Products Finance Agent

Finance Agent for close readiness AP/AR triage and explainable anomalies

AI assistance for finance workflows with approvals permissions and audit-ready traceability.

SAN AI
Detect close blockers early and propose finance actions
Permissioned
Break down this month close-delay risks by driver.
2 AR applications, 3 AP approvals, 1 reconciliation error. Route by priority?
Generate CFO summary and owner tasks.
Done. Summary and tasks sent with audit trace.
Suggested action Escalate close-critical blockers by 17:00 today
Linked objects Journal Entry, Invoice, Bill, Receipt
Execution log 4 tasks, 0 permission errors
Close assist Anomaly checks Traceable
Trusted by teams who can't afford revenue leakage

Finance Agent that reduces close friction without losing controls

Finance teams lose time to repetitive triage: chasing approvals, investigating anomalies, reconciling mismatched statuses, and explaining variances. Sanka’s Finance Agent is designed to help finance move faster by turning those requests into governed workflows with clear owners and an audit trail.

A
Close readiness checks

Surface missing approvals, incomplete reconciliations, and outstanding exceptions before the close becomes a fire drill.

B
AP/AR triage

Summarize what is pending, overdue, or disputed and route follow-ups with owners instead of manual status chasing.

C
Explainable anomalies

Highlight unusual changes (terms, amounts, adjustments) and tie them back to record history and approvals.

Turn finance “requests” into workflows

  • Identify and summarize exceptions (invoice disputes, payment failures, PO mismatches)
  • Propose the next step (approval, correction, task assignment) with the right owner
  • Generate checklists and tasks for repeatable close routines
  • Keep an audit trail so finance can answer “what happened?” quickly
Finance queue item What must be checked Expected output
“What is blocking close?” Approvals, reconciliations, exceptions Prioritized blocker list + owners
“Why did AR aging change?” Invoice status, cash application, write-offs Explainable variance summary
“Which bills are out of policy?” Approval rules, thresholds, vendor changes Exception list + routed reviews

Keep outcomes auditable

The agent should reduce manual work, not create untraceable actions.

  • Route high-impact edits (credits, write-offs, term changes) through approvals
  • Preserve links to the underlying records and history
  • Make every action attributable to a user and a workflow

Example Finance Agent routines

Use the agent to reduce coordination work while keeping controls explicit.

D
Daily cash and aging review

Summarize overdue invoices, recent payments, and disputes, and route follow-ups automatically.

E
AP approval backlog

Identify bills stuck in review, highlight exceptions, and notify the right approvers.

F
Close checklist coordination

Track what is complete, what is blocked, and what needs sign-off with explicit ownership.

Finance-grade governance for AI-assisted work

Finance needs controls. Agent-driven assistance should remain permissioned, reviewable, and traceable.

G
Permissioned actions

Sensitive changes require the same roles and approvals as manual workflows.

H
Approval gates

Large adjustments, credits, and term changes route through review to protect auditability.

I
Audit trail

Tie outputs to record history so reasoning and actions are explainable during reviews and audits.

Frequently asked questions

Will the Finance Agent replace our close process?
No. The intent is to reduce coordination work: highlight blockers, route approvals, and keep status consistent so the existing process runs faster.
Can it post journal entries or approve payments?
High-impact actions should remain governed by roles and approval rules. A safe pattern is to propose and route approvals, then execute within controlled workflows.
How does it help with explainability?
By connecting answers to underlying records and the audit log, so finance can trace what changed and why without rebuilding history.