How-To
AI Agents for Finance Teams: 3 Month-End Tasks
An illustrative look at how AI agents can help with bank reconciliation, month-end accruals and variance questions.
How-To · Episode H11
Presented by an AI presenter. Written and reviewed by Cendien.
3 steps in this how-to
- Bank reconciliation — The agent matches bank transactions to the ledger, clears exact matches and flags the few items that need a person, with a suggested match for each.
- Month-end accruals — It drafts accrual entries for goods received but not yet invoiced, attaches the purchase order and receipt, and queues them for approval.
- Variance questions — Ask why a cost line is over budget and the agent breaks the variance down by department and vendor.
Read the transcript
What can an AI agent do for your finance team? Here's an illustrative look at three tasks from the month-end close. First, bank reconciliation. The agent matches bank transactions to the ledger, clears the easy matches, and flags the two items that need a person's review, with a suggested match for each. Second, accruals. It drafts the month-end accrual entries from goods received but not yet invoiced, attaches the support, and queues them for a controller to approve. Third, variance questions. Ask why travel spend is over budget this quarter, and the agent breaks it down by department, in seconds. Nothing posts without approval, and your team decides what runs automatically. Want to see what agents could do for finance in Infor CloudSuite? Talk to Cendien at cendien.com.
Month-end close is full of repeatable checks. An AI agent can do the first pass and prepare the work, while your controllers review and approve.
*This video is an illustrative mockup. The screens are a generic ERP workspace, not actual product screens, and all names and numbers are sample data.*
Watch the one-minute video, then read the summary below.
1. Bank reconciliation
The agent matches bank transactions to the ledger, clears exact matches and flags the few items that need a person, with a suggested match for each.
2. Month-end accruals
It drafts accrual entries for goods received but not yet invoiced, attaches the purchase order and receipt, and queues them for approval.
3. Variance questions
Ask why a cost line is over budget and the agent breaks the variance down by department and vendor.
What stays with people
Every agent action is logged. Your team decides which actions only suggest and which run automatically, and anything that posts, sends or changes a record can require approval.
Frequently asked questions
Can the agent post journal entries?
You decide. A common setup is draft-only: the agent prepares entries with support attached and a controller approves the posting.
What data does it need?
The same ledger, bank and purchasing data your team already uses, with the same access controls.
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