Reconciles

Reconciliation blog with practical guides for finance teams

The Reconciles reconciliation blog publishes practical, step by step guides for accountants, controllers and finance operations teams: how to reconcile bank accounts, processor payouts and payables, how to run a faster month end close, how to resolve discrepancies and how to choose reconciliation software for your volume.

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Guides for the work behind every close

Each guide explains the method first, so it works in a spreadsheet as well as in software, then shows where automation saves time. To try the matching on your own files, start on the home page or read how automated reconciliation works.

  1. How to do a bank reconciliation in seven steps

    Seven steps from statement and ledger to signed-off report, with a worked illustration and the usual traps.

    Read the bank reconciliation guide

  2. Payment reconciliation process from sale to bank deposit

    How to tie invoices or orders, processor records and bank deposits together, including fees, refunds and partial payments.

    Read about the payment reconciliation process

  3. Stripe payout reconciliation report and how to use it

    What the payout reconciliation report contains and how to rebuild each payout and match it to the bank.

    Read the Stripe payout guide

  4. How to reconcile accounts payable against the ledger and vendors

    Tie the AP aging to the general ledger, reconcile vendor statements and catch duplicate payments.

    Read how to reconcile accounts payable

  5. Month end close checklist for finance teams

    A day by day close checklist, from cutoff and cash to accruals, balance sheet reconciliations and reporting.

    Open the month end close checklist

  6. Reconciliation discrepancies and how to resolve them

    The five types of differences, how to read each one and how to stop them coming back.

    Read about reconciliation discrepancies

  7. Best bank reconciliation software and how to choose it

    Buying criteria, a test you can run on your own files and a checklist for every evaluation.

    Read the buying guide

  8. Bank reconciliation in QuickBooks Online step by step

    The Reconcile screen from start to a zero difference, fixes for common problems and where the built-in tool gets hard.

    Read the QuickBooks guide

Reconciliation software for each workflow

When you are ready to stop matching by hand, these pages show how Reconciles handles each reconciliation.

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