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05 · Close automation

Month-end close, on autopilot.

Autessa works the checklist — reconciliations, accruals, intercompany matches — and flags only the items that genuinely need a human.

Faster close · exception-only review

The problem

The few items that need judgment are buried under the ones that do not.

Month-end close is a week of grind that is mostly mechanical: reconciliations, accruals, intercompany matches. The handful of items that genuinely need judgment are buried under the ones that do not.

Why it happens

Most of the close is mechanical — reconciliations, accruals, intercompany matches — and all of it has to be worked before anyone can sign off. The repetitive volume crowds out the handful of items that actually need a person.

Where it lands

Close stretches into a week of grind, and the senior judgment you are paying for is spent ticking boxes. The genuine exceptions surface late, because they are mixed in with everything that was only ever going to reconcile cleanly.

What it is

The hard part is not doing the mechanical work. It is separating the routine from the items that need a human, so attention lands where judgment is actually required.

Turn a week of close into a same-day review.

Book a 30-minute demo and we'll show it live, then a free pilot on your own data.

The solution

Work the checklist. Surface only the exceptions.

Autessa works the checklist — reconciliations, accruals, intercompany matches — flags only the items that genuinely need a human, and turns a week of grind into a same-day review. Your team spends its time on the exceptions, not the routine.

Work

The mechanical checklist

Reconciliations, accruals, and intercompany matches are completed automatically against your ledgers, so the repetitive bulk of the close is done without your team keying it through.

Bank recs (12 accounts) · accruals · intercompany
Flag

Only what needs a human

Autessa routes the genuine exceptions — like an intercompany mismatch — to your team, and marks the rest done, so review is exception-only rather than line-by-line.

Intercompany — 1 mismatch ($2.1K) → needs you
The point is not to close the books for you. Autessa does the mechanical work and isolates the items that genuinely need judgment, so a week of grind becomes a same-day review — your team spends its time on the exceptions, and the sign-off stays exactly where it should.
Faster close · exception-only review

How it fits

A close that surfaces the exceptions on its own.

Autessa works the checklist as the period closes, completing the routine items and holding back only what needs you. There is no manual tick-through and nothing re-keyed between accounts.

1Reconciliations, accruals, and intercompany matches are worked automatically
2Items that reconcile cleanly are marked done
3Genuine exceptions are flagged with the reason they stood out
4You review only the flagged items and sign off
5Close on the same day — with judgment spent only where it is needed

The close stays yours. Autessa completes the mechanical work and surfaces the exceptions; your team reviews and signs off.

Nothing is posted past you. The routine is automated, not the control — every exception is shown before the books are closed.

This is one of several finance workflows Autessa runs. Start here; the rest is there when you want it. See all →

Questions finance teams ask

Straight answers before you book.

Does it close the books without me?+

No. Autessa completes the mechanical checklist and surfaces the exceptions that need judgment. Your team reviews and signs off. It turns a week of grind into a same-day review, but the close stays yours.

What parts of the close does it handle?+

Reconciliations, accruals, and intercompany matching are worked automatically, with only the items that genuinely need a human — like an intercompany mismatch — routed to your team.

Can it follow our existing close checklist?+

Yes. Autessa works your reconciliations, accruals, and intercompany matches the way your close already runs, so it fits your checklist rather than imposing a new one. The items that reconcile cleanly are marked done; the rest come to you.

How does it handle intercompany matching?+

Autessa matches intercompany entries across entities automatically and surfaces only the mismatches — like a $2.1K difference that does not tie out — so your team spends time resolving the break instead of hunting for it.

Will it shorten our close, and by how much?+

By turning the mechanical bulk of the checklist into exception-only review, Autessa turns what is often a week of grind into a same-day review. How much you save depends on your volume, but the time goes back to judgment instead of ticking boxes.

Book a meeting

See your close run itself down to the exceptions.

Thirty minutes watching the checklist work on numbers like yours — reconciliations, accruals, and intercompany matches done, only the exceptions left for you. Then prove it on your own books.

Live in two weeks. Run it on your own data for 30 days. If it doesn't do what we showed you, walk away owing nothing.

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