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Finance Teams: Stop Wasting Time on Manual Account Reconciliation & Automate

The Finance Weekly

Once the errors have been identified, the bank should be notified to correct the error on their end and generate an adjusted bank statement. Bottlenecks in the period-end are closed from unexplained exceptions (i.e. The errors should be added, subtracted, or modified on the bank statement balance to reflect the right amount.

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Four Techniques Companies Use To Advance In Today’s New Economic Environment

The Finance Weekly

Organizations may , eliminate many of the manual processes that stymie a company's ability to accomplish a speedy financial closure by employing AI and machine learning to automate financial close processes including account reconciliation and reporting. Think through the “extended” process.

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Closing The Books Is Now A Lesson In Corporate FinTech Innovation

PYMNTS

Corporate accounting software is now a continually evolving space, but progress doesn’t occur in a vacuum: External forces and trends, from changing regulations to increased adoption of FinTech by the enterprise, force businesses to adjust how they record and report financial data. Open Banking initiatives in the EU, U.K.,

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Ultimate Month-End Close Checklist for Accuracy and Efficiency

FloQast

In every accounting department I’ve been a part of, a crucial period rolls around at the end of each month: the month-end Close. The month-end close process is the culmination of a month’s worth of financial transactions, when all hands are on deck to ensure the company’s financial records are accurate and up-to-date.

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What is Month End Reconciliation? Guide & Best Practices

Nanonets

Month-end close is a widely accepted accounting standard that is aimed at keeping an accurate set of financial records and detecting errors/fraud. Month-end reconciliation is the most important part of the month-end close process. Banking errors: Checks or ACH transfers are recorded on dates different from the processing date.

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Why is it Important to Reconcile your Bank Account?

Nanonets

Reconciliation is a crucial accounting process that ensures the accuracy of the financial close process. Bank reconciliation is done to spot differences between the two records, verify the transaction amounts, and make the necessary adjustments. We need to make the proper adjustments here as well.

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How to do Balance Sheet Reconciliation

Nanonets

These involve check-marking, the ability to adjust balances, and documenting any findings during the balance sheet reconciliation process. This may involve adjusting the general ledger, journal entries, or other accounting records Document Findings: Document your findings and any changes made to the general ledger or journal entries.