Book of Secrets

In the post pandemic business landscape, the need to increase efficiency and decrease the cost of day-to-day operations have emerged as a top priority for corporate leaders around the world. Finance and accounting are no exception. CFOs and CAOs from organizations large and small are undertaking transformation initiatives and challenging their team to become faster, leaner and more scalable in the back office. Particularly when it comes to routine and recurring activities such as the month-end close, the demand is at an all-time high.

At SkyStem, we have had the privilege of working with accounting teams from a wide range of industries to help them elevate the month-end close process. What follows are ten open secrets (plus one bonus!) on the month-end close process we want to share with you. These tips are not only simple and actionable, but they can also be easily incorporated into your close process today to take it to the next level.