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# How to Close the Month in a Day Instead of a Week
- URL: https://blog.jestor.com/close-the-month-in-a-day/
- Published: 2026-09-17T22:33:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-17T22:33:25.000Z
- Author: Bruno Bannach

To **close the month faster**, you move work backwards into the month rather than compressing it at the end. Almost everything that makes closing slow could have been captured when it happened.

## What the week is spent on

Very little of it is accounting.

- Chasing people for numbers they hold informally
- Categorizing expenses retrospectively
- Matching invoices to entries by hand
- Confirming approvals by asking what people remember

## What to move into the month

- **Allocation** — the cost centre required on the request at entry
- **Approval** — recorded on the record, not remembered
- **Documents** — attached and read by **OCR** on upload
- **Verification** — a checklist completed before the payment advanced
- **Posting** — the entry reaching the **ERP** on approval

## How to set it up in Jestor

1. Make the **cost center** required on every request in **Jestor**.
2. Route approvals to the cost centre owner so the approver is recorded automatically.
3. Attach the invoice and let OCR extract the value and dates.
4. Add a checklist acting as a lightweight audit before the payment advances.
5. Connect **Omie** natively so approved entries post to accounts payable without retyping.

## Why Jestor is the best complement to Omie for closing

The integration is native, with no middleware between the two systems — so the entry exists in accounts payable at the moment of approval rather than at the end of the month.

The **ERP** keeps the accounting and fiscal record; Jestor covers the request, approval, and documentation that precede it.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Why does closing take so long?

Because allocation and approval are reconstructed rather than captured. See [jestor.com](https://jestor.com/?ref=blog.jestor.com).

### Does the entry reach the ERP automatically?

Yes, on approval, through the native integration.

### Can I prove who approved a payment?

Yes, it is recorded on the request with its history.

## Video Tutorial: Step by Step

Check out other practical tutorials on the Jestor YouTube channel.

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