Month-end is a data-quality event
The close calendar is often a map of every unresolved data issue from the month.
Accounting · 2026-05-08
If the same reconciling item appears every close, the issue is not stamina. It is an unowned source, an unclear cutoff, or a report that was never designed for the question it is asked to answer.
Treat month-end as a chance to qualify data, not only to survive it.