Accounting Automation
Accurate Books. Less Work.
What We Do
Finance teams that spend their time on data entry are not doing finance. Every invoice manually keyed into your accounting system, every expense receipt emailed to a human who categorizes it, every bank statement reconciled by hand: those are tasks that exist because the systems are not connected, not because the work requires financial expertise. Accounting automation closes those gaps. Invoices flow from your accounts payable inbox into your accounting system with line items extracted and categorized.
Bank transactions are matched to records and reconciled automatically. Expense reports are submitted, approved, and posted without leaving anyone's inbox in a pile. Your accounting team focuses on analysis, close, and the judgment calls that actually require expertise.
How We Work
We connect to your accounting platform, bank feeds, accounts payable inbox, and expense management system to build automation rules for each transaction type. Invoice processing uses AI extraction to pull vendor, amounts, dates, and line items, then matches them against purchase orders and routes discrepancies for human review. Bank reconciliation compares imported bank transactions against accounting records and applies matching rules that handle common patterns like timing differences and fee transactions automatically.
Expense categorization uses rules-based and AI classification, with uncertain categorizations routed to a review queue. AP approval workflows route invoices above thresholds to designated approvers based on vendor, amount, and cost center. Every automation includes exception handling that catches unusual transactions rather than silently processing them incorrectly.
Why Running Start Digital
Pricing
From $5,000
Typical turnaround: 4-8 weeks
Includes
Frequently Asked Questions
QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks, Sage, and custom accounting systems. We also integrate with banking APIs and payment processors for full automation coverage.
Yes. Invoices are automatically matched to purchase orders, routed to the appropriate approver based on amount thresholds, and flagged for review when discrepancies are found.
Typically 90 to 95 percent accurate using rule-based and AI classification. Uncertain categorizations are queued for human review. Accuracy improves as the system learns your patterns.
No. It eliminates the manual data entry and routine transactions that consume your accountant's time. They focus on analysis, strategy, and the judgment calls that require expertise.
Focused automation of two to three processes, such as invoice processing and bank reconciliation, takes 4 to 8 weeks. Comprehensive AP and AR automation with full workflow routing takes 3 to 5 months.
Individual process automations start around $5,000. Full AP and AR automation programs with AI document processing and multi-system integration range from $15,000 to $45,000.
Transactions that fall below the confidence threshold are flagged and queued for human review with the partially processed data pre-filled. Reviewer corrections feed back into the classification model to improve future accuracy.
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Start with a $2,500 deposit. Balance due on delivery.