Solutions

Smart Finance

A modern, practical approach to finance transformation

Finance departments are under sustained pressure to modernise, to automate manual work, improve efficiency, and adopt AI-enabled tools that deliver faster, more accurate insight.

Smart Finance is Inpute’s solutions offering designed to help finance departments modernise incrementally, delivering tangible improvements across Accounts Payable, Procure-to-Pay, reporting and operational finance, without unnecessary disruption.

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Why smart finance?

Expectations have shifted: finance is no longer just a control function, but a strategic partner to the business.

Yet this transformation must happen within the reality of established ERP platforms, regulatory obligations, and complex operating environments. For most organisations, wholesale system replacement is neither practical nor necessary. The challenge is how to introduce intelligent automation, data-driven decision-making, and modern workflows without disrupting the core financial systems that already underpin the organisation. 

Smart Finance enables finance teams to

    • Improve governance, auditability and compliance
    • Gain real-time visibility into finance operations and performance
    • Scale finance operations without proportional increases in headcount
    • Reduce manual effort and processing costs across AP and P2P
    • Modernise without destabilising core ERP platforms
    • Introduce AI-driven automation in a controlled, governed manner, allowing organisations to safely deploy intelligent document processing, workflow automation and decision support while maintaining full financial oversight

Core Smart Finance capabilities

At the centre of Smart Finance is a set of proven, configurable solutions designed specifically for finance operations.

Each component is designed to integrate with existing finance and ERP platforms, allowing organisations to modernise without destabilising core systems.

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Accounts Payable automation

Accounts Payable automation, including intelligent invoice capture, PO and non-PO processing, three-way matching, exception handling and audit trails
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Procure-to-Pay workflows

Procure-to-Pay workflows, supporting requisition, approval, budget control and invoice processing
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Supplier onboarding portals

Supplier onboarding portals, enabling digital onboarding, validation and self-service

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Intelligent advice and data capture

Intelligent advice and data capture, structuring finance queries and requests at source

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Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Robotic Process Automation (RPA), automating repetitive finance tasks across ERP and third-party systems

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Business Intelligence and reporting

Business Intelligence and reporting, delivering operational dashboards, performance metrics and management insight

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Light-touch finance workflows

Light-touch finance workflows, providing rapid, flexible approvals and controls without heavy system overhead

Designed for real finance environments

Smart Finance reflects the operational realities faced by finance teams:

    • Multiple ERPs and legacy platforms
    • High transaction volumes and manual effort
    • Increasing governance, audit and compliance requirements
    • Pressure to deliver insight as well as efficiency

Inpute’s approach prioritises configuration over custom development, ensuring solutions remain scalable, maintainable and aligned to IT and security standards.

 

Insight built into operations

Beyond efficiency gains, Smart Finance enables finance leaders to access timely, reliable insight into their operations. Embedded reporting and analytics provide visibility into invoice throughput, exceptions, approval bottlenecks, supplier performance and workload trends.

By drawing insight directly from live finance processes, Smart Finance supports better operational decision-making and more effective financial control.

How Inpute delivers Smart Finance

Inpute delivers Smart Finance using a structured, low-risk delivery model:

 

    • Discovery and assessment to understand current processes and priorities
    • Solution design aligned to business, finance and IT requirements
    • Implementation and configuration using proven delivery patterns
    • User adoption and training to maximise value
    • Ongoing support and optimisation as requirements evolve

 

This approach ensures rapid time-to-value while providing a sustainable foundation for future expansion.

A pragmatic path to finance modernisation

Smart Finance is designed for organisations that want to modernise finance operations with confidence. It provides a clear, solutions-led framework for improving efficiency, strengthening control and enabling insight — without the risk and disruption of large-scale system replacement.

For finance teams seeking practical digital transformation, Smart Finance by Inpute offers a measured, effective way forward.

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Smart Finance partners we work with

Through our partner network, we have access to the most innovative software in the market. Microsoft and UiPath are recognised leaders in this space.

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Hyland partners Ireland, UK and Europe
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