@dsuson25  Your first reconciliation in a new QB file will always have a beginning balance of zero.

The Journal entry you made to establish an opening balance will account for this by either representing a negative or a positive beginning balance to either subtract or add from said zero beginning balance.

It is basically a transaction in and of itself, representing the net effect of everything that happened prior to the reconciliation period in question.

As long as you can still get to the ending balance, all is well.

If you can't, you're missing some transactions for the time period in question.