Your Month-End Close —
Automated.
Variance commentary and board packs drafted from your actuals, in your voice, delivered in hours. Built on your existing stack. Kept reliable as models and tools change.
From $1,500 setup · $149–299/mo retainer · Async delivery
The problem
The close grind that never ends.
Before
- 3–5 days chasing "why did we miss?" across spreadsheets and Slack threads
- Variance commentary rewritten from scratch every month
- Board pack assembled the night before
- One client slips — your whole schedule collapses
- Manual work that doesn't scale across your client portfolio
After TheForge
- Actuals flow in automatically from your existing tools
- Variance commentary drafted in your voice, ready to review in hours
- Board pack generated, formatted, and waiting in your inbox
- Same rigour, every close, across every client
- Multiply your capacity without multiplying your hours
How it works
Three steps, then it runs itself.
Connect your stack
QuickBooks, NetSuite, Xero, or Google Sheets — wherever your actuals live. No migrations, no new systems. Setup takes days, not weeks.
We run the close for you
Every month: variance decomposition (price, volume, mix), commentary drafted in your voice, board pack assembled and delivered. You review and sign off.
It stays reliable
AI models change. APIs break. Prices shift. We monitor, alert, and keep your automations current — so you never silently fall behind.
Why it works
Save 3–5 Days Per Client Per Close
Turn your variance investigation from a multi-day grind into an afternoon of review. Multiply that across your client portfolio.
Consistent Quality, Every Month
Same analytical rigour, same narrative structure — regardless of how many clients are in close at the same time.
Built for How You Actually Work
Async delivery via Loom and Slack. No SLA hotlines. No new platforms to learn. Fixed scope, fixed price — your time protected.
Why clients stay
AI breaks quietly.
Models get deprecated. Prices change. Your client's numbers shift every month. We keep your finance automations running, monitored, and current — and every month we run your close-cycle automations and ship new finance blueprints as they emerge.
You never silently break. You never fall behind.
Retainer from $149/month after setup.
The engagement
Automated Close & Board-Reporting Setup
- Discovery (async via Loom + questionnaire)
- Integration with your existing data sources (QuickBooks, NetSuite, Xero, Sheets)
- Variance & narrative engine, tuned to your voice
- Monthly board and management pack generator
- Reliability layer: status dashboard, error alerts, audit trail
- Handover Loom library — everything documented, nothing in your head
Then $149–299/month retainer — we run your close every month and keep everything current.
Book your intro callFixed scope. Async delivery. No SLA commitments.
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