AI for Controllers
AI automates close procedures, generates variance analyses, and drafts management reports.
What controllers are solving with AI right now
Real workflows, real time saved. Pick the one that hurts most and start there.
Clients never send their documents on time
It’s the 15th. You need bank statements from 8 clients. Three haven’t responded to your last email. You’re chasing, not closing.
AI drafts professional follow-up emails — firm but friendly — and tracks what’s still missing across your client list.
Free step-by-step tutorial
Use AI To Chase Missing DocumentsAbout 5 minutes. Run it at the start of every month.
Month-end close is a scramble every time
You know the steps. But every client is slightly different and something always gets missed. Then you find the error in review.
AI generates a client-specific close checklist based on their entity type, accounts, and recurring adjustments — so nothing slips.
Free step-by-step tutorial
Use AI To Standardize Month-End CloseAbout 7 minutes per client. Build once, reuse monthly.
Financial reports go out without a story
You send clean financials. The client opens them, stares at the numbers, and asks "so how are we doing?" You just did the work and they didn’t get it.
AI turns raw financials into a management narrative — variance explanations, trend highlights, and plain-English takeaways.
Free step-by-step tutorial
Use AI To Make Financials MeaningfulAbout 10 minutes. Clients will notice the difference immediately.
Get Started in 3 Steps
Pick your AI, grab the skills that match your role, and start saving time today.
Choose Your AI
Pick the assistant that will run your skills. All three work great — Claude is our recommendation for detailed, multi-step workflows.
Install Skills for Your Role
Pre-built workflows designed specifically for controllers:
Run Your First Skill
Open your AI, load a skill, and complete a real task in minutes instead of hours.
Get Started FreeSkills for Controllers
Each skill is a ready-to-use workflow that handles a specific task in your day.
Close Procedure Automator
Variance Analysis Generator
Management Report Builder
Free Step-by-Step Tutorials
Each workflow takes minutes. Follow the steps and you’ll have it running today.
Use AI To Chase Missing Documents
About 5 minutes. Run it at the start of every month.
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Download Claude or ChatGPT and open the Client Email Drafter skill
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Tell it: "Need Q1 bank statements and credit card statements from Johnson Plumbing, sent first request 5 days ago, no response"
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AI drafts a polite but clear follow-up with a specific deadline and a list of exactly what’s still needed
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Send it — or batch all your outstanding requests in 10 minutes
Use AI To Standardize Month-End Close
About 7 minutes per client. Build once, reuse monthly.
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Open the Month-End Checklist skill
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Describe the client: "LLC, accrual basis, 3 bank accounts, payroll through Gusto, depreciation schedule, monthly sales tax filing"
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AI generates a step-by-step close checklist: bank rec, payroll journal entry, depreciation, accruals, sales tax reconciliation, review items
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Use it as your close template — update it as the client’s business changes
Use AI To Make Financials Meaningful
About 10 minutes. Clients will notice the difference immediately.
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Open the Financial Narrative Builder skill
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Paste the P&L or key metrics: revenue, COGS, major expense line items, comparisons to prior period or budget
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AI generates a narrative: "Revenue increased 12% MoM driven by the new commercial contract. COGS rose 8% due to material cost increases. Net margin improved from 14% to 16%."
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Attach the narrative to your financials package — you just became an advisor, not just a bookkeeper
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View guideReady to use AI as a Controller?
Download your preferred AI, install the skills, and start saving hours this week.