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Use case of the day · October 23, 2026 · The Close

Prepaid amortization schedules

Generate monthly amortization journals for prepaid software, insurance and other contracts from a maintained register, replacing spreadsheet calculations.

Who it's for

Built for the GL accountant and the accounting team.

What it could move
  • Exception loops
  • First-time-right rate
  • Cost per invoice
  • Impact: Low
  • Ease: High
  • Prep: Light
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  • Spend

    Automatic vendor setup

    Supplier management

    New vendors enter their own tax, bank and contact details through a secure portal. The system checks the tax ID, verifies the bank account, screens sanctions lists and looks for duplicates before anyone touches the ERP. AP reviews one clean record and approves it. The vendor is created automatically, with every check on file.

    • Impact:High
    • Ease:Medium
  • Plan vs Actual

    Rolling forecast refresh

    Forecasting

    Each month the system pulls closed actuals and the latest pipeline, headcount and usage drivers. A model builds a driver-based baseline forecast for the coming year and a half and writes a first pass at variance commentary. FP&A reviews the baseline, adjusts what the model cannot know, and publishes. The team spends its time on judgment, not spreadsheet plumbing.

    • Impact:Medium
    • Ease:Medium
  • Controls

    Continuous control monitoring

    Control monitoring

    Automated tests run over every transaction, not a handful of spot checks. They look for risky journal entries, users with conflicting access, unexpected vendor master changes and payments that skipped approval. Each exception goes to its owner with the evidence attached.

    • Impact:High
    • Ease:Medium
  • Extract supplier, invoice number, dates, amounts, tax and line detail from PDF and e-mailed invoices into the AP system, with low-confidence fields sent to a person for review.

    • Impact:High
    • Ease:High
  • Spend

    Duplicate invoice detection

    Accounts payable

    Pause likely duplicates before posting by comparing supplier, amount, date and invoice number, including near matches such as reformatted numbers or resent PDFs. A person decides every paused invoice.

    • Impact:High
    • Ease:High
  • Get Paid

    Collections worklist prioritization

    Receivables and collections

    Rank overdue accounts each morning by balance, days past due, payment history and dispute status, so collectors start with the cash most at risk. Collectors can reorder with a reason.

    • Impact:High
    • Ease:High

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