Finance automation, running

Accounts payable, optimised and automated.

A populated budget from a shipped finance build. Scroll it the way your month runs: the budget, the payees, the invoices arriving, the payments falling due, and the revenue feeding in, all of it posting to the ledger without a human retyping a number.

Plan to profit

Planned income
A$248,000
Actual income
A$186,420
From real paid sales
Budgeted cost
A$132,600
Actual cost
A$104,310
Read off the invoices
Projected margin
A$115,400
46.5% of income

One budget, everything in it.

The budget

Money out, planned against actual

Actuals are read off invoices and ad accounts, never typed. The eye opens the document that produced the number.

Line itemBudgetedCommittedActualVariance
Marketing and advertising
Meta AdsSpend pulled dailyA$18,000A$16,742A$1,258 under
Google AdsSpend pulled dailyA$14,000A$13,981A$19 under
TikTok AdsSpend pulled dailyA$6,000A$4,318A$1,682 under
Design and creativeA$6,500A$6,500A$0 under
Print and signagePO raisedA$4,200A$4,200Awaiting
SubtotalA$48,700A$4,200A$41,541
Add line item
Suppliers and production
Primary supplier contractAllocated: 3 instalmentsA$46,000A$30,667A$15,333A$30,667 under
Freight and logisticsA$12,400A$13,050A$650 over
Equipment hireHeld, details flaggedA$8,900A$8,900Awaiting
PackagingA$3,600A$3,414A$186 under
SubtotalA$70,900A$39,567A$31,797
Add line item
Operations
Casual staffingPay runs from rostersA$14,600A$3,220A$12,880A$1,720 under
InsuranceA$3,800A$3,800A$0 under
Software subscriptionsA$2,200A$2,457A$257 over
Travel and accommodationA$5,200Awaiting
SubtotalA$25,800A$3,220A$19,137
Add line item
Total money outA$145,400A$46,987A$92,475
New category

Line items carry allocations: split a contract into instalments and the payment schedule writes itself.

Every payee, known and verified.

The address book

Payees, on record and on terms

New payee
  • Harbourline FreightBSB 083-004 ·· 4417 · Net 14 · last paid 28 AugBank details verified
  • Meridian Print CoBSB 062-201 ·· 8830 · Net 30 · last paid 12 AugBank details verified
  • Coreline EquipmentBSB 013-366 ·· 2291 · Net 7 · last paid 19 JulDetails changed, verify by phone
  • Southbank InsuranceBSB 733-100 ·· 6605 · Annual · last paid 4 SepBank details verified

An invoice only pays to a verified payee. A changed bank number is held until it is confirmed by SMS callback on the number already on file, which is how invoice fraud dies.

TwilioStripe

Invoices, read and matched.

GmailMicrosoft Outlookaccounts@yourbusiness.cominvoices@yourbusiness.finance

Redirect your accounts email once. Every invoice that arrives is read, extracted and matched from that moment on.

The inbox

Five invoices, five states

Matched, new to the budget, held on a flag, caught as a duplicate, or posted. Nothing else exists.

  • Harbourline FreightA$13,050.00
    INV-8817Due 18 SepMatched · Suppliers · Freight and logisticsApproveReject
  • Brightfield PhotographyA$2,750.00
    BF-1108Due 22 SepNo budget line yetAdd to budget
  • Coreline EquipmentA$8,900.00
    CE-5531Due 30 SepMatched · Suppliers · Equipment hire

    Bank details differ from the address book. Held until verified.

  • Meridian Print CoA$4,200.00
    MP-2204Due 25 SepPossible duplicate

    Same supplier, same amount as MP-2119, paid 12 Aug. Held for review.

  • Southbank InsuranceA$3,800.00
    POL-99120Paid 4 SepApproved · Posted to Xero

Approval controls on every outgoing payment.

Upcoming payments

Committed, dated and funded

Committed next 30 days

A$55,837.00

vs A$81,300.00 available

  • 18 SepHarbourline FreightFull balance · fundedA$13,050.00Approved
  • 25 SepPrimary supplier contractInstalment 2 of 3, as allocatedA$15,333.00Approved
  • 30 SepCoreline EquipmentHeld, bank details flaggedA$8,900.00Awaiting yes
  • 02 OctCasual staffing, pay runFortnightly · from rostersA$3,220.00Approved
  • 07 OctPrimary supplier contractInstalment 3 of 3, as allocatedA$15,334.00Awaiting yes

Instalments allocated in the budget surface here before they fall due, read against the money actually available. Approved bills post as coded drafts.

Precision accounting, in and out.

The revenue feed

What the sales systems send in

StripeXero
Events and exhibitions
  • Tickets1,412 orders · payouts matchedA$96,480Matched
  • Booths and exhibitor sales64 contracts · instalment plans runningA$58,300On schedule
  • Sponsorship9 packages · invoiced from the saleA$21,500Matched
  • Merchandise388 orders · settled dailyA$10,140Matched
Online store
  • Product sales2,046 orders · payouts matchedA$118,300Matched
  • Subscriptions412 active · renewals collectedA$24,660On schedule
  • Wholesale orders18 invoices · raised from the saleA$31,200Matched
  • Refunds and chargebacksNetted against their ordersA$2,140Reconciled
Courses and memberships
  • Course sales316 enrolments · payouts matchedA$47,400Matched
  • Mastermind upgrades38 upgrades · payment plans runningA$68,400On schedule
  • Membership renewals1,204 renewals · collected on scheduleA$36,120Matched
  • Community events92 orders · settled dailyA$8,280Matched

Three different businesses, one machine. Your lines are whatever you sell; every settlement lands here and posts to the ledger.

Paid advertising

Ad spend, in the same books

Spend lands in the budget; results land against the revenue it caused.

Events and exhibitions
  • Meta AdsMeta AdsLaunch and retargeting, pulled dailyA$16,742Reconciled
  • Google AdsGoogle AdsSearch and display, pulled dailyA$13,981Reconciled
  • TikTok AdsTikTok AdsCreator cuts, pulled dailyA$4,318Reconciled
  • LinkedIn AdsLinkedIn AdsExhibitor and sponsor acquisitionA$5,940Reconciled
Online store
  • Meta AdsMeta AdsCatalogue ads, pulled dailyA$22,410Reconciled
  • Google ShoppingGoogle ShoppingShopping and PMax, pulled dailyA$18,240Reconciled
  • TikTok AdsTikTok AdsSpark ads, pulled dailyA$6,730Reconciled
  • Pinterest AdsPinterest AdsShopping pins, pulled dailyA$3,480Reconciled
Courses and memberships
  • YouTube AdsYouTube AdsIn-stream to webinar, pulled dailyA$14,860Reconciled
  • Meta AdsMeta AdsLead forms and retargeting, pulled dailyA$11,320Reconciled
  • Google AdsGoogle AdsSearch on buyer intent, pulled dailyA$7,910Reconciled
  • LinkedIn AdsLinkedIn AdsProfessional audiences, mastermind tierA$9,240Reconciled
MailchimpKlaviyo, Mailchimp and your ESP: email revenue, attributed and cross-checked
Same books

The growth engine and the books read the same numbers, which is what makes spend-to-revenue tracing honest.

This is the finance half of the machine, running.

The Payables Program is Light at US$3,999 or Pro at US$8,499, fixed scope. US$100 books your onboarding.

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Commerce, finance and sales systems.

One team, end to end, inside your business.

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  • Can we automate it?