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Top 5 Accounting Automation Technologies & Use Cases in '24

Top 5 Accounting Automation Technologies & Use Cases in '24

There is increased interest in accounting automation today. The technology is used to automate most manual, time-consuming, and error-prone tasks in accounting. But the convenience and the ambiguity of the technology could lead to unfamiliarity with the exact nature of the tools it leverages.

Feb 145 min read
5 Reasons For Intercompany Accounting Automation in 2024

5 Reasons For Intercompany Accounting Automation in 2024

Intercompany accounting is an accounting practice of reconciling payments between two subsidiaries of a parent company. During the financial close manually Sorting through transactions Cross-matching transactions Eliminating duplicates and erroneous transactions Can be time-consuming and erroneous, especially if there’s limited visibility into them.

Mar 284 min read
4 Benefits of R2R (Record to Report) Automation in 2024

4 Benefits of R2R (Record to Report) Automation in 2024

The process of collecting, managing, and presenting a company’s financial data to high-level executives is known as record-to-report (R2R), with financial closing being a crucial phase in the that process.

Feb 143 min read
Top 5 Benefits of Journal Entry Automation in 2024

Top 5 Benefits of Journal Entry Automation in 2024

According to a research done by APQC, a “moderately efficient” firm closes its accounts in ~7 calendar days (Figure 1). Journal entries can take up half of the close cycle because of their error-prone and lengthy nature.

Jan 113 min read
Top 4 Financial Close Best Practices in 2024

Top 4 Financial Close Best Practices in 2024

The closing period is arguably the period with the heaviest and most stressful workload in accounting procedures. That is because, in a brief time, the CFOs have to zero out the balance of the provisional accounts to be ready for the next accounting period.

Jan 124 min read
5 Benefits of Balance Sheet Reconciliation Automation in 2024

5 Benefits of Balance Sheet Reconciliation Automation in 2024

A step in financial close checklist is balance sheet reconciliation, which is matching a transaction’s payables with its invoice.

Feb 143 min read
4 Use Cases & 5 Benefits of Financial Close Automation in 2024

4 Use Cases & 5 Benefits of Financial Close Automation in 2024

The financial close adjusting and closing financial records at the end of a fiscal period. The process; however, may be bogged down by different obstacles along the way, including, but not limited to, complex regulatory requirements, managing data from multiple systems, and the lengthy nature of the close checklist itself.

Feb 144 min read
5 Reasons to Use Financial Close Software in 2024

5 Reasons to Use Financial Close Software in 2024

One accounting procedure that can benefit from financial automation solutions is the financial close cycle. Financial close is the zeroing of a business’ temporary balances at month’s end. If done manually, the financial close can be time-consuming, labor-intensive, inefficient, insecure, and error-prone.

Feb 133 min read