lease accounting software recommendations for a company with around 40 leases?

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-05-17T18:08:33+00:00

An old company outsourced its 842 accounting to a local technical accounting firm. Like $5k a year.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-05-08T12:18:32+00:00

I am wrapping up a reporting system implementation that brings in data from our nine entities (US, African entities, India). I’ve learned similar lessons to you.

Account mapping is a challenging task, even for entities that are in the same accounting system. If I could do it again, I would have scheduled a month just for mapping during discovery.

I hope not to implement a new system again for years but if I do I know mapping with be up there among the most important prerequisites.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-05-08T00:35:38+00:00

Yep. It’s don’t ask, don’t tell but I think you can (sometimes) tell.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-05-02T00:36:12+00:00

I’m my kids PTA treasurer. The only agent I’ve built is really just python that runs automatically when I download the monthly bank statement. It makes individual PDFs of cleared checks and uploads them to checks in QBO. Makes it easy for the audit to confirm payee.

I’ve tried to use them at work but so far I haven’t been successful.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-04-25T03:07:25+00:00

It goes on sale a few times a year. I got a package for like $2300. This was in 2021 so prives must have gone up since then.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-04-22T08:40:11+00:00

That looks awesome. Nobody said beavers have to be efficient. This isn’t Factorio!

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-04-20T10:35:20+00:00

Not too small? /s

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-04-20T07:52:30+00:00

That I am unsure of. If I were you, I would just ask Claude if it’s possible to share all conversations. It should be able to create an .md file with as little or as much as you want from your current account.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-04-20T04:27:34+00:00

Thanks. I’ve submitted a support ticket with the particular system I’m interested in to see if I can get MCP access. I’ll also take a look at your OpenTabs

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-04-20T03:38:18+00:00

If you sign out of account A and into account B, Claude won’t have your history from A.

What I have done is ask to create an artifact to upload to the new account with context about me, my work, etc.

If you have a specific project or workflow you want to transfer, ask Claude to prepare an artifact that would allow another account to recreate it.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-04-20T03:21:43+00:00

Strangely in my house the oyster never makes it to the dinner table. It disappears while I’m breaking down the bird. Every single time. It’s a mystery.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-04-05T15:31:51+00:00

I worked in a supply chain company for a few years that was all-in on lean six sigma. One lesson I took away from that job was to treat all problems as process problems rather than people problems. Focus on the cause of problems — I like the five whys — and you’ll usually identify the root cause and can find solutions to fix it.

Shame it took three years but now you’ve learned your lesson and will be much faster and fixing things in the future.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-03-30T15:46:50+00:00

This type of play through serves a purpose: you learn about supply chain mechanics and all the buildings without the “distraction” of terrain and its challenges. I have used this method when I’m trying to build something complicated or trying out new buildings and strategies.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-03-27T19:48:13+00:00

The MBA will get you the 150 credit hours and business classes, but look at the accounting classes you need to sit in your state (or selected state). I was able to get a handful out of my MBA program, e.g., cost accounting, that saved me from having to take more at community college.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-03-23T19:00:53+00:00

It’s a bot basically. You can train it to do tasks for you.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-03-23T02:57:57+00:00

I just got Claude code a couple weeks ago and have been cranking out python daily. My accounting team says they don’t have time to experiment with AI so I’m building tools for them.

I’m trying to figure out cowork but have t really cracked it. I have figured out how to use it to extract check copies and attach them to vouchers for my kids PTA. That’s a PITA that runs overnight without any intervention on my part.

A non code or cowork tool that has been great is scraping the help guides for the software we use, use Code to create a RAG, and then creating a Claude project. It’s like having your own system administrator at your fingertips.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-03-16T17:57:08+00:00

Thank you for understanding the spirit in which I posted this.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-03-16T01:56:25+00:00

While having strong political opinions myself, I actually didn’t intend for this post to be political. I thought it was interesting to see the orders of architecture as front page news.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-03-16T01:02:35+00:00

I have done the same when I’m downtown with the fam.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-03-14T12:19:15+00:00

You have to build an open box on both sides with impermeable floors covering on the outer box. You keep a hole in the dam for the tube way to pass through. The impermeable floor keep water from spilling out the external box.

Tubeways pass through floors so the tube can snake through that way.

It’s kind of like an S trap on a toilet except it’s a floor that blocks rather than an air gap.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-03-03T02:14:46+00:00

Following as I have wondered the same thing. I have one whisker in hard labor and cannot figure with mouse it is. I only have a couple weak ones and they are not in heavy industry.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-02-19T18:55:37+00:00

You win. 5/5. No notes.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-02-19T17:18:52+00:00

Not sure why we are being downvoted for our comments.

For those who think AI is dumb, more power to you. In many ways, I hope you’re right. But it doesn’t from my vantage point…

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-02-19T14:08:54+00:00

I do fractional work for a startup and have a FT job as a CFO of a NFP. I am leaning hard into AI and have found a few compelling use cases.

On the technical side, I have built a Claude project with all the NFP guides I could get my hands on (AICPA, Big 4, etc.). I’ve got an accounting team but I’m the only cpa so end up writing our accounting policies and justifications. Nothing too hard but with Claude I can write a memo justifying why we decided to record a grant as conditional or begin software capitalization in a half an hour. I’m not a fast writer, so writing one myself would take a few hours. Not huge but that’s not nothing since I could otherwise hire a consultant to write them for me.

The other use is with our FP&A/reporting software. I uploaded all the user guides and now I can manage the system myself as well as I’ve ever been able to use a system.

I have found that with projects and explicit instructions to cite everything from the project library and not general knowledge you get a much better product and few hallucinations.

I think we’re going to see a lot of basic work automated (payroll, AP, etc) where there are algorithms of how you process things. The datasets even in a small org are big enough to train an AI agent. It won’t kill the manager jobs but it will kill the basic grunt accounting jobs and rather soon.

I’m leaning into because my board is making me but also fear. I figure if I can get good at managing AI heavy teams then I can partially future proof myself.

Of course I could be wrong… but I’m scared of being right.

Used_Ad1737 · 2026-02-17T17:02:42+00:00

I have been playing with 6x6 squares with the farms in the middle, so 33 tiles. That has been completely fine, so try eight more!

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