Variance explained rather than merely calculated
A movement against budget is decomposed into volume, rate and mix with the transactions behind each component listed, so the commentary writes itself from evidence instead of recollection.
AI Finance Agents
AI Agents for The Finance Function
Read the numbers the way a controller would: variance explained against the driver behind it, forecasts rebuilt when an assumption moves, invoices matched before they reach a queue, and period-end evidence assembled ahead of the reviewer.
5Agents across analysis, AP, expense and close
LedgerGrounded in your ERP, not a spreadsheet copy
TraceableEvery figure links to the entry beneath it
ApproverPayment and posting decisions stay with finance
Enterprise controls
No payment release or journal posting by an agentApproval limits enforced by your existing delegationEvery figure traceable to its ledger entriesFinancial data processed inside your own network
Category overview
Finance agents for controllers who spend the close assembling evidence
Finance work divides cleanly into explaining what happened, planning what might, and processing the transactions in between — and all three are slowed by the same thing, which is assembling evidence from systems that do not agree. VDF finance agents work directly against your ERP, sub-ledgers and planning models: variance explained against its driver, forecasts rebuilt when an assumption moves, invoices matched before they queue, expenses checked against your written policy, and close evidence gathered ahead of the reviewer. Approving a payment or posting a journal remains a finance decision.
Forecasts that show their assumptions
Scenarios are built from named drivers with their ranges stated, so a change in headcount timing or renewal rate can be re-run and compared rather than rebuilt by hand.
Exceptions routed, clean items left alone
Invoices and expense claims that match policy and purchase order pass through untouched, and only genuine exceptions reach a reviewer with the mismatch already isolated.
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Tier 2
AI Financial Analyst
Explain the variance against the transactions behind it, not last period’s commentary.
Explore agent Tier 2AI FP&A Agent
Build budgets and forecasts from named drivers, and re-run them when one moves.
Explore agent Tier 2AI Invoice Processing Agent
Capture and match supplier invoices, and route only the ones that genuinely differ.
Explore agent Tier 2AI Expense Audit Agent
Test every claim against the written policy and queue only the exceptions that matter.
Explore agent Tier 2AI Financial Reporting Agent
Prepare the close with reconciliations evidenced and every movement traced to its entries.
Explore agent Operating model
Analysis, planning and processing on one ledger
The five finance agents share a source of truth and differ in horizon. Two look backwards at what the ledger says, one looks forward from it, and two keep the transactions flowing into it cleanly enough that the other three can be trusted.
Read the period
The Financial Analyst Agent computes performance, ratios and variances straight from the ledger and explains each movement against the underlying transactions rather than a prior commentary.
Plan forward from it
The FP&A Agent takes the same actuals as a base, applies named driver assumptions, and produces budget, forecast and scenario versions that can be compared line by line.
Keep the transactions clean
The Invoice Processing Agent captures and matches supplier invoices while the Expense Audit Agent tests claims against your written policy, and both route only exceptions onward.
Close with the evidence attached
The Financial Reporting Agent assembles reconciliations, supporting schedules and movement commentary into a close pack, with each figure linked to the entries that produced it.
Governance & deployment
Segregation of duties survives the automation
Every control that matters in finance is a control over who may act: who approves a payment, who posts a journal, who signs the accounts. An agent that could do any of those would collapse the segregation the controls depend on. VDF finance agents prepare and evidence the work, and the approval remains an authenticated act by a person with the delegated authority to perform it.
No payment release or journal posting by an agentApproval limits enforced by your existing delegationEvery figure traceable to its ledger entriesFinancial data processed inside your own network
FAQ
Questions about finance agents
What are AI finance agents?
They are specialised agents for the finance function: performance and variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting, invoice capture and matching, expense-policy auditing, and period-end reporting preparation, all run against your own ledger.
How is this different from the banking agents?
These serve the finance function inside any company — the close, AP, FP&A. The banking agents serve a bank’s own product operations, such as KYC onboarding, credit underwriting and regulatory reporting to a supervisor.
Can an agent approve a payment or post a journal?
No. Agents prepare, match and evidence. Releasing a payment and posting to the ledger are authenticated actions by a person holding the delegated authority, which is what keeps segregation of duties intact.
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