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14 capabilities
Annual operating budget
For an owner or finance lead preparing next year: revenue and costs by month and by team, built from this year's figures and each budget owner's drivers, every assumption written down, capital purchases listed apart, the whole checked against cash, and the questions leadership has to settle.
Audit preparation
Before the external auditors arrive, your controller holds one audit pack: every request with its owner, date, document and status, the control evidence they will test, last year's findings and what was done, and draft answers to the questions they will ask. People approve everything before it goes.
Budget-versus-actual variance commentary
Before the month's results go to management, the finance lead gets written commentary on every line that moved past the threshold: the figures, the budget owner's explanation marked confirmed or to be confirmed, a bridge from budget to actual, and the questions still open. No cause is invented.
Candidate outreach drafting
For each person a recruiter or founder has already chosen to approach about an approved role: a first message and two follow-ups, each personal line traced to a public work source the recruiter supplied, do-not-contact names and opt-outs honoured, and a reply log. The recruiter sends every message.
Interview plan and scorecard
Before the first interview, the hiring manager and every interviewer share one plan: the criteria the role needs, the same questions in the same order for every candidate, and a blank scorecard each person fills in alone. It rates no one. People make every decision about a candidate.
Interview scheduling and candidate confirmation
For candidates your team has already chosen to interview, the recruiting coordinator gets one scheduling sheet that lines up each candidate's offered times, in their own time zone, with the interviewers' free time, plus a ready confirmation or availability request for each. A person sends every message and invitation.
Matter closing checklist preparation
When the handling lawyer flags a matter for closure, the firm's closing checklist is filled from the matter record: final billing as recorded, open tasks, unreturned items and the handoffs billing and records must accept.
Matter-opening checklist preparation
Every accepted matter goes into setup and billing with one checklist: the fields each system needs, the terms that drive the first invoice, the documents on file and an owner for every open item.
Month-end close checklist
Before the month ends, your controller holds the whole close on one page: every task with its owner, its date and what it waits on, the chain that sets the close date, and each gap already written as a question. Entries are prepared for approval, never posted.
Receivables exception review
The controller gets every short payment, unmatched or ambiguous receipt, possible duplicate and disputed invoice on one list, each with its evidence and a proposed next step, before anything is applied on a guess.
Reference check question plan
After the interviews, the recruiter gets short reference calls aimed only at what the panel still could not establish, put to the referees the candidate named and agreed to, with a note sheet for each call that keeps the referee's own words. It gives no view on the candidate.
Spreadsheet check before sharing
Before a model or schedule goes to a client, a lender or a board, the sender gets one report on it: every error value, short total, buried assumption and hidden row pinned to its cell, each with a fix or a question, and a plain list of what was not checked. Nothing in the workbook is changed.
Weekly receivables summary
The finance lead takes one page into each week’s management meeting: what came in, where every receivable stands, which exceptions are open and who owns them, and the decisions management must make. Every figure ties to the aging report.
Work sample exercise brief
For one approved role, the hiring manager gets a practical exercise: a bounded task from the role's real work, instructions for the candidate with a time limit and adjustments, and the evidence the panel will look for. The panel judges the work; nothing is rated here.