Stop managing your close in a shared email chain or a messy to-do list. This ready-to-use Excel template gives your finance team a single place to track every task, own every deadline, and report progress to management — all without any setup. Open the Settings sheet, enter your team names and close start date, and you're live in under two minutes. What's inside: The Dashboard updates automatically as your team logs progress. See total tasks, completion rate, and a live RAG status for each workstream at a glance. Overdue tasks surface instantly with a days-overdue count — no more chasing people for updates. The Task List comes pre-loaded with 75 tasks across five workstreams: Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Journals & Accruals, and Reporting. Every row turns green when complete, amber when in progress, and red when overdue or blocked. Assign owners from a dropdown, log notes, and track completion dates as you go. Built for teams of 4–10, typical close cycles of 3–5 days. Pre-loaded tasks include sub-ledger closes, intercompany reconciliations, payroll journals, accruals schedules, variance analysis, management accounts preparation, and CFO sign-off — the full close cycle, out of the box. No macros. No add-ins. Works in Excel 2016 and Microsoft 365. Download once, use every month.