Trial Balance – Monthly Trend

What is a Trial Balance Monthly Trend Report? Trial balance trend reports are considered very useful month end close tools and are often used by controllers and accountants to track changes in account balances over time. Some of the key functionality in this type of report is that it displays like a formatted Trial Balance report for all months this year and last year. You can expand columns to see Debit and Credit amounts. The bottom of the report has a total to check that each month balances out to zero. You find an example of this type of report below.

Purpose of Trial Balance Trend Reports Companies and organizations use Trial Balance Trend Reports to easily detect potential mistakes and anomalies by monitoring how any account balance change over time. When used as part of good business practices in a Accounting department, a company can improve its month end close process and speed as well as reduce the chances that accounting mistakes happen, like a posting to the wrong account.

Who Uses This Type of Report? The typical users of this type of report are: Controllers and Accountants. Other Reports Often Used in Conjunction with Trial Balance Trend Reports Progressive Accounting Departments sometimes use several different Trial Balance Trend Reports, along with trended profit & loss and balance sheet financial statements and other management and control tools.

Where Does the Data for Analysis Originate From? The Actual (historical transactions) data typically comes from enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like: Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) Finance, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC), Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Sage Intacct, Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage 500, Sage X3, SAP Business One, SAP ByDesign, Acumatica, Netsuite and others. In analyses where budgets or forecasts are used, the planning data most often originates from in-house Excel spreadsheet models or from professional xFP&A solutions.

This Solver report template connects directly to your ERP data via the Solver Data Warehouse, enabling near real-time analysis with minimal setup. Designed for QuickStart deployment, it can be activated rapidly so your team can focus on analysis and decisions — not data preparation.

What is the Trial Balance – Monthly Trend in Solver? The Trial Balance – Monthly Trend is a pre-built xFP&A report template in Solver that delivers key financial and operational metrics in a single, easy-to-use interface, eliminating the need for manual data work or custom report development.

Who uses this Solver report template? CFOs, FP&A managers, and controllers use this report template to support month-end close, variance analysis, and management reporting. It is designed to be self-service and require no custom development.

Where does the data come from? Data is sourced automatically from your ERP system through the Solver Data Warehouse, which integrates with platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics 365 Finance, Acumatica, Sage Intacct, and other leading ERP solutions. Once connected, the template updates in near real-time with no manual data entry required.

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