Financial report generation and delivery to management

Purpose

1.1. Automate the collection, aggregation, formatting, and timely delivery of comprehensive financial reports from multiple banking, ERP, and accounting systems to senior management.
1.2. Reduce manual intervention, ensure consistency, increase reporting accuracy, and provide real-time visibility to support financial decision-making.
1.3. Facilitate monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc reconciliation, compliance validation, and data-driven forecasting for aggregate supply chains in the wholesale construction materials industry.
1.4. Enable secure distribution of sensitive financial data, tracking of report delivery, and centralized history logs for audit and compliance.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Scheduled time-based trigger (e.g., first weekday of each month at 8:00 AM).
2.2. Completion of ERP data import or bank reconciliation process.
2.3. Manual initiation by finance lead via dashboard or button.
2.4. Detection of data refresh in accounting system API (webhook event).

Platform Variants

3.1. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Recurrence trigger, Excel/SharePoint/SQL data aggregation, “Send an Email (V2)” action for delivery.
3.2. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Zap, Xero/QuickBooks/Google Sheets “New/Updated Row,” Gmail “Send Email.”
3.3. Make (Integromat)
• Feature/Setting: Scheduler, HTTP modules for ERP APIs, Google Docs/Email module for report formatting/sending.
3.4. UiPath
• Feature/Setting: Orchestrator for trigger, Excel automation, SMTP/Outlook “Send Mail” activity.
3.5. Workato
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled job, QuickBooks Online “Export Reports,” custom PDF delivery via email.
3.6. Google Apps Script
• Feature/Setting: Time-driven triggers, Apps Script for Sheets to PDF conversion, MailApp.sendEmail().
3.7. Celonis
• Feature/Setting: Data Model Aggregation, Scheduled Data Push, Email Dispatcher.
3.8. SAP Business Technology Platform
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Job, SAP Analytics Cloud “Export to PDF,” SAP Notifications.
3.9. Oracle Integration Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Integration, Financials Cloud API, Email Delivery Adapter.
3.10. Salesforce Flow
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Flow, Aggregate Record elements on Financials, Email Alert action.
3.11. ServiceNow Flow Designer
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Trigger, Query Data, Email Notification action.
3.12. NetSuite SuiteFlow
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Workflow, Saved Search export, Email action.
3.13. AWS Lambda
• Feature/Setting: EventBridge Schedule, Python data aggregation scripts, SES send_email.
3.14. Azure Logic Apps
• Feature/Setting: Recurrence Trigger, SQL/Excel Connectors, “Send Email” via Outlook/SMTP.
3.15. Google Cloud Functions
• Feature/Setting: Cloud Scheduler, Financial API fetch, SendGrid send API.
3.16. IBM App Connect
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Event, JDBC/ERP API connectors, Email Output node.
3.17. Smartsheet Automation
• Feature/Setting: Time-based trigger, Report builder, Email Report action.
3.18. Domo
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Dataflow, Alert webhook, Email Schedule.
3.19. Tableau Prep Conductor
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Flow, Export to PDF, Email Delivery with SMTP.
3.20. Slack Workflow Builder
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Workflow, Google Sheets/ERP data fetch, “Send Message with Attachment.”
3.21. Monday.com Automations
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Automation, Excel Integration, Email Report action.
3.22. Trello Automation (Butler)
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Command, Attachment report, Email notification.
3.23. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Email API v3, Scheduled sending, Attachment function for PDF/CSV reports.

Benefits

4.1. Rapid and error-free generation of standardized financial reports.
4.2. Secure, audit-ready delivery to predefined management recipients.
4.3. Minimizes manual work and risk of omissions or delays.
4.4. Ensures up-to-date, actionable insights for financial oversight and strategic planning.
4.5. Enables compliance with internal and regulatory reporting requirements.