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FINANCE AUTOMATION: Thriving in the Age of Change

June 25, 2022

FINANCE AUTOMATION: Thriving in the Age of Change
While most accounting teams have replaced their manual accounting practices with an updated, digital version, many are still following the old rules, such as close-related tasks being completed on a certain day of the month. With the use of automated accounting software, those tasks can and should be completed on your schedule not the outdated manual accounting checklist’s schedule. Accounting software that provides order and transparency to your books also lets you spread out the workload over the course of a month. The idea is that close-related work can and should be done continuously, and the team should be preparing for the close for the entire month rather than waiting until the end of it. The resulting monthly close is shorter, and the daily flow of work can be smoother.

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