Bottlenecks

Month-end close stuck in spreadsheets

Closing the books drags for a week - data exported by hand, mismatches chased across spreadsheets and email approvals.

Updated September 2026

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RevSeptember 2026

Month-end close gets out of spreadsheets when data is pulled from source systems on a schedule, records are reconciled and mismatches flagged automatically, and the recurring reports are assembled from the reconciled sources, so finance reviews exceptions instead of re-keying exports. Evenops builds this around the ERP and finance stack you already close on.

What does it cost to leave it?

Who feels it

Finance and FP&A teams at growing and mid-market companies.

A slow close means the numbers you run the business on are always weeks stale, and skilled finance people spend their time reconciling instead of analysing.

50% of finance teams take 6+ business days to close the books each month. CFO.com

How do we fix it?

4 steps

We automate the reconciliation and reporting that clogs the close - pulling from source systems, matching records on a schedule, and assembling the recurring reports - so the close runs faster and on data everyone trusts.

  1. Step 01

    Data pulled from source systems on a schedule

  2. Step 02

    Records reconciled and mismatches flagged automatically

  3. Step 03

    Recurring reports assembled from reconciled sources

  4. Step 04

    Finance reviews exceptions instead of re-keying exports

Common questions

2 questions

We already have an ERP. Why is close still manual?

An ERP holds the ledger, but the reconciliation between it and every other system - billing, CRM, payment processor - often still happens in spreadsheets. That's the manual layer we automate.

Can you work with our existing finance stack?

Yes. We integrate with the systems you already close on rather than replacing them, automating the matching and reporting steps that currently run by hand.

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