A slow close is one of the clearest signals that your systems are straining. See how your month-end close compares to typical ranges for businesses your size.
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Your close time is a symptom. The scorecard shows you what is actually driving it and where your other gaps are.
Benchmarks are directional ranges based on typical mid-market finance operations, not a formal survey. A healthy close for most growing businesses lands in the three to five day range. Beyond ten days usually points to manual reconciliation between systems that do not talk to each other.