worked consolidation of two Canadian corporations in a ledger with no consolidation module: intercompany discipline, eliminations, full worksheet.
Getting a First Review Engagement Through Without Drama
What a Canadian review engagement demands: the PBC list, the working paper index, the questions the practitioner asks, and how to be ready for fieldwork.
Handing the Finance Function Back to an In-House Hire
The full handover: ownership rules, the package inventory, the access register, a four-close taper, and the exit test proving the transfer really worked.
Rebuilding a Chart of Accounts Without Losing Your Comparatives
A cutover walkthrough for rebuilding a chart of accounts: the mapping table, opening balances, restated comparatives, and the proofs that keep history intact.
The 13-Week Cash Forecast, and the Weekly Re-Score That Makes It Useful
The 13-week cash model we build and roll weekly: line structure, source rules, the variance re-score against last week's forecast, and the trigger table.
The AP Approval and Payment Run Control Matrix
The AP control matrix we install: separable duties, an approval authority grid, vendor master file rules, the weekly payment run and the exception log.
The Finance Calendar for a Company With a Non-December Year End
Three clocks run a Canadian company's finance year and only one moves with your year end. The collision map, the calendar and the staffing rule.
The Month-End Close Checklist, Grouped by Day and by Owner
The working month-end close calendar we run for incorporated Canadian companies: day-by-day tasks, named owners, tie-out evidence and a sign-off gate.
Writing a Service Revenue Recognition Policy Under ASPE
The contract triage matrix, the policy memo template and the deferred revenue schedule we build for service companies reporting under Canadian ASPE.
A document is not a finance function.
These are useful, and they are not a substitute for somebody owning the close. If the checklist keeps failing in the same place, that is the conversation to have.