{"id":882,"date":"2026-04-07T11:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sikasoftonline.net\/?p=882"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:12:11","slug":"end-of-year-eoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sikasoftonline.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/end-of-year-eoy\/","title":{"rendered":"End of Year (EOY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\u00a0End of Year (EOY)<\/strong>\u00a0module is a critical high-security procedure that closes the institution’s current financial year and initializes the next fiscal period. This process involves a series of mandatory system validations to ensure data integrity, followed by three primary stages:\u00a0End of Month Processing<\/strong>,\u00a0EOY Closure<\/strong>, and\u00a0Opening Balance Generation<\/strong>. This ensures that all General Ledger accounts are accurately carried forward to the new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

PURPOSE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Enforce complete financial accuracy before closing a fiscal period.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Automatically transfer current year balances to the opening period of the new year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Validate that no outstanding or unauthorized transactions exist across any branch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Synchronize all Control Accounts (Teller, Mobilizer, GL) to a zeroed or reconciled state.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Formally transition the system calendar to the next financial year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Step 1 \u2014 Accessing the Module<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Navigate to\u00a0Admin Setup module<\/strong> and select End of Year <\/strong>from the main nav.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Pre-Requirement:<\/strong>\u00a0Ensure all users are logged out of the system except for the administrator performing the procedure.\u00a0Perform a full Database Backup first.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      Step 2 \u2014 Reviewing Current Year Parameters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Verify the\u00a0Current Start Date<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Current End Date<\/strong>\u00a0displayed in the read-only fields. The system will process all data within this range.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Select the\u00a0New Financial Year<\/strong>\u00a0from the dropdown menu to define the target period.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Step 3 \u2014 Initiating System Validation<\/strong>\u00a0Click the\u00a0Confirm Year End Process<\/strong>\u00a0button. The system will launch a multi-point validation engine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Control Account Check:<\/strong>\u00a0Verifies GL mapping is complete.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Calendar Check:<\/strong>\u00a0Ensures the next year is properly configured in the system calendar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Unauthorized Entries Check:<\/strong>\u00a0Scans all branches for transactions pending approval.\u00a0If found, the process will stop.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Teller & Mobilizer Fund Check:<\/strong>\u00a0Ensures all field agents and tellers have zero balances in their control accounts (funds must be transferred to the vault\/bank).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • GL Balance Check:<\/strong>\u00a0Verifies that the General Ledger is perfectly balanced (Debits = Credits).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Step 4 \u2014 Handling Multi-Stage Processing<\/strong> Once validation is successful, the system will proceed automatically through three phases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          1. End of Month (EOM):<\/strong>\u00a0The system first executes a complete EOM to close the final month of the year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. EOY Closure:<\/strong>\u00a0The financial year status is updated to “Closed,” and current balances are finalized.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. Opening Balance Generation:<\/strong>\u00a0The system calculates the opening state for every GL account for Jan 1st of the next year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            Step 5 \u2014 Finalizing & Reloading<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            1. A success message (“End of Year Processed Successfully!”) will appear once the balances are generated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. The page will auto-reload to reflect the new active financial year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              KEY NOTES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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              • Irreversibility:<\/strong>\u00a0The EOY process is permanent. Reversing it requires complex database intervention.\u00a0Always verify your data before clicking ‘Confirm’.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • GL Difference Handling:<\/strong>\u00a0If a GL difference is found, the system offers a prompt to transfer the difference to a\u00a0Suspense Account<\/strong>. This is only recommended for minor discrepancies after a thorough manual audit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Transaction Freeze:<\/strong>\u00a0No other transactions can be posted in ANY branch while this process is running.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                The\u00a0End of Year (EOY)\u00a0module is a critical high-security procedure that closes the institution’s current financial year and initializes the next fiscal period. This process involves a series of mandatory system validations to ensure data integrity, followed by three primary stages:\u00a0End of Month Processing,\u00a0EOY Closure, and\u00a0Opening Balance Generation. This ensures that all General Ledger accounts are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-admin-setup","category-end-of-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sikasoftonline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sikasoftonline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sikasoftonline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sikasoftonline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sikasoftonline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sikasoftonline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888,"href":"https:\/\/www.sikasoftonline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions\/888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sikasoftonline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sikasoftonline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sikasoftonline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sikasoftonline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}