Business administration · Incoming Invoices and Receipts

Invoice processing and GL coding, where the accountant only reviews the exceptions

If your accountant quit tomorrow, who would enter the invoices?

If invoices are still keyed in, matched and coded by hand in accounts, the length of the close depends on who is in that day. The system compares the invoice data retrieved from NAV, the Hungarian tax authority, with the order and the delivery note, the AI suggests the coding, and the accountant only has to deal with the discrepancies.

In use at the first company or site within 8-10 weeks · from NAV data and paper · alongside your existing ERP

Does this sound familiar?

When the length of the close depends on who is in that day

This is how CFOs, finance directors and back-office leaders tend to put it.

Month-end close

The monthly close is unpredictable

“The close should take the same number of days every month.”

Finance director, mid-sized company

Turn of the month

Invoices pile up at peak times

“The backlog shouldn’t grow at every turn of the month.”

Head of back office, large enterprise

Typing or analysis

What is already in NAV gets keyed in by hand

“I want time for analysis, not just typing.”

Finance director, mid-sized company

New colleague

Everything depends on who knows the exceptions

“A new colleague shouldn’t need months of learning to work independently.”

Head of back office, large enterprise

Overpayment

Discrepancies come to light late

“An overpayment shouldn’t slip through my team.”

Head of back office, large enterprise

Another rollout

There can’t be another over-promised project

“I can’t afford another over-promised rollout.”

Finance director, mid-sized company

Not sure yet whether this is what you need?

Our expert will tell you whether it fits your situation.

What is at stake

The three-way match usually comes up when the auditor asks about it

As long as the invoice, the order and the goods receipt are in three separate places, the three-way match is done afterwards and by hand, in Excel spreadsheets that nobody has documented. If the auditor or internal audit objects to this, the finding is about the CFO’s internal controls.

“The three-way match shouldn’t end up in the auditor’s management letter.” CFO, large enterprise

9-10%

is how much average gross earnings may rise in 2026, while invoices are keyed in by hand by colleagues who are ever costlier and harder to replace.

Source: Telex, Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) data

How it works

An invoice’s path from arrival to posting

01

It arrives

We retrieve the invoice data from the NAV Online Invoice system, and the AI reads the attachments, delivery notes and receipt slips that arrive on paper.

02

It matches

The system compares the invoice with the order and the goods receipt.

03

It suggests, people decide

Learning from past postings, the AI suggests the coding, and the accountant reviews the discrepancies.

04

Approval and posting

After performance certification and approval, the system posts the invoice to the ERP.

Invoice coding

Coding suggestions from your own past postings

If two colleagues code the same vendor’s invoices in two different ways, the problem is not the typing but the lack of a consistent practice. The AI learns from at least a year of coded invoices, and for every new invoice it makes a suggestion that the accountant accepts or corrects.

  • Consistent coding, regardless of who enters the invoice
  • A discrepancy goes onto the exception list at once, so it comes to light before the close
  • Handwritten receipt slips and delivery notes are included in the matching too
What you get

The full document chain, from invoice to posting

The close takes the same number of days every month, and the reconciliation can be traced at audit time too.

  • 01Automatic invoice capture from NAV data and paper
  • 02Three-way match: invoice, order, goods receipt
  • 03Coding suggestions learned from past postings
  • 04Performance certification and approval
  • 05Posting to the ERP
  • 06An exception list, so the accountant only has to deal with the exceptions
Before you decide

Worth knowing

Who it is for: finance directors, finance managers and heads of shared service centres at manufacturing, retail and logistics companies that process at least 1,000 incoming invoices a month.

What we need from you

Orders and goods receipts must be recorded in some system, and you need at least a year of coded invoice history for the AI to learn from.

Rollout

8-10 weeks at the first company or site. The price consists of a one-off set-up fee and a per-invoice operating fee, and depends on the invoice volume.

What it builds on

AI that processes documents and suggests coding, handwriting recognition for delivery notes, NAV Online Invoice data, the DOCMAN approval workflow, and a connection built to your existing ERP.

What it does not solve

It does not replace the accountant, it gives no tax advice, and it does not touch outgoing invoicing.

The Incoming Invoices and Receipts product sheet

What we did not cover on this page: the steps from a small first step to the complete solution, why it pays to go this way, and how we work along the way. Feel free to forward it to your colleagues.

Not sure whether incoming invoices are the place to start?

In 2-4 weeks, the Situation Assessment shows where most time goes on manual work and how many hours a week that adds up to. It costs HUF 199,000 + VAT, which we deduct from the price of your first development. If we do not find at least 20 hours a week of replaceable manual work, we refund the fee.

Frequently asked questions

What finance leaders usually ask

No. It takes data entry and matching off their hands and suggests the coding, but the decisions and the handling of discrepancies stay with the accountant.

From the company’s past postings. This needs at least a year of coded invoice history.

It is not built for one particular ERP. We post the approved invoice to the company’s existing system through an integration.

The AI reads them, even if the receipt slip was filled in by hand, and they go into the three-way match in the same way.

The price consists of a one-off set-up fee and a per-invoice operating fee. The amount depends on the invoice volume and the system environment. We give you an exact quote after the Situation Assessment or a conversation with one of our experts.

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