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Automated reconciliation of bank transactions

Purpose

 1.1. The automated reconciliation of bank transactions automates the matching and validation of payments, deposits, and withdrawals from bank feeds with financial records, ledgers, and ERP entries.
 1.2. This automation ensures consistency, reduces manual intervention, prevents errors, and accelerates monthly/quarterly closings for finance teams at dynamometer suppliers.
 1.3. Automatedly detects mismatches, flags anomalies, supports audit trails, and supports compliance in wholesale automotive operations managing diverse revenue streams.

Trigger Conditions

 2.1. Automated trigger upon new bank statement or transaction import via SFTP, API, or real-time bank feed.
 2.2. Automates with scheduled polling (e.g., hourly, daily) from integrated banking platforms.
 2.3. User-initiated automation from finance dashboard or ERP platform workflow.
 2.4. Automatedly triggered when GL or ERP record is created or closed.

Platform Variants


 3.1. Oracle NetSuite
 • Feature/Setting: Bank Feeds SuiteApp—automate fetch, match, and reconcile via “Bank Reconciliation” and “Transaction Matching” API endpoints.

 3.2. SAP S/4HANA
 • Feature/Setting: Bank Communication Management, automates importing and processing using “Bank Statement APIs”.

 3.3. QuickBooks Online
 • Feature/Setting: Banking API—automate bank feeds and transaction match function (POST /banking/account/{account_id}/transactions).

 3.4. Xero
 • Feature/Setting: Bank Transactions API—automatedly fetch and reconcile using “POST /banktransactions”.

 3.5. Sage Intacct
 • Feature/Setting: Cash Management module—automate reconciliation with “create_bankreconciliation” SOAP API call.

 3.6. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance
 • Feature/Setting: Automated Bank Reconciliation workspace—utilize “Data management” APIs to automate SAP/CSV ingestion.

 3.7. Zoho Books
 • Feature/Setting: Bank Feeds—automates transaction import and matching via /bankaccounts/transactions API.

 3.8. FreshBooks
 • Feature/Setting: Automated Bank Imports—Bank Transactions endpoint for facilitated reconciliation automation.

 3.9. Plaid
 • Feature/Setting: Transactions and Auth product—automating access to real-time financial data with /transactions/get.

 3.10. Yodlee
 • Feature/Setting: Transactions API—automator for real-time aggregation and reconciliation of bank records.

 3.11. PayPal
 • Feature/Setting: Transaction Search API—automatedly fetches, filters, and reconciles payment activities.

 3.12. Stripe
 • Feature/Setting: Balance Transactions and Reconciliation API—automated reconciliation of incoming payments.

 3.13. Revolut Business
 • Feature/Setting: Statements API—automates export and sync of bank statements.

 3.14. Wise Business
 • Feature/Setting: Statements endpoint—automator for automated acquisition and reconciling of cross-border transactions.

 3.15. HSBCnet
 • Feature/Setting: Direct Connectivity API—automates statement delivery and transaction validation.

 3.16. Monzo Business
 • Feature/Setting: Feed API—automatedly streams transaction data.

 3.17. Bank of America CashPro
 • Feature/Setting: Direct Connect API—automates downloading statements for reconciliation.

 3.18. CitiDirect
 • Feature/Setting: CitiConnect® API—automated retrieval and reconciliation of electronic statements.

 3.19. JP Morgan Chase Treasury API
 • Feature/Setting: Bank Statements API—automates daily feeds for reconciliation automation.

 3.20. Cloud-based ETL Platform (e.g., Fivetran)
 • Feature/Setting: Connector to financial data source—automates data movement and transformation for enterprise reconciliations.

Benefits

 4.1. Significantly automates reconciliation time, reducing from hours to minutes.
 4.2. Automatedly minimizes human errors and increases audit integrity.
 4.3. Automates identification and flagging of suspicious, duplicate, or mismatched transactions.
 4.4. Supports scalable workflows, automating growing transaction volumes as the business expands.
 4.5. Creates automation-driven, real-time visibility in cash flow and working capital with reconciled data.
 4.6. Reduces operational overhead, allowing finance teams to focus on exception management and strategic analysis.
 4.7. Automates compliance tasks, generating ready audit logs and reconciliation reports for regulatory checks.

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