Controller
Month-End Close
Month-End Schedule
3rd Business Day
- Pcard Verifications - last day to verify. If a transaction is not verified, Accounts Payable will verify on your behalf and charge the transaction to the PCard holder's default cost center. This will route to the Cost Center Manager for approval. Transactions must be approved by the 5th business day to be recorded to the previous month.
4th Business Day
- Payroll / Payroll Accounting Adjustments
5th Business Day
- Supplier Invoices
- Expense Reports
- Journal Entries
- Purchasing Card
FY26 Workday Month-End Closing Dates
Month-End Best Practices
- Cost Center Managers and Grant Managers should frequently review their Workday inboxes.
- Reconcile accounts on a monthly basis to capture errors in a timely fashion.
- Prior fiscal year expenses may not be reallocated (except for sponsored awards).
Recommended Reports
Recommended reports for Cost Center Managers for monthly reconciling, reports and report descriptions are available through the Supplemental Report App in Workday (not an all-inclusive list of Workday reports):
- Manager Activity Report – Actuals
- Manager Activity (Excl. Sponsored Activities)
- Select Balance Sheet for Managers
- Agency Account Report (if applicable)
- Spendable Gift Report
- Endowment Income Report
- Sponsored Award Budget to Actuals
- Sponsored Award(s) Activity – Actuals
- Payroll Actuals by Cost Center (With Worktags)
- In Progress Payroll Actuals by Cost Center (All Organizations)