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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.
Bank reconciliation preparation
Before the month is signed off, your bookkeeper holds one bank reconciliation for one account: every statement line matched to the books or explained, every open item aged, a proof that the two balances agree, and the entries still to make. Nothing is posted until a person approves.
Bid or no-bid and RFP response plan
Before anyone starts on a response, your bid manager sees every requirement in the request checked against your own evidence, your bid criteria tested and the buyer questions ready. A named person decides whether to bid; then a dated plan says who does what by when.
Business insurance renewal review
Before the business insurance renews, the owner gets one pack: every policy with insurer, limits, deductibles, premium and dates; renewal terms beside expiring ones, every change marked; what changed in the business; claims; and questions for the broker. The broker and the owner decide all cover.
Client schedule to ledger reconciliation
When a client's subledger schedule and trial balance disagree, the responsible accountant gets one worksheet: both balances proved, every timing difference and unexplained entry listed, and the next step for each. Nothing is posted; every explanation waits for a person.
Cost of poor quality worksheet
An owner or operations lead who senses that rework, scrap and returns are costly gets one worksheet: the failure costs already on record, sorted by category, with estimates, gaps and unresolved allocations listed. The owner decides what to fix first.
Employee health plan comparison
For an owner or people lead at renewal: the broker's health plan options next to each other, with premiums split between company and employee, deductibles, out-of-pocket limits, network notes, the cost to the company and to a typical employee at low, middle and high use, and questions for the broker.
Estimate basis pack
An estimator pricing a job from drawings, takeoffs and supplier quotes gets one worksheet: every figure with its quantity source, rate source and date beside it, each exclusion listed and every gap already written as a scope question. The estimator verifies; the bid lead decides the figure.
Lender draw package index
Before a monthly draw goes to the lender, the project finance lead has an index in the lender’s own order: every required document listed or missing, and every invoice set against the ledger. The lender decides funding; nothing is submitted.
Matter budget and status summary
The responsible partner sees one matter whole: scope, phases against their dates, the budget against fees to date and the projected total, a red, amber or green status with the rule behind it, risks and next actions with owners. Built from the time export and the matter plan, never a view on the merits.
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.
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.
Overdue-invoice follow-up preparation
Every overdue invoice gets a follow-up drafted in your firm’s tone for its age and addressed from the right person, and every invoice that should not be chased is held with the reason written down.
Pay application line check
Before a progress billing goes on, the project accountant has every line compared with the schedule of values, the last certificate, the approved changes and the evidence supplied, with each arithmetic difference listed. The authorized certifier decides payment; nothing is certified.
Payroll preparation and timesheet review
Before each payroll run, the owner gets one sheet built from the timesheet and roster exports: hours by person and type, every missing punch and odd entry raised as a question, and an estimated total. Nothing is keyed in, submitted or paid until a person approves.
Prebill exception review
Before the billing attorney opens a prebill, the billing coordinator has every awkward entry marked: rates that differ from the firm's rate table, possible duplicates, entries outside the client's billing guidelines, unclear narratives and expenses without support, each sent to the person who acts next.
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.
Referral source follow-up
The day after a partner meets someone who sends the firm work, they have a follow-up draft and a list of every promise made at the table, by both sides. The draft uses only approved materials and nothing said in confidence; the partner checks it, chooses the next step and sends it.
SOP exception capture
Turn what your most experienced person does with the awkward cases into an exception register for one procedure. Once the owner approves it, every colleague handles those cases the way your best person does.
Supplier bill review and payment-run preparation
Before each payment run, the person who approves it gets one sheet: every supplier bill checked against its purchase order and what was received, duplicates and changed bank details stopped, credits shown, and a proposed run with its total. Nothing is paid until a person approves.
Supplier issue notice
When a supplier bills for more than was ordered or received, or falls short of an agreed delivery or quality target, the buyer gets a formal notice ready for approval: each problem set against the record, the evidence listed, what the supplier must do and the date to reply by. A person approves and sends it.
Weekly owner business brief
Each Monday the owner gets about one page built from the exports they supply: cash, last week's sales against the week before, pipeline movement, the week's commitments and a watch list, with one item to look at first. Every figure names its source, and every missing export is named.
Year-end tax packet for the accountant
Once the year's books are closed, the owner or bookkeeper hands the accountant one packet: the documents asked for and what is still missing, every contractor paid over the reporting line with missing tax forms flagged, the year's estimated tax payments, and the questions to ask. It works out no tax.