The Accounting Podcast | Eliminating the financial close with AI 🎙 Live at Sage Intacct Advantage

Eliminating the financial close with AI 🎙 Live at Sage Intacct Advantage

November 25, 2019 / 16:40/E133

"AI changes everything" — that was one of the themes of the Sage Intacct Advantage conference this fall. To discuss what that means for the Intacct product, we're joined by Aaron Harris, CTO of Sage (and one of the founders of Intacct), Brendan Woods, founder and CEO of AutoEntry (recently acquired by Sage), and Dan Miller, VP of Product for Sage Intacct. Listen in to learn about how Sage Intacct is applying AI to build what they call the "Intelligent GL" enabling continuous accounting and perhaps even someday eliminating the financial close.

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Show Notes

01:07 – Meet our guests!
01:48 – Aaron talks about what's on the horizon for Sage, including the launch of Intelligent GL | Sage
02:32 – Intelligent GL uses AI to provide continuous trust, and continuous insights that help customers make better business decisions
03:13 – Blasphemy! How dare you try to take away our close ... Ha!
05:02 – Brendan shares how AutoEntry will work with Sage to make sure the data is in the right place at the right time
08:33 – Aaron talks about the importance of partnering with other software providers to create a centralized hub for their clients' financial activities
09:57 – Dan talks about the Sage People rollout in 2020
11:37 – You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it stop loving Excel
13:28 – After a certain point of growth, Excel's capabilities no longer scale
14:02 – Dan gives some detail on Sage's Visual Explorer

Connect with Our Guests

Aaron Harris, CTO, Sage
- Website: https://www.sageintacct.com/leadership/aaron-harris
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-harris-7407b2/
Brendan Woods, Founder and CEO, AutoEntry
- Website: https://www.autoentry.com/about-us
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/woodsbrendan/
Dan Miller, VP of Product, Sage Intacct
- Website: https://www.sageintacct.com/leadership/dan-miller
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielgmiller/

Episode Art Photo Credit:

April Blankenship
- https://twitter.com/aprilblnknshp
- https://twitter.com/aprilblnknshp/status/1187023281687130112/photo/2

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