Numbers can twist and turn, but a disciplined close keeps the path straight for leadership. You finish the month, your dashboards look good, and you send out the investor update. Two days later, someone notices a handful of transactions sitting in the wrong buckets — a big software invoice coded to Office Supplies, ads posted to COGS, or a contractor paid from the wrong class. The instinct says it’s no big deal because you can just reclass those after the close. Here’s the ha