Give every client file a working memory

Capture client context, source docs, and review steps before work hits the books.

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Informed by practitioners fromthe accounting front lines

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Accounting work breaks in the space between systems

The ledger has the numbers. Practice management has the tasks. Email has the requests. Spreadsheets have the workarounds. The client has questions. The reviewer has context no one wrote down.

That gap is where firms lose time. A prior period changes and no one knows why. A client sees a number before the team catches the issue. A bookkeeper follows the process but misses the tacit rule. A CPA makes the final adjustment because they know the client story, not because the software does. Flowglad gives that missing context a home.

What changed since last month?
Which source document supports this?
What is waiting on the client?
What did the reviewer know that the bookkeeper did not?
What should be reviewed before anything posts?
What client-specific rule keeps getting rediscovered?

A multiplayer workspace,built for finance

  1. 01

    Capture the context

    Store custom rules, source files, notes, prior-period context, questions, and review steps in one workspace.

  2. 02

    Prepare the work

    Read files, transform spreadsheets, run analysis, match vendors, prepare schedules, and stage accounting actions.

  3. 03

    Review before posting

    Your team sees the source, proposed action, destination, and reasoning before the agent writes anything sensitive to the books or external systems.

  4. 04

    Stay in sync

    Give clients a clear view of what is received, blocked, under review, waiting on them, or ready for discussion.

Use cases through stories

Grounded workflows for the places accounting context usually disappears.

The client work-in-progress dashboardA client does not always need another report. Sometimes they just need to know what is happening.

What did the firm receive? What is still missing? What changed since last month? What is blocked? What is under review? What question should the client answer before close can finish?

Flowglad gives each client a shared workspace for the work in progress.

The firm sees the operating view across clients. The client sees their own workspace: open items, received files, pending questions, review status, and plain-English explanations.

The result: fewer "why isn't this done?" messages, fewer surprise logins to the ledger, and fewer headache calls after the client sees something before the firm does.

The tacit client knowledge finally has a homeEvery firm has client knowledge that does not live cleanly in the ledger.

A vendor is coded a certain way because of a conversation six months ago. A client wants reports in a specific format. A CPA adjusts an entry based on context the bookkeeper never saw. A fractional CFO knows the owner's fear, goal, and operating constraint, but that knowledge never becomes part of the workflow.

Flowglad gives each client file a working memory.

Capture the notes, exceptions, source files, coding rules, report preferences, prior-period context, and review decisions that shape the work. Then use that memory when preparing reports, reviewing transactions, answering client questions, or explaining what changed.

The ledger has the numbers. Flowglad keeps the story around the numbers.

The prior-period change no one caughtA prior month was supposed to be closed. Then something changed.

A sync broke. A user touched the file. A third-party app posted something unexpected. A transaction moved. A balance changed. The client saw it first, and now the firm has to explain what happened.

Flowglad helps reviewers compare current work against prior-period context.

Surface what changed, where it came from, what source documents support it, and whether it needs review. Give the account manager or CPA enough context to answer without reconstructing the whole month manually.

The goal is not real-time accounting theater. The goal is controlled visibility before a small change becomes a client trust problem.

The transaction work that should not become a journal-entry messCloud ledgers are transaction-level systems. But when context is late, messy, or undocumented, firms end up cleaning everything up later with journal entries.

Flowglad helps prepare the transaction-level work earlier.

Read receipts, handwritten checks, payroll reports, statements, exports, and spreadsheets. Match vendors. Use prior transactions. Apply firm rules. Attach backup. Flag unclear items. Stage the proposed accounting action for review.

The bookkeeper gets better preparation. The CPA or account manager keeps control of the judgment.

The CAS team stuck between bookkeeping and advisoryEvery CAS firm wants to offer more advisory. Clients want answers. Partners want higher-margin work.

But the team is still buried in cleanup, categorization, document collection, portal logins, spreadsheet transformation, and month-end close work.

Flowglad helps CAS teams move up the stack by making the work underneath visible, repeatable, and easier to review.

Start with the repetitive workflows. Collect files. Process reports. Compare periods. Prepare schedules. Attach backup. Stage updates. Then use the same workspace to show what is waiting, what changed, what needs approval, and what the client should understand.

Advisory gets easier when the underlying work is trusted.

The fractional CFO flying blindA fractional CFO walks into a cash-flow conversation with a forecast, a few reports, and whatever context they remember from the last call.

But the client has been thinking about cash for weeks.

Flowglad keeps a living record of the client's questions, goals, fears, pending issues, assumptions, and financial context. Before the meeting, the CFO can see what changed, what the client asked, what is unresolved, and which assumptions need review.

Better conversations start with better context.

The hundreds-of-files queueA firm manages hundreds of client files. Work comes in from different account managers. Priorities are unclear.

Holidays shift timelines. One team member assumes first-in-first-out. Another expects a specific client to go first. The owner only sees the problem after a client complains.

