Close-management software whose Close AI agents prepare reconciliations, build and post journal entries to the ERP, and draft flux explanations, with accountant sign-off and captured audit evidence.
Few provider-stated limits. Provider figures (verbatim, provider-stated evidence): “Automate up to 80% of reconciliations” (Close AI page); DACH case study title “verkürzt den Monatsabschluss um über 50” (GetYourGuide)
Fit and decision conditions
Prerequisites
Close AI package “Includes Close Management”; ERP integration; agents built from a completed close or from a prebuilt library
CIO page: “SOC 1, 2, 3, and ISO 2700, 27701, and 42001 certifications”; SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 announced Dec 2021; ISO 42001 announced Jan 22, 2025; SOC 3 report and SOC bridge letters on trust page
The provider’s own sources say different things here. Provider-stated, not registry-verified; auditors, certification bodies, scopes and report periods not stated. SOC 1/2/3 are attestations. “ISO 2700” printed on CIO page (likely typo, not confirmed). Trust page names only SOC 3 and ISO 42001 – inconsistent with CIO page list. Audit reports available to customer Admins in-app / prospects via Account Executive
Product UI / AI Assistant language support not stated
Approval before posting
Agents: “an accountant signs off before it runs”; agents “review every result”; journal entries: FloQast can “enforce reviews and approvals” and lock approved journals; AI Assistant: “Approve the fixes you agree with, and it makes them”
Sign-off is before an agent runs; a per-posting approval gate before ERP posting is not explicitly described. March 2025 release says Journal Entry Agent creates and posts accruals without describing an approval step
Audit trail
“Every agent shows its reasoning”; “audit evidence is captured automatically”; Detect logs “every review and sign-off”; Risk & Compliance “grabs evidence from every AI action”; live agent inventory
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