Financial Process Automation

From manual work to financial control.

Collections Automation

Manual collections consume time and leave amounts unpaid, with reminders that depend on the team's availability.

What we automate
  • Automatic sequence of payment reminders, with escalation configurable over time
  • Escalation by channel and level, via email, SMS and WhatsApp, up to a collections manager or legal action
  • Payment reference and outstanding amount included in every communication
  • Exception rules per client, tier, amount or period (e.g. pauses during company holidays)
  • Status record of every notification (sent, delivered, answered) and debt history

Fewer overdue balances and better cash flow.

Supplier Invoice Processing

Entering supplier invoices by hand is slow, error-prone and delays the whole payment cycle.

What we automate
  • Collection of the invoices that arrive in a dedicated mailbox
  • Automatic reading of invoices and credit and debit notes, with the supplier and date from the Portuguese tax authority QR code and each line with the sentence it was read from
  • Automatic matching with delivery notes and purchase orders
  • Accounting entry (account and VAT per item) with a simulation of the impact on the current account before validating
  • Learning per supplier, where every operator correction improves the next recognition
  • Human validation only where needed, with the hold reason flagged

Less manual work and a faster payment cycle.

Bank Reconciliation

Manually matching bank statements with invoices and credit notes is slow, and it is where discrepancies and unidentified payments slip through.

What we automate
  • Automatic statement retrieval from a file (CAMT.053 or CSV) received by email
  • Smart matching between each transaction and the customer's documents in the ERP, with priority and ageing rules
  • Automatic customer identification from the transaction description
  • Validation by a team member when the transaction is not conclusive, with the candidate customers and the reason for each
  • Management of open cases, with the status of each transaction (customer to identify, partial payment, overpaid, unexplained outflow)
  • Cross-validation between home banking, statement and ERP, with no discrepancies

Fewer hours spent matching statements, with the history of every transaction.

Credit Notes and Direct Debits

Issuing credit notes and handling returned direct debits manually causes delays and a lack of control over repeated incidents.

What we automate
  • Automatic issuing and sending of credit notes, with a record of the customer's acceptance
  • Stamped receipt confirmation (date, customer and email) when the note is downloaded
  • Processing of direct debits returned by the bank, with automatic generation of the associated invoice
  • Automatic actions for repeated incidents, such as a retry, debit cancellation or an alert to the account manager
  • Exception rules per client, amount or invoice (e.g. client in negotiation, invoice in dispute)

Credit and debit processes handled with clear rules.

RESULTS

Operational results.

Metric Before After
Invoice processing time 15–25 min 2–4 min
Data entry errors 5–8% < 0.5%
Monthly close 5–8 days 2–3 days
DSO (days sales outstanding) 45–60 days 30–40 days

Want to automate your financial processes?

We analyse the finance department and identify where automation has the greatest impact.

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