Accounting & Financial Operations

Finance

Finance that links to sales and procurement — not a monolith.

Controllers and accountants need a proper general ledger — chart of accounts, journal entries, AR and AP, payment application, and bank reconciliation — without buying an ERP that forces CRM and inventory on day one. Finance is rebuilt as an independently entitleable NestJS + Next.js product with its own API, portal, billing SKU, and schema prefix fin_. It covers currencies through bank accounts with service links to CRM, POS, and procurement for document-driven posting workflows — each module keeping its own data boundary.

Category: Business Suite Platform

Who This Is For

Controllers managing GL and period close, accountants handling AR/AP and payment application, finance managers running multi-currency and bank accounts, and suite operators entitling Finance when back-office is ready — not on day one of CRM.

Business Challenges

Common operational pain points this solution addresses for accounting & financial operations teams.

  • Chart of accounts, journals, and trial balance live in Excel — month-end close is a fire drill
  • Sales orders in CRM and purchase invoices in procurement do not flow to the ledger
  • Exchange rates and currency codes are manual lookups instead of system-managed
  • Applying customer payments to open invoices requires cross-referencing three screens
  • Finance was bundled into a CRM you did not want — you need GL and AR/AP, not a full suite rewrite

Use Cases

  • Month-end journal post: accountant drafts entries, reviews debits and credits, posts to GL — trial balance reflects period close
  • CRM sales order invoices: shipped sales order triggers AR invoice creation when CRM and Finance are linked; payment terms carry over
  • Vendor bill from procurement: goods receipt in Procurement creates AP bill in Finance for payment scheduling
  • Customer payment received: treasury records payment, applies to open AR invoices, updates customer balance
  • Multi-currency invoice: export sale in EUR with exchange rate from Finance currency table; GL posts in functional currency

Platform Modules

Core capabilities delivered as integrated modules—not disconnected point solutions.

  • Currencies and chart of accounts

    Currency codes, exchange rates, and hierarchical chart of accounts structured for your entity.

  • Journal entries

    Draft and post journal entries with line-level debits and credits. Audit trail on posted entries for period close.

  • Accounts receivable

    AR invoices with payment terms. Link intent from CRM sales orders when both products are entitled and integrated.

  • Accounts payable

    AP bills from vendors. Link intent from procurement purchase invoices when procurement is linked.

  • Payments and banks

    Record payments, apply to open invoices and bills. Bank account management against posted transactions.

  • Service links and webhooks

    Platform link-activated webhooks for cross-product document events — CRM, POS, and procurement posting intent without shared ledger tables.

Business Benefits

  • Structured COA through GL — not spreadsheets and fire-drill month-end closes
  • AR and AP in one finance product with payment application workflows
  • Multi-currency support with system-managed exchange rates
  • Linked posting intent from CRM sales orders and procurement invoices when siblings are entitled
  • Standalone runnable — manual journals, AR, AP, and banks without CRM on day one
  • Zero shared ledger database with CRM, POS, or procurement — webhooks and service links only

Implementation Approach

Phased rollout designed to minimize disruption while delivering value at each milestone.

  1. Set up COA and currencies

    Configure chart of accounts, functional currency, and exchange rates for your entity structure.

  2. Entitle and link

    Enable Finance SKU on Suite Platform; register service links to CRM and Procurement for document-driven posting.

  3. Post journals

    Draft, review, and post manual and system-generated journal entries through period close.

  4. Manage AR/AP

    Create invoices and bills; record and apply customer and vendor payments.

  5. Reconcile banks

    Track bank accounts against posted transactions and reconcile for treasury control.

Technologies

  • NestJS API
  • Next.js portal
  • TypeScript contracts
  • PostgreSQL / Supabase (fin_* schema)
  • JSON file store (local dev)
  • Platform service links
  • Cross-product webhooks

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Each product owns prefixed tables. Posting flows through service links and webhooks, not joined schemas.

Yes. Manual journals, AR, AP, and bank accounts work standalone. CRM integration adds automated AR intent from sales orders.

Single-entity COA and journals are scaffolded. Multi-entity consolidation is a future extension.

Finance scaffold focuses on core GL, AR/AP, and banks first. Fixed assets and depreciation are planned extensions beyond current scope.

Full automated AR posting from CRM sales orders depends on both products being entitled and linked via Platform service links. Validate your workflow in discovery before assuming hands-free close.

Add a proper ledger on your timeline

Entitle Finance when back-office is ready — link CRM and procurement for document-driven posting without buying the whole suite on day one.