Hey Monika's Year End Accruals Challenge is built for exactly this gap, and the Adele Year End Scenario gives it a real client to attach to — a sole trader whose accounts you're closing off at year end, working through the adjustments, final reconciliations and working papers that go with properly closing a year in an accounting package like Xero. Working through the lock-date process and year-end checks inside a Scenario, with documents arriving the way they would from a genuine client, is a closer rehearsal for the job than reading about the process.
Hey Monika uses MoniLedger — its own accounting software that replicates the year-end activities you'd carry out in Xero. The judgment and process knowledge you build transfers directly.
More detail
Start with Year End Accruals Challenge to isolate the core technical skill before adding a client relationship.
Move into the Adele Year End Scenario, where year-end closing tasks appear inside a full client context with real documents.
MoniLedger replicates the year-end activities you'd carry out in Xero — the software changes, the process doesn't.
Monika's feedback tells you what to tighten up after each submission.
Frequently asked questions
Does Hey Monika teach Xero's lock-date function specifically?
It builds the year-end process and judgment — the understanding of what needs to happen and why at year end. For Xero's specific menus and functions, pair it with Xero's own learning resources.
Which other Challenges are useful for year-end preparation?
Corporation Tax Provision Challenge, Fixed Assets Challenge, Balance Sheet Review Challenge and Year End Prepayments Challenge all cover year-end working paper skills. Do these before or alongside the Adele Year End Scenario.
Is the Adele Year End Scenario suitable for sole trader year-end work only, or does it cover limited companies? Adele is a sole trader — the Scenario covers sole trader year-end. For limited company year-end context, VoltWise EV Solutions covers some year-end elements within a limited company setting.
Get started
Do the Year End Accruals Challenge first to build the technical foundation — then work through the Adele Year End Scenario to apply those skills inside a full client context. Browse everything at heymonika.com/resource-hub/library.