Resources

Practical tools for finance teams.

Free templates and focused paid frameworks built from recurring finance problems. Each resource is designed to help you put a stronger routine in place - not add another layer of theory.

AI for FinanceXLSX + prompt pack · Free

AI for Accounts Receivable: a 2,000-invoice test

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A practical collections lab: use a ChatGPT Project to hold the working context, prepare the next review and keep investigation and decisions with finance.

Best used for: Use it to test how AI can organise a collections review without pretending it knows why an invoice is unpaid.

AI governanceExcel + PDF · Free

AI Control Set for Finance

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The twelve controls, threshold register, sign-off gate and pilot scorecard behind the finance control framework - set up for one exception queue at a time.

Best used for: Use it to answer the audit committee question 'how is AI controlled in finance' with evidence rather than assurance, before the statutory auditor asks it first.

ControllershipExcel + PDF · Free

The Month-End Close Checklist

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A practical close checklist covering 30 essential tasks across payroll, revenue, inventory, treasury, tax, fixed assets and reporting.

Best used for: Use it to assign owners, sequence work by business day and create a more disciplined close rhythm without adding a new system.

Cash managementExcel · Free

Cash Runway Calculator

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A four-week view of expected receipts, payments, weekly net movement and closing cash for founders and lean finance teams.

Best used for: Use it as a quick weekly cash check to see how long cash may last and which week needs management attention first.

Finance automationPDF + Excel · $19

Finance Automation Opportunity Map

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A practical framework for prioritising finance automation ideas without losing control, auditability or practical ROI.

Best used for: Use it to rank automation opportunities, define human-review boundaries and decide where ERP, bank, email or workflow integration is worth scoping separately.

Founder financePDF + Excel · $19

Founder Monthly Finance Review Pack

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A monthly finance review framework built around cash, margin, runway, exceptions, decisions and action ownership.

Best used for: Use it to run a sharper monthly review before a founder, controller or fractional CFO adds heavier reporting tools.

ReconciliationPDF + Excel · $19

Bank Reconciliation Control Framework

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A focused bank-reconciliation framework for exception ageing, ownership, evidence requirements and reviewer sign-off.

Best used for: Use it to move bank reconciliation from line matching into a controlled exception workflow.

FinanceOps Foundry

Start with the process. Then improve the technology.

These resources are deliberately simple. They help teams make ownership, timing and decisions visible before considering automation or AI.