Use cases

Each note covers one finance task: what the work involves, where makers say AI is applied, the limits and control questions, what SEC filers say, a table of products and a checklist of questions for a vendor.

Twelve use cases, with the records behind each note

No.	Use case	Summary	Products	Filing excerpts
1	Cash-flow and revenue forecasting	How AI products build cash, revenue and receivables forecasts, what inputs they need, where a person must review, and questions for a vendor.	21	3
2	Accounts payable invoice capture and coding	Where AI products read invoices, suggest GL coding and route approvals in accounts payable, the controls a person keeps, and questions for a vendor.	19	5
3	Expense audit	How AI products review employee expense reports, receipts and card spend against policy, what they flag, who decides, and questions for a vendor.	9	4
4	Collections and cash application	How AI products match customer payments to invoices, read remittances and run collections outreach, where people review, and questions for a vendor.	17	2
5	Account reconciliation	How AI products match bank, ledger and intercompany transactions, surface exceptions and prepare reconciliations, what a reviewer signs, and vendor questions.	15	3
6	Month-end close automation	Which steps of the month-end close AI products take on (journals, accruals, flux, tasks), which stay with the controller, and questions to ask a vendor.	17	6
7	Variance analysis and management commentary	How AI products find balance swings and draft variance explanations and management commentary, the review a person keeps, and questions for a vendor.	17	3
8	Contract and lease data extraction	How AI products extract payment terms, lease data and obligations from contracts for finance teams, where people check the data, and vendor questions.	7	0
9	Tax research and provision support	How AI products answer tax research questions and support indirect tax and provision work, the professional review they need, and questions for a vendor.	5	1
10	Treasury and FX	How AI products support treasury cash visibility, cash forecasting and FX hedging, the decisions treasury keeps, and questions to put to a vendor.	6	0
11	Anomaly and fraud detection in payments	How AI products flag anomalous payments, changed bank details and suspicious payees, the controls that remain with people, and questions for a vendor.	12	2
12	Audit preparation and evidence	How AI products gather evidence, test controls, analyse full populations and draft disclosures for audits, what reviewers must check, and vendor questions.	7	2

Source: vendor records and SEC filing excerpts on this site; see the methodology.