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Close Cycle Lab

Not a napkin ROI. A task-level Monte Carlo of your close — uncertainty bands, sensitivity, and the capacity you free when the grind gets automated. Then measure it for real in a free Snapshot.

Monte Carlo · 2,200 trials
Close Cycle Lab

Task-level uncertainty, P10/P50/P90 close days, tornado sensitivity, and recoverable capacity — calibrated to your stated close length.

2,200-trial simulation
$194K
recoverable / year · loaded capacity
5.6d
median days saved / close
11.9→6.3
P50 close days
~2,447
hrs / yr · 1.36 FTE
Close length distribution
BaselineAutomatedP10–P90 baseline 9.7–14.6d
P50 11.9dauto 6.3d3.6d21.2d
Tornado · what moves close length

±20% on each task mean — swing on baseline median days.

Account reconciliations
±0.9d
Flux & variance commentary
±0.7d
Accruals & JE drafts
±0.6d
Reporting pack assembly
±0.6d
Intercompany / consol
±0.5d
AP / AR cleanup
±0.4d
Bottleneck stack

Hours in the median close. Green share = automatable under this scenario.

01Account reconciliations130h
21% of close · 72% automatable
02Flux & variance commentary104h
17% of close · 70% automatable
03Accruals & JE drafts82h
13% of close · 65% automatable
04Reporting pack assembly71h
11% of close · 80% automatable
05Intercompany / consol70h
11% of close · 50% automatable
06AP / AR cleanup64h
10% of close · 55% automatable
07Revenue recognition56h
9% of close · 60% automatable
08Reviews & sign-offs48h
8% of close · 25% automatable

Your close lands around 11.9 days in the median case (with a long right tail). Automating the grind — especially Account reconciliations and Flux & variance commentary — compresses the median to ~6.3 days, freeing about 5.6 days per close and ~$194,429/yr in loaded capacity. A free Snapshot replaces this simulation with your measured task list.

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