Controlled monthly close
A close calendar with preparer, reviewer and approver on every reconciliation, so status is a query rather than a meeting.
CFO24
The close, the cash and the board pack from one model.
A finance operating system for the monthly close, cash and working capital, forecast versus actual, and the pack the board reads — so the number the CFO signs, the tax provision and the cash view are the same number, not three reconciliations.
DomainCFO, close and cash
AnchorOne controlled finance model
ScopeClose to board pack
AI roleMapping, commentary, exception
ERP connectorsto be confirmed
Sources→Close→Cash→Forecast→Board→Audit
The problem
The board pack is assembled. The close is a negotiation. Cash is a separate file.
Controllers close the books in one workbook. FP&A forecasts in another. Treasury watches cash in a third. The tax provision arrives late from a fourth. By the time the board pack is compiled, nobody can open a figure and show the journal, the assumption and the person who approved it.
CFO24 makes the close the source. Cash, forecast and the board pack are views of that source — and CIT24 writes the tax provision into the same model rather than emailing a number.
Who it is for
CFOs and finance directors
Owning the close, the cash position and the story the board is told.
Controllers and close teams
Running a calendar of tasks, reconciliations and sign-offs instead of a status spreadsheet.
FP&A
Forecast versus actual against the same chart of accounts the close uses.
PE portfolio finance
A consistent pack across companies, with earnings-quality findings from RISK24 attached when they exist.
Core capabilities
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Cash and working capital
Cash, receivables, payables and inventory as a live view of the same ledger the close uses — not a treasury sidecar.
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Forecast versus actual
Driver-based forecasts compared to the closed period, with variances explained against the journals that caused them.
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Board pack generation
The pack assembled from the model: P&L, cash, covenants and commentary, versioned as issued.
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Tax provision handshake
CIT24 writes the current-tax and deferred-tax figures into the close rather than arriving as a late spreadsheet.
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Covenant and threshold alerts
Bank, shareholder and internal limits tested against the live numbers, with the breach evidence attached.
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Management commentary
AI drafts variance narrative for a controller to correct; the signed commentary stays with the figure it explains.
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Audit trail for the number the CFO signed
Any board figure opens to its source: journal, assumption, rule version and approver.
AI maps messy sources and drafts commentary. The close arithmetic stays deterministic.
A language model never produces the number the CFO signs. Every figure is reproducible, approval-stamped and traceable to its source.
How the platform works
Five layers, one line from the ledger to the board
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Data engine
ERP, bank, payroll and tax feeds mapped to one finance model.
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Close engine
Reconciliations, journals and sign-off on an effective-dated calendar.
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Cash engine
Working-capital and liquidity views of the same closed numbers.
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Pack engine
Forecast, board pack and covenant tests generated from the model.
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AI intelligence layer
Mapping, exception detection and commentary for review.
Example workflow
Month-end close into a board pack
Illustrative sequence, not a client engagement.
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ERP and bank extracts land; AI proposes the mapping and flags accounts that did not reconcile last period.
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Controllers clear the close calendar; each reconciliation carries its evidence and a named approver.
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CIT24 posts the tax provision into the same period rather than a side workbook.
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Cash and working-capital views refresh from the closed ledger; a covenant test runs automatically.
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FP&A compares forecast to actual; AI drafts variance commentary for the controller to correct.
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The board pack is generated and frozen. Any figure in it opens to the journal and the person who signed it.
Outcomes
One number, three uses
Close, cash and board pack stop being three files that almost agree.
Provision on time
The tax number arrives as a posting, not as a late email.
A pack you can defend
A director question is answered from the trail, not from recollection.
Forecast that stays honest
Variances point at journals, so the next forecast is corrected rather than padded.
Close-day reductions to be added once measured with client data
Data security and auditability
Entity-level access so portfolio or group teams see only their companies.
Immutable version of the pack as issued to the board.
Segregation of preparation, review and CFO sign-off.
One-click trail from any signed amount to its inputs.
Certifications and independent assurance to be confirmed
Integration
ERP and consolidation systems for the ledger and trial balance.
Bank, payroll and expense feeds for cash and close completeness.
Tax provision from CIT24; Pillar Two impact from GMT24 where in use.
Earnings-quality findings from RISK24 attached to the pack when a review has run.
Named system connectors to be confirmed
Put the number the CFO signs in a system that can show its work.
We will run one closed month through CFO24 and show the cash view, the provision posting and the board pack that come out of the same model.
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