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Deliverable

Accrued Expenses

Identify, post, and reverse accruals at month end with full audit trail.

Cadence
Monthly close
Output
Posted accrual JEs + reversal JEs
Review
Batch approval at month-end close
Integrations
QuickBooks OnlineXeroAccounting SeedGmail

How HaiFi does this

The workflow, step by step.

Every step captured in the audit log. The AI's reasoning chain is stored with the entry — your team can audit what was decided, why, and where the AI was unsure.

  1. 1

    Identify accruable activity

    Scan for services received but not invoiced, payroll period boundaries, utility usage past meter-read date, contractor hours logged but unbilled. Pull supporting evidence from the receipt repository and inbox.

  2. 2

    Quantify each accrual

    Use prior-period patterns, contract rates, vendor estimates, or actual invoices received post-close. Confidence score on each accrual indicating how solid the estimate is.

  3. 3

    Draft the accrual JE

    Debit the expense account, credit accrued liabilities. Class, location, and project tags inherited from the matching transaction pattern.

  4. 4

    Draft the reversal for next period

    Each accrual paired with a reversal entry dated the first day of the following month. When the actual invoice comes in, the reversal already cleared the accrual.

  5. 5

    Reconcile to the accrual GL balance

    Sum of active accruals should tie to the accrued liabilities GL account. Variance flagged with the orphaned accrual or stale entry called out.

  6. 6

    Approve the batch and post

    Reviewer approves accruals and reversals together at month-end close. Both entries post to the GL with audit trail linking the pair.

What you get

The deliverable, productized.

Posted accrual entries for the close period, paired reversal entries for the following period, and a schedule that ties the accrual GL balance to the underlying support.

Output preview
Posted to ledger
Audit log entry
Excel workpaper
Pending approval queue
Output format depends on the deliverable — see specifics above.

Without HaiFi vs. with

The time you get back.

Manual today

Senior accountant reviews the close period for unrecorded liabilities, estimates each, drafts the accrual JE, drafts the reversal, posts both, then watches the next month to make sure the reversal cleared. Time-consuming and easy to miss — accruals are where most close errors hide.

With HaiFi

Accruals detected and quantified from posted activity and the inbox. Reversals paired automatically. Reviewer approves the batch at close — usually under 10 minutes for SMB clients.

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