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Checklists and reconciliations

Reliable accounting is not a one-off clean-up but daily tick marks. The checklist records what was checked, by whom and with what result — for every day, week and month. Pilots check the aircraft by checklist before every flight, not “when there's time”.

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Daily checklist: each role sees its own

The bookkeeper, the assistant and the manager each have their own checks. A summary sheet gathers everything into one row per day: a row with no gaps — the day is closed. A gap is visible at once — and fixed on Wednesday, rather than surfacing at month-end close.

Bank enteredOperator
Bank postedOperator
Cash enteredAssistant
DocumentsAssistant
OrdersManager
PaymentsFinance lead
Day
Mon16.02
closed
Tue17.02
closed
Wed18.02
being fixed
open
Thu19.02
closed
Fri20.02
in progress
Check passedGap — fixed todayNot yet

Reconciliation checklist: the report is confirmed, not just sent

Key reports have their own checklist with indicators. Example — the weekly balance reconciliation: system balance against the actual for every account and every cash desk. A 7 CZK discrepancy is trivial for the amount but not for the system: unnoticed small discrepancies are how trust in the accounts dies.

22.05Matches
Store cash desk
Facts23 434
=
In system23 434
Assistant's cash
Facts30 000
=
In system30 000
23.05Discrepancy · 1
Store cash desk
Facts3 441
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In system3 434
Discrepancy 7 — finding the cause before the report goes out
Assistant's cash
Facts57 000
=
In system57 000

Three reconciliation outcomes

Three scenarios rule out the worst case — “a nice-looking report you can't trust”.

1Report is correctAll accounts and cash desks reconciled, no discrepancies — the report is confirmed and goes out on time.
2Correct with reservationsThere are agreed deviations — the report goes out with a comment on each.
3Not confirmedThe discrepancy needs time — the report is not sent “as is”: you get a notice with the reason and a deadline.

Three rhythms — three checklists

Daily · closing the dayTransactions entered and posted, documents attached — by role, 5 minutes per person.
Weekly · closing the weekReconciling balances with the bank and cash desks, counterparty settlements, updating the payment calendar.
Monthly · month-end closeFull trusted-close checklist: suspense = 0, accruals, depreciation, P&L / cash flow / balance sheet reconciled.

What you get

Errors are caught the day they appearThe cost of fixing is minimal, and history is not rewritten retroactively.
Month-end close is a process, not a featWhen all 30 days are ticked off, the month closes in days, without fire drills.
You can see who keeps the disciplineA role-based checklist — an honest picture of execution for the owner and for us.
Reports get a “quality mark”Confirmed / with reservations / not confirmed — you always know the status of the numbers.

Honestly: what it does not do

—They don’t fill themselves in — in the first weeks we check daily until the habit becomes the team’s routine.
—They don’t catch what isn’t in them — new transaction types are added to the checklist as they appear; it’s a living document.
—They don’t replace people — a “reconciled” tick is worth exactly as much as the honesty of whoever ticked it; that’s why we double-check the key reconciliations ourselves.

Checklists are tailored to your transactions during implementation

The set of checks comes not from a template but from your transaction map: whatever transactions you have, that’s what we check. From the third month your team works with them, and we oversee the reconciliations.

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