Quarterly Close

Where every legal entity's quarterly close runs — turned from a fresh puzzle each quarter into a repeatable, staged process. What to do: load the trial balance from Yardi (Interlay), reconcile, post intercompany eliminations, consolidate into the parent, review variance vs the Argus forecast, and sign off. Nora does the mechanical work; a human co-signs before anything posts. Each card is one entity's maturing close file.

Not Started0

Period opened; prior-quarter carryforward known. Waiting on the trial balance.

Drop here

TB Loaded2

Trial balance pulled from Yardi via Interlay and footed (debits = credits).

QUA-10

CFO Selections (minority stake)

Spreadsheet

RNRachel Ng

20%

QUA-11

Laird Norton Wetherby (LNW)

Planful

MCMarissa Cole

15%

Reconciled1

Account and bank recs cleared; any breaks documented. Nora ties the recs, flags timing diffs.

QUA-8

Heartland LLC

Yardi$720,000

DPDevin Park

40%

Eliminations2

Intercompany pairs identified; elimination JEs proposed by Nora and co-signed by a human before posting.

QUA-6

Laird Norton Properties LLC

Yardi$3,100,000

RNRachel Ng

55%

QUA-9

NoraHITL ready

LNP — Pier 70 JV LP

Yardi$620,000

Intercompany break

RNRachel Ng

45%

Consolidated1

Rolled into the parent — minority interest and equity-method applied.

QUA-5

Laird Norton Company (LNC)

Planful$6,900,000

MCMarissa Cole

70%

Reviewed1

Variance vs the Argus reforecast reviewed; materiality flags cleared or escalated to the variance memo.

QUA-7

NoraHITL ready

LNP — Cascade Industrial Portfolio LLC

Yardi$1,050,000

Variance breach

DPDevin Park

80%

Signed Off4

Controller (and CFO on the roll-up) signs the entity closed — the audit trail is captured.

QUA-3

LNP — Tower 801 2nd Ave LLC

Yardi$1,240,000

DPDevin Park

100%

QUA-2

LNP — Timberland Holdings LLC

Yardi$410,000

RNRachel Ng

100%

QUA-4

Laird Norton Trust Co.

Planful$540,000

DPDevin Park

100%

QUA-1

Laird Norton Family Foundation

Planful$780,000

RNRachel Ng

100%