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Notes from the close.

Short pieces on spend, payables, and getting the books done in days instead of weeks.

12 Mar 2026

What a three-day close actually requires

The four things that have to already be true on day one of month-end, or the close stretches into week two.

18 Feb 2026

Spend control fails when the limit lives in a sheet nobody opens on the day the card is used.

9 Jan 2026

Most chains fail because they ask the wrong person, at the wrong time, with the wrong amount of context.