# Finance Use Cases — Agentican

## 10 workflows your finance team can delegate today.

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### 1. Monthly close checklist & status tracking

Execute core close tasks, revenue reconciliation and journal entry review in parallel, then compile and deliver daily.

![Monthly close checklist & status tracking](diagrams/finance-uc01.svg)

**Key pattern:** 3 parallel workstreams → compile → deliver. Core accounting, revenue and review run simultaneously.

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### 2. Monthly financial reporting package

Pull variance analysis, update KPI dashboard and provide cash position in parallel, then add narrative, approve and distribute.

![Monthly financial reporting package](diagrams/finance-uc02.svg)

**Key pattern:** 3 parallel → narrative → approve → distribute. Leadership gets a narrative, not a data dump.

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### 3. Budget vs. actual variance report

Pull actuals, analyze variances and add procurement context in parallel, then compile and deliver.

![Budget vs. actual variance report](diagrams/finance-uc03.svg)

**Key pattern:** Pull → parallel analysis → compile → deliver. Budget owners get explanations and recommendations, not just red numbers.

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### 4. Quarterly board package preparation

Compile financials, forecast, cash position and strategic narrative in parallel, then add executive summary and approve.

![Quarterly board package preparation](diagrams/finance-uc04.svg)

**Key pattern:** 4 parallel → executive summary → approve → deliver. What used to be a two-week scramble becomes structured assembly.

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### 5. Vendor spend analysis & contract review

Pull the vendor list, categorize spend and verify payment accuracy in parallel, then compile and deliver.

![Vendor spend analysis & contract review](diagrams/finance-uc05.svg)

**Key pattern:** Pull → parallel analysis → compile → deliver. Run quarterly before renewal season.

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### 6. Revenue recognition & ARR report

Review contracts and reconcile billing in parallel, produce ARR report, then review for compliance and approve.

![Revenue recognition & ARR report](diagrams/finance-uc06.svg)

**Key pattern:** Parallel review → ARR report → approve → deliver. The Controller approves before anything is finalized.

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### 7. Cash flow forecast & liquidity report

Build the 13-week forecast, then add AR/AP aging and operating context in parallel, compile and deliver.

![Cash flow forecast & liquidity report](diagrams/finance-uc07.svg)

**Key pattern:** Build → parallel context → compile → deliver. The Treasury Analyst builds the foundation, then AR/AP and operating context layer in.

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### 8. Annual budget planning

Build revenue model, gather expense inputs and model headcount in parallel, consolidate, add scenarios, approve and finalize.

![Annual budget planning](diagrams/finance-uc08.svg)

**Key pattern:** 3 parallel → consolidate → scenarios → approve → deliver. Revenue, expenses and headcount modeled simultaneously.

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### 9. Audit preparation package

Map audit requests, collect reconciliations, revenue schedules, control docs and tax evidence in parallel, review and approve.

![Audit preparation package](diagrams/finance-uc09.svg)

**Key pattern:** Map → 4 parallel collection → review → approve → deliver. What usually takes weeks becomes structured parallel assembly.

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### 10. Expense report review & policy compliance

Review expense reports against policy and flag unusual patterns in parallel, compile, approve and process.

![Expense report review & policy compliance](diagrams/finance-uc10.svg)

**Key pattern:** Parallel review → compile → approve → process. The approval gate catches exceptions before money moves.

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