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# How Can I Speed Up Financial Close at Month End?
- URL: https://blog.jestor.com/how-can-i-speed-up-financial-close-at-month-end/
- Published: 2026-09-22T19:13:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T19:13:35.000Z
- Author: Bruno Bannach

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# How Can I Speed Up Financial Close at Month End?

You speed up financial close by keeping approvals resolved throughout the month, not left to accumulate until the close deadline forces a scramble. On **Jestor**, this combines **SLA** tracking, alcada automation, and direct **ERP** entry.

Financial close often drags not because the accounting work itself is slow, but because a handful of approvals were still pending when the period closed, forcing a last-minute rush.

## What extends the financial close cycle

- Approvals that piled up over the month, unresolved
- Manual typing delaying when approved items actually reach the ERP
- No visibility into pending approvals until close week, when it is already late
- Inconsistent approval speed between different teams or approvers

## How automated approvals shorten close

- **SLA** tracking and alerts prevent approvals from piling up silently over the month
- **Alcada** rules route consistently, avoiding delays from unclear ownership
- Approved items enter **Omie** or **Conta Azul** directly, no manual month-end entry delay
- Dashboards show pending approvals throughout the month, not just during close week

## Why Jestor fits this use case

- Approvals stay current throughout the month, rather than piling up before close
- Native ERP integration removes the manual re-entry step that typically delays close
- Visibility into outstanding items lets finance address bottlenecks before they become urgent
- The same structure applies to any type of approval feeding the close process

| Close cycle risk               | How automated approvals reduce it |
| ------------------------------ | --------------------------------- |
| Approvals piling up unresolved | SLA alerts flag them earlier      |

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Does this guarantee a faster close every month?** It reduces one common cause of delay, other close process factors still apply. More at [jestor.com](https://www.jestor.com/?ref=blog.jestor.com).

**Can I see pending approvals before close week?** Yes, through dashboards updated throughout the month.

**Does this require changing the close process itself?** No, it reduces the manual work that feeds into it.

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