AI Accountant does the bookkeeping. Your team runs the firm.
Strata's AI Accountant performs the full month-end close across your client portfolio. Categorization, reconciliation, exception handling, financial statements. Your associates review completed books and focus on advisory.
Built on the same platform Pilot has used since 2017 to serve 7,000+ businesses. Production-grade bookkeeping automation, now available to your firm.
each month
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Automated reconciliation
Strata sits on top of QuickBooks and automates the reconciliation workflow. Bank feeds, transactions, and categorizations are matched and applied directly to the ledger in QBO. No migration. QuickBooks stays your system of record.
Books closed on time, every month
Clean, timely monthly financials delivered directly in QuickBooks. No scrambling at month-end. No backlog.
What the AI handles. What your team handles.
The AI does the close. Your team approves the finished product and focuses on clients.
What the AI does
Full close, autonomously
Full month-end close
Categorization, reconciliation, exception handling, and financial statement production. Done autonomously. Hours, not weeks.
Exception resolution
Exceptions aren't flagged for your team to solve. They're resolved and logged for review. The AI handles edge cases the way a senior accountant would.
Financial statements
P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet produced automatically. Audit-ready books delivered to your team for sign-off.
What humans do
Expert Judgment
Review & sign-off
Your associates review completed books, not work-in-progress. Nothing ships without human sign-off.
Advisory & client strategy
With the close handled, your team shifts to the higher-value work they were trained for. The work your clients actually pay for.
Client relationship
Your associates own the client relationship. Strata frees them to spend time where it matters most.
From ingest to close. Fully automated.
Strata connects to your clients' financial stack, processes every transaction, and delivers completed books. No manual steps in between.
Ingest
Plaid-powered connections to 10,000+ financial institutions, including your clients' favorite tools like Stripe, Square, Gusto, Bill, Clio, and more.
Process
The AI runs the full close. Onboarding, chart of accounts configuration, historical books, edge cases, financial statements. Hours, not weeks.
Report
See the close status of every client in a single dashboard. No chasing down your team for updates.
Six steps. Every client. Every month.
This is the exact process that runs for each of your clients. No shortcuts, no skipped steps.
Pre-close review
Full historical review of P&L, balance sheet, and transaction detail to surface material issues before touching the current month.
Import & reconcile
Import all bank and credit card activity from statements. Reconcile every account to statement balances, including mid-cycle tie-outs.
Categorize & normalize
Categorize all activity using historically consistent vendor/account patterns. Normalize vendor names, clear all pending items, and correct mappings.
The Strata close
Standard close process supporting both cash and accrual-basis customers. The same process, every client, every month.
Checklist & close controls
Tick-and-tie, AI review, invoice clearing, fixed asset & depreciation checks, and all validation gates. Books aren't shipped until they're ready.
Flag & communicate
Document all material findings and items requiring client input. Surface issues clearly so nothing is buried.
We don't just close the books. We flag what matters.
Every month, the AI Accountant surfaces issues that would otherwise stay buried until audit season. These are the conversations your team should be having with clients.
A/R integrity & write-off candidates
Flags negative A/R balances, A/R flat 5+ months, and aging invoices. Prompts write-off discussions and payment application reviews.
Payroll configuration issues
Flags payroll tools misconfigured for departmental splits, unexplained negative liabilities, and liability accounts that never move despite recurring expenses.
Revenue recognition gaps
Catches deposits miscategorized as income and periods with material COGS but no corresponding invoices. Prevents double-counted revenue before it reaches the financials.
Fixed assets & depreciation
Catches missing depreciation schedules, books catch-up entries, and restarts monthly depreciation where needed.
Balance sheet cleanup
Flags stale balances unchanged for 10+ months: accrued expenses, inventory, intercompany. Also catches uncleared Opening Balance Equity.
Vendor & account normalization
Flags blank vendors and large transaction blobs under Miscellaneous Vendor. Recommends cleanup roadmaps so future closes run faster.
Your firm stays in control
Strata works inside your existing QuickBooks environment. Your client relationships don't change. If you ever leave, your data stays in QBO where it always was.
See how it works with your actual setup.
This is a working session, not a sales pitch. Let's look at your workflows.