Chief accountant: close, pay and file

Who this is for

Chief accountants, accountants and finance managers.

Teams re-key what already happened in sales, purchasing, stock and payroll, then lose days at month-end hunting for differences.

Entries are posted when the source document happens, so you review exceptions instead of re-keying. — Accounting

Bills and payment batches in Finance are prepared for approval; reconciliation of payments follows. — Finance

Requests wait in the approval inbox, with the maker separated from the approver. — Approvals

Bank reconciliation and debt confirmations from the accounting screens. — Accounting

Controlled period close, then financial statements from the ledger. — Accounting — Period close

The VAT return is produced from the same ledger. — Accounting — VAT filing

The cash-flow forecast report supports the CFO’s view of coming weeks. — Accounting

App	Role in this scenario	Link
Accounting	Ledger, close, statements, VAT	Accounting
Finance	Invoices, bills, payments, expenses	Finance
Approvals	Approval inbox	Approvals
Procurement	Three-way match for bills	Procurement
Payroll	Payroll posting and remittances	Payroll

accountant_assistant: Reviews journal entries, suggests accruals, detects anomalies and tracks recurring entries.
ar_collector: Reminds about receivables and analyses ageing.
ap_manager: Handles three-way match exceptions and schedules payment batches.
expense_auditor: Flags unusual or duplicate expenses and policy violations.
fpa_analyst: Cash-flow and budget insights, and bill payment suggestions that the user confirms.

Consolidation works only between companies in the same tenant, and trial balances cannot be imported from outside.
Issue-cost calculation and cost templates are API-only, with no menu entry.
Entering opening receivable and payable balances is possible through the API only.