Close, reconcile, explain. The explaining is where the week disappears.
Controllers, FP&A, AP/AR, and the CFO who signs the number.
Which parts of month-end are genuinely judgment and which are retyping.
First-draft explanations grounded in your own ledger, ready to be argued with.
Answering internal AP/AR questions from source data instead of a person digging.
Keeping a trail that satisfies audit when part of the work was machine-assisted.