Finance & operations

From expenses to month-end close, ANIMA moves work forward

Call ANIMA in your LINE group or Teams to handle expenses. ANIMA Workspace can also draw on past experience to check records, prepare payment requests, and draft month-end reports for your review.

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ANIMA completed 4 tasks overnight. 2 need your review.

ERPSupplier invoices · 2 amounts differ from purchase orders
Needs review
LINESite payment request · Acceptance documents ready
Needs review
Google SheetsOctober month-end report · First draft
Running
LINEExpense claim · 12 receipts entered
Done

Learn: Check costs and documents against company rules

ANIMA learns expense rules, account categories, and reimbursement standards, and applies them to every check.

Execute: Documents arrive, ANIMA gets started

When receipts arrive in the group, ANIMA reads the details, categorizes and records them, and flags anomalies.

Share Context: Finance, purchasing, and sites stay in sync

Payment requests, acceptance records, and discrepancy notes stay with each entry for whoever takes over.

Scenario · Across industries · ANIMA in LINE

Receipts sent to the group, filed by company rules

After photographing a receipt, colleagues still have to enter amounts, dates, and tax IDs. Formatting mistakes often cause rejection.A colleague sends a receipt photo to LINE. ANIMA reads the amount, date, and tax ID, records it under the company's account categories, and flags duplicate claims and expired documents.

Admin group · Expenses
Read
18:40
Taxi receiptNT$3852026/08/20Tax ID 12345678
Read
18:40
@ANIMA Taxi to Customer K, Aug 20.
ANIMA
Recorded: Travel, NT$385
Amount, date, and tax IDNT$385, Aug 20, ID OKReceipt
Record by account categoryTravel · row 18Sheets
Flags duplicates and expiredNo dup; 60+ days, flaggedRules
ANIMA Workspace · Inbox
LINESite A: 3F plumbing acceptedSynced
Synology NASAcceptance form, signedSynced
Google SheetsPlumbing 2nd payment NT$860KSynced
Payment request readyToday 17:20
Acceptance documents3F form signed
Payment request recordsNT$860K request filled
Notify responsible colleagueJoy notified
Request filed with the signed form.
Scenario · Construction · ANIMA Workspace

Payment request documents in one place

Site payment requests depend on acceptance documents. Information is scattered across groups, NAS, and spreadsheets.ANIMA gathers related messages and documents in the Inbox. On the day acceptance is completed, the payment request documents are ready and the responsible colleague is notified.

Scenario · Manufacturing · ANIMA in Teams

Explain expense differences with original documents

The finance manager asks in Teams why this month's freight costs exceeded budget. Previously, accounting had to compare the records separately.The manager mentions @ANIMA. ANIMA compares purchase orders, quotes, and exchange-rate records, explains discrepancies, and cites each original document.

ANIMA Workspace · Invoice gap
ERPB billed 525K vs. PO 500K25K off
Invoice gap · one task
Invoice discrepancy+25K vs. PO, task createdANIMA
Purchasing adds negotiationsOct 15: packaging extra, 25KLin
Manager approves resolutionUpdate PO, pay in fullChen
Your callApprove NT$525K to B
Scenario · Manufacturing · ANIMA Workspace

Resolve invoice discrepancies together

A supplier invoice differs from the purchase order. Different colleagues hold the explanation and proposed resolution.ANIMA identifies the discrepancy and creates a task. Purchasing adds negotiation records there, and the manager approves how the difference will be handled.

Scenario · Import and export · ANIMA Workspace

Month-end discrepancies in view, close on time

Month-end close combines shipments and exchange differences in multiple currencies. Finance managers must check entries one by one.ANIMA gathers ERP, spreadsheet, and bank data and drafts the month-end report using company exchange-rate rules, surfacing only discrepancies needing review.

ANIMA Workspace · Command Center
ERP2 sample shipments not invoicedTo review
Microsoft 365Bank: Customer E short USD 25To review
Google SheetsJPY receivables FX −NT$32KTo review
October close draft3 to review
ERP and bank data312 entries, 309 match
Apply exchange-rate rulesOct 31 spot rate
Discrepancies for reviewInvoice, bank, FX gaps
Your callConfirm October close draft
ANIMA Workspace · Auto Mode
Yijun: Taichung trip, 5 itemsRunning
Expense check · Yijun, 5 items
Check accounts and receipts4 of 5 match account, receipt
Compare budgetTravel budget: 12K left, OK
Exceptions and rejection notes1 lacks tax ID, note drafted
Your callReturn 1 item with a note
Scenario · Across industries · ANIMA Workspace

Expense submitted, checks run automatically

After an expense is submitted, accounting must check categories, documents, and budgets individually.ANIMA learns expense rules and past review practices. Submission triggers checks of categories, documents, and budgets, flags anomalies, and prepares rejection explanations. The results wait for your review.

More workflows for your team

Start with a workflow from the library, then adapt it to how your company works.

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FAQ

Yes. ANIMA supports over 200 data sources. See the data connections page for the full list, or contact us if your system is not listed.

Access is limited by role, and financial data is visible only to authorized team members.

You always make payments and transfers; ANIMA checks, organizes, and prepares the data.

Every number comes with its source and how it was calculated, so you can check it against the original document.

Workspace Intelligence is ANIMA's enterprise AI infrastructure. It connects company data and builds company context, so people can work with that context in Teams, Slack, LINE, and their preferred AI tools. ANIMA Workspace is the workspace app built on that context, giving each person one place to manage and direct their work. Companies can adopt either one on its own. Used together, they share the same company context and permissions.

Back every entry with a clear source

Book a 30-minute online consultation to see how ANIMA fits the way your finance team works.