On their own
- Compare the months
- Explain each variance
- Draft the commentary
- List and draft chasers for missing documents
Operations and finance
Close the month without writing every note yourself.
Export this month’s and last month’s figures. A finance team explains every variance over your threshold, drafts the month-end commentary, and chases the documents still missing. A qualified person signs off, and your books stay in your accounting tool.
Free and open source. macOS, Windows and Ubuntu.
Month-end close
Here are the September and August trial balances. Explain every line that moved more than 10% or $2,000, draft the month-end commentary, and list the documents still missing. Change nothing, send nothing.
Your Chief of Staff put a team on it
- Numbers
- Analyst
- Ops
- Copy
September close, draft notes
- 212 lines compared with August
- 7 moved more than 10% or $2,000
- Largest: software up $3,840, from two annual renewals
- 4 documents still missing, a chaser drafted for each
Waiting for your approval
Send the four chasers?
An example of the job. Your team works on your own work.
The team it puts on it.
Your Chief of Staff picks the specialists the job needs. Each one has its own role, instructions and engine.
Numbers
Compares the months and flags every line over your threshold
Analyst
Explains what is behind each variance, and says when it can’t tell
Ops
Keeps the close checklist and the list of missing documents
Copy
Drafts the commentary and the document chasers
How it runs.
- Step 1Export the figuresTrial balances or a P&L for this month and last, from your accounting tool.
- Step 2Set the thresholdWhat counts as a variance worth a note. It keeps this as the rule.
- Step 3Notes and chasersA note per variance, the commentary, and a chaser for each missing document.
- Step 4You sign offA qualified person reviews the notes. Every chaser waits for your approval.
What the team does, and what waits for you.
Waits for you
- Sending any chaser
- Any change to your books, which you make in your accounting tool
Start from a ready-made team.
From Murage’s library. Import one, look inside, and give it your brief.
Skills the ready-made teams load.
What the library teams above bring with them. Skill Guard scans each one.
- Ticket triageSort incoming tickets by urgency and draft replies from your support material.
- Onboarding flowReview the steps from signup to a customer's first useful result.
- Churn preventionReview signs of account risk and prepare follow-up drafts.
- Membership ManagerGuide to membership program management including tier design, benefits, onboarding, engagement strategies, renewal campaigns, communications and events.
- Operating rhythmIf they ask for a tool stack first, push back: rhythm before tools.
- Marketing Funnel DiagnosisMarketing funnel assessment evaluating conversion rates, drop-off points and channel effectiveness.
What you need.
What it takes to run this job. The Murage app is free; your AI provider bills you as usual.
- Murage and an AI engine (your existing Claude or ChatGPT plan, or an API key)
- Exports from your accounting tool. No built-in accounting integration: if QuickBooks or Xero is in the connected-apps catalog you can connect it, and exports always work
- Gmail or Outlook through Flux Router credits or your own connected-apps key, if you want the chasers drafted as emails
Rather have it set up for you?
We build your first month-end close team with you, connect your tools and write your House Rules. Tell us what you need and we’ll quote before anything is booked.
Questions about month-end close.
Does it post journal entries?
No. It explains and drafts. Your books stay in your accounting tool, and a qualified person signs off.
Does it connect to QuickBooks or Xero?
There is no built-in accounting integration. If QuickBooks or Xero is in the connected-apps catalog you can connect it with Flux Router credits or your own connected-apps key, and exports always work.
Month-end close: hand it to a team tonight.
Give your first job to Murage.
Download the free app, connect the AI you already pay for, and tell your Chief of Staff what needs doing. Plan on about ten minutes from install to a working team.
No account needed · Runs on the AI plan you already pay for