How to allow user to manually input variance period balance?

I'm testing functionality related to manually inputting variance period balances on reconciliations. I've selected the option "Enter Variance Period Balances Manually" on the profile, but on the reconciliation, it's only giving me the option for the Current Period to input a balance. What would be causing this to not allow me to input a Variance Period Balance but allow me to input a Current Period Balance? I've deleted and recreated the recs for the variance period and the current period and that did not resolve the issue. Neither current nor variance period recs have balances associated with them (no balances