Month-end close, in an afternoon.

How Northbeam Finance rebuilt its close with three agents — and turned a three-day scramble into a four-hour review.

How Northbeam Finance rebuilt its close with three agents — and turned a three-day scramble into a four-hour review.

Finance

Document agent

Knowledge agent

Client

Northbeam Finance

Industry

Finance

Team

85 people

Build

18 days

Sheet

C-04

FIG. C-04 — Northbeam Finance, London finance floor

FIG. C-04 — Northbeam Finance, London finance floor

Scale 1 : 1

01

Survey — The problem

Three days of matching, every month.

Three days of matching, every month.

Every close meant 2,300 invoices, four bank feeds and a spreadsheet nobody fully trusted.

The team matched lines by hand, chased missing receipts on Slack and signed off late — every single month.

Invoices / month

2,300

Close time

3 days

People on it

5 accountants

02

Blueprint — What we built

Three agents, one close.

Three agents, one close.

01 · InputInvoices + bank feeds2,300 / month
02 · AgentReconciliation agentExtract · Match · Flag · Post
03a · OutputLedger postedAuto · 98.7%
03b · OutputChecklist draftedAuto · daily
03c · ReviewController approvesMismatch · 1.3%
0.6 s Avg. decision
01 · InputInvoices + bank feeds2,300 / month
02 · AgentReconciliation agentExtract · Match · Flag · Post
03a · OutputLedger postedAuto · 98.7%
03b · OutputChecklist draftedAuto · daily
03c · ReviewController approvesMismatch · 1.3%
0.6 s Avg. decision

03

Result — Measured after 90 days

0 h
0 h

month-end close, down from 3 days

0.0%
0.0%

invoices auto-matched

0
0

late sign-offs since go-live

“We still review everything — we just don’t type it anymore. Close week is now close afternoon.”

“We still review everything — we just don’t type it anymore. Close week is now close afternoon.”

“We still review everything — we just don’t type it anymore. Close week is now close afternoon.”

Priya Raman

Financial Controller, Northbeam Finance

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Book a free 45-minute survey. You’ll leave with a process map and a costed plan — whether you build with us or not.

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first agent.

Book a free 45-minute survey. You’ll leave with a process map and a costed plan — whether you build with us or not.

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