Automation is different in finance because the work is repetitive and data-heavy, but every improvement has to preserve controls, reconciliations, approvals, and an auditable trail.
The current examples in invoicing, SOP generation, and administrative productivity show that finance automation creates the most value when it removes manual processing and documentation burden while making the function faster, more standardised, and more reliable at close, reporting, and payment time.
Komatsu Australia, the local arm of the global construction and mining equipment manufacturer, used Microsoft Power Automate and AI Builder to build a Robotic Process Automation solution for invoice fixing. Going from licence purchase to a production RPA solution in just four weeks, the automation saved 300 hours per year on invoicing for a single supplier and is being expanded to cover all suppliers.