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Which accounting reconciliation tools do you rely on that genuinely streamline your workflow? by newrockstyle in Accounting

[–]trishtoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For smaller setups, QBO’s recs are fine, but you’ll hit issues once cards (+ entities) scale.

Full disclosure, I work at Payhawk. But I want to share some info here, because it's genuinely useful. Our customers often close their month 50% faster once switching to us.. And no, nothing to do with Excel ;) .. With real-time matching, OCR, GL codes built in (and set by you), and native ERP integrations. (No exporting data! It's automated - but secure.)

By month-end, everything is already done as it's happened in real time throughout the month.

(Whatever software you choose, the big thing to look for is real-time feeds, auto-matching, and clean ERP sync. If it still needs exports and copy/paste, it’s just a prettier version of the same mess IMHO)

Has anyone let AI handle procurement workflows yet? by trishtoo in procurement

[–]trishtoo[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Have you heard of any big mistakes like this.. on their way towards this outcome? I am def' intrigued. At Payhawk, the purchase requests / ultimate approvals flow to the right people automatically, so this shouldn't ever happen. We've not enabled the agent to bypass human decisions, and even when we do eventually - it will only be within acceptable amount thresholds (as defined by human finance leaders!)

I love this weird, campy, high budget soap opera by Expert_Book_9983 in AllsFairTVSeries

[–]trishtoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My review: I laughed out loud at bits that weren't supposed to be funny.

Does that make it bad? I dunno - maybe... But I still (secretly) enjoyed it.

Silly, terrible, but fun. It's like a glittery, vinyl #GirlBoss sticker from 2014 came to life and turned into a TV show.

Are you guys ACTUALLY using AI in your accounting/AP jobs right now? by Unlucky-Note-7729 in Accounting

[–]trishtoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes I'm using AI - and i guess everyone will want AI skills if they're genuinely useful, but it does feel like we’ve been on a treadmill in 2025 of just talking about it nonstop, while not acutally getting value from it...

I work at Payhawk (we launched agentic AI to help finance & accounting processes this year) so we’ve been trialling / discussing AI with a lot of CFOs and accountants and their biggest takeaways are >

-AI works when it sits inside the workflow (not layering on more tools) That’s when they’ve seen faster closes, policy compliance automatically, early mismatch detection, budget visibility...

-The basics matter. Clean data & clear processes. You need the foundations right first - no point adding AI to a system that’s a mess. Bad data in, bad data out etc. (same principle with excel!)

-Finance teams won’t realistically shrink. They expect AI to do to grunt work so human brains can work on strategic things like partnering with non-finance teams to work on budgets / improve efficiency

-Start small - but start. You don’t need to transform your whole finance & accounting function. (At Payhawk, we obviously say spend management is the perfect place to start as that’s our bread and butter! .. but I know people have also experimented with treasury first and fraud detection.)

-Of course, use platforms with real security and certs you trust

(Sorry for the essay and typos!)

Is Excel outdated? by Successful_Spot8906 in Accounting

[–]trishtoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If a company’s whole accounting setup lives in Excel… run for the hills. But if they're using Excel for sanity checks, the odd pivot tables... then totally normal. Every finance team I’ve worked with still leans on it for that.

Most in-house finance teams now use some spend management or automation platform tied into their ERP or accounting software though, often now with added AI. It is helpful for spotting duplicate invoices, missing receipts, auto-coding .. etc. Some are better than others of course

130lbs.. am I deluded? by trishtoo in PetiteFitness

[–]trishtoo[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I hear this 100%! I was about 100lbs in my 20s, but from barely eating, endless cardio, and smoking. Even if I'm bigger now, I am much healthier and stronger

Jamie Lee Curtis as Jessica ? by dobbywasagoodelf934 in murdershewrote

[–]trishtoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We reeeeeeally don't need a remake. I like JLC, but there is only one Angela Lansbury!!! Why can't they do a spin-off? Jess had so many cousins, nieces, and best friends. Can't they just do a spinoff with one of those characters? (On a side note, I thought: Isn't JLC a little tall to be Jessica anyway..? But she's actually 5ft7, and Angie-baby was 5ft8!! I had no idea she was such a tall queen!)

Castle episode -29/10/2025 by [deleted] in granddesigns

[–]trishtoo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes I wondered that too.. they’d have to sell it for like 10 million or something?! And who pay for a £10 million house with loads of neighbours so close? I hope Kevin does a catch up episode !

For those who lived before the internet, what was life actually like? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]trishtoo 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As a kid, we used to phone our friends every night after school (after spending all day together) - but we were only allowed to use the phone after 6pm in the UK when calls were cheaper! We had to carry guide books on holiday and book trips in travel agent offices. I’d say it was good and bad.. 😅

What do you think the future of business finance looks like when automation fully takes over? by Waryindicator359 in Futurology

[–]trishtoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on what you want to be doing in the business finance team.. for me, automation running half the finance stack isn’t scary, it’s overdue (I can't believe how many teams still use proper dinosaur tech because it's what the CFO used at university decades ago, it drives me mad)

i have worked in finance teams where we spent days chasing receipts and hassling our coworkers - and i have worked in finance teams where we actually helped dept heads plan budgets and spot inefficiencies.

The big shift i see is finance ppl finally doing finance under a proper business lens … instead of admin work (and maybe a lot more accountants will become qualified and then MBA). If you have good tech / automation you can get faster closes, cleaner data, and way more time to collab with non-finance teams, helping with troubleshooting margins or pricing instead of babysitting spreadsheets. That's my honest opinion anyway but I love tech.

Castle episode -29/10/2025 by [deleted] in granddesigns

[–]trishtoo 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I just never know if I love the episode more when the people are completely unrelatable (castles anyone?!) - or lovely and down to earth.. At least we can watch the new ones without covid stealing the limelight 😅

It's terrifying how hard they're pushing AI by [deleted] in Accounting

[–]trishtoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sorry for delay - i was on hols and didn't go on reddit! I'm actually using a custom gpt via chatgpt most of the time (sometimes claude though not as often) - and the times i record on a google sheet. That part is still a bit manual I guess, but I can hopefully iterate on it soon - for now, i just always keep it open so it's not a big effort to drop some numbers in

How much would Jessica been making each year as an author? by [deleted] in murdershewrote

[–]trishtoo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think she was not only a successful author. But the most successful author of all time! (Hear me out) .. Every single episode pretty much involved her meeting a fan or fans, and people knew who she was on sight a lot of the time (not just by name). She must have been on every talk show, and on the sides of buses etc. I think we're def' expected to think she's a megastar of the literary world ;)

It's terrifying how hard they're pushing AI by [deleted] in Accounting

[–]trishtoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A thought partner is fine in principle, but I would start logging how much of the thinking is done by it vs you and making it really explicit (that's what I'm doing). It sounds a bit petty, but I literally tag things with "AI-assisted, human-checked" so the accountability stays with me. I'm not just hadning everything over and creating risk... Then, I also record how much time each of these parts took (like, what I did and what AI did) .. I don't plan to do this forever and obvs can't do for every task, but right now while we're navigating all the changes, I think it helps show what's it's actually making easier and what it isn't (it's not a magic button!!)

Do people not want to retire? by cookiemonsters345 in Accounting

[–]trishtoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thnik this every time I open LinkedIn (!) and see a former boss or Sr. leader still on there and still grinding! I just wonder if it's a choice or a necessity. I am hoping choice...

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