Today
DoesThe short list of decisions only a person can make, each with the reason the agents stopped, and a count of what was done without anyone.
ChecksEvery other agent. Their questions flow up here; the answers flow back.
AsksThree answers, worded the same everywhere: Done, No action needed, This is wrong.
Cash
DoesKeeps the cash number true. Reads every payment since the week opened and names what is behind it, so nothing leaves without someone knowing.
ChecksOpen bills in the ERP, the rules you have taught it, the patterns in your own bank history, and the cashflow itself.
AsksOnly the residue: a payment it cannot tie to anything, in cash terms, with the record and the person named.
Spend
DoesWhether money on a card is money someone meant to spend, and the rate it is running at.
ChecksThe spend platform, which names the cardholder, and each card’s owner, which you name once.
AsksA charge with no one behind it, or a rate that has moved.
Bills
DoesWhether what you owe is right before it gets paid: each invoice line against the order it came from.
ChecksThe ERP’s own link between an invoice line and a purchase order line. No guessing.
AsksA line invoiced above what was agreed. A short delivery is a different finding, ranked below it.
Cashflow
DoesThe twelve-week cash forecast, kept current from the sources rather than retyped.
ChecksBank balances and history, open bills and orders, the rhythms of payroll, rent and tax, and the lines your controller states.
AsksA balance that has gone stale, an inflow that landed short, a payee seen for the first time.
Briefing
DoesThe week, in prose, for the owner and the finance team, on the morning you choose.
ChecksEverything above.
AsksNothing. It states what happened and lets the amounts do the ranking.
Built around your team
These are the standard Agents, and they cover most of what a finance team does by hand. The rest is specific to you: the marketplaces you sell on, the tax you file, the benefits you run, the close you have settled into over years.
Your account manager works with your team to build those. New Agents are added as the business needs them, tailored to how you already work, and you decide how much each one does.