The monthly note on the numbers that decide your next hire.
One email a month from Gavin Jardine on running a finance function. What the records showed, what changed, and what it cost to find out late.
What each issue contains, and what you are meant to do with it
Four things every issue carries, written for owners who have an accountant and still get the month too late.
A month-end routine taken apart
One routine explained properly: who does what, on which day, and the point where it usually falls behind.
A sector read from the ledgers
What the records tend to look like inside one trade we work in, from construction to grant-funded organisations.
Something the books gave up
The kind of thing a real reconciliation surfaces, such as goods supplied and never invoiced, or funding paperwork never completed.
A decision with its figures
How an owner worked out whether to hire, raise prices or switch supplier, and which numbers settled it.
Who should be on the list, and who will get little from it
Read it if you recognise more than two of these.
You run an owner-managed business with five or more staff and growing finance admin.
You already have an accountant, and still learn how the month went weeks afterwards.
You decide on hires, pricing and suppliers, and want figures behind those decisions.
You lead a grant-funded organisation that must evidence where funding went, quickly, for funders and boards.
Who writes the note, and why it starts with the bookkeeping
What to expect before you hand over your email address
Four things people ask before they subscribe.
How often does it arrive?
Once a month, in the same week each time. If there is nothing worth sending, I send nothing.
What is actually in it?
Operational writing about running a finance function: month-end routines, reporting timetables, what reconciliations turn up, and how owners used the numbers.
Does it cost anything?
No. It is free to read and there is nothing to buy inside it. The review on the site is a separate thing.
How do I stop receiving it?
One click on the link at the foot of any issue. No questions and no follow-up email.
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