Flowglad gives the firm a shared operating layer across client work.

Track incoming work, priority, blockers, review status, client-facing impact, and open questions. Make the queue visible before the owner has to intervene.

This is not just task management. It is finance work tied to client files, source documents, systems, and review steps.

Features built around client finance work

Client workspace memory

Every client file gets a working memory: rules, notes, source documents, prior-period context, report preferences, exceptions, and review decisions. This is the core product wedge and the clearest differentiation from generic AI tools, practice management, and the ledger.

Client work-in-progress view

Give clients a clear view of what is received, missing, blocked, under review, or waiting on them. This is the strongest collaborative use case and the cleanest way to make Flowglad feel bigger than an internal firm tool.

Prior-period comparison

Compare current work against prior reports, balances, categorization, and known client context. Flag what changed, what looks unexpected, and what needs review before the client sees it first.

Review before posting

Sensitive accounting actions are staged before they hit the books. Show the source, proposed action, destination, and reasoning. Let the reviewer approve, reject, or correct.

Source document processing

Read contracts, receipts, handwritten checks, bank statements, payroll reports, sales summaries, exports, close packages, and spreadsheets. Turn messy inputs into reviewable finance work.

Transaction-level preparation

Prepare accounting work before it turns into cleanup. Match vendors, apply firm rules, use prior transactions, attach backup, and flag ambiguous items.

Firm view and client view

The firm sees work across clients. Each client sees only their own workspace. This lets Flowglad support internal operations and client collaboration without becoming another internal-only practice management tool.

Practice management handoff

Flowglad does not replace practice management. It prepares, explains, routes, and documents finance work around the systems your firm already uses. When the workflow needs to land somewhere else, Flowglad should hand it off cleanly.

Client question capture

Capture the questions clients are already asking about cash, reports, open items, changes, and assumptions. Turn those questions into context for the firm, not one-off interruptions.

Controlled learning

When a reviewer corrects Flowglad, the client workspace gets smarter. The goal is not to guess once. The goal is to build repeatable operating memory for the firm and client.

Trust is the product

Accounting firms are trusted with a business's most private information. Flowglad is designed around that reality.

Your team should always know what Flowglad can access, what it found, what it plans to do, and what needs approval. Client workspaces stay separated. Source documents stay tied to the work they support. Sensitive accounting actions are reviewed before they post.

Flowglad should not ask firms to trust magic. It should earn trust through visibility, control, and consistency.

For larger firms, Flowglad supports a structured vendor review before production use.

During onboarding, we walk through data access, connected systems, approval rules, credential handling, and the current state of our security program.

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Client workspace separation
Review before posting
Clear source documents
Proposed action preview
Prior-period comparison
Approval history
Correction and learning loop
Structured onboarding for connected systems

Start with one client workflow

Pick a workflow that is painful, frequent, and easy to verify. We help set it up and prove it on one client file.

Pilot

Prove one workflow on one client file.

Pilot a Workflow
  • 14-day guided pilot
  • One client workflow
  • One active client workspace
  • Live onboarding
  • No credit card required
  • File-based workflows supported

Client Workspace

Give one client file a working memory.

Pilot a Workflow
  • Client workspace memory
  • Source documents
  • Client questions
  • Prior-period context
  • Review steps
  • Work-in-progress view

Firm Operations

Run recurring work across client files.

Pilot a Workflow
  • Multi-client operating view
  • Transaction-level preparation
  • Prior-period comparison
  • Client-facing status
  • Practice management handoff
  • Controlled learning loop

Larger Firms

Add review structure, controls, and vendor readiness.

Pilot a Workflow
  • Workspace separation
  • Approval history
  • Proposed action preview
  • Connected-system onboarding
  • Structured vendor review
  • Security program walkthrough

Additional active client workspaces start at $49/month.

Pricing is based on active client workspaces, not seats.

Firms should be able to invite the people needed to review, approve, and support the work without worrying about per-seat friction.

FAQ

Product fit

Is Flowglad practice management software?
No. Practice management is mostly an internal firm system: tasks, due dates, time, billing, client records, and workflow tracking. Flowglad is the shared finance work layer around the books. It helps preserve client context, prepare work, surface changes, collect documents, stage accounting actions, and keep the firm and client aligned. It can work alongside practice management rather than replace it.
Is Flowglad replacing the ledger?
No. The ledger remains the ledger. Flowglad helps with the work around it: files, documents, source context, transaction preparation, review, approvals, explanations, and client collaboration.
Why not just use our ledger or practice management tool?
Those systems hold pieces of the work. They usually do not hold the full client story. Flowglad is for the context and work that sits between systems: what changed, why it changed, what the client asked, what the firm knows, which documents support the work, and what needs review before the books can be trusted.
What does "client workspace memory" mean?
Every client workspace can keep the rules, notes, files, preferences, prior-period context, and exceptions that shape how the work should be done. Instead of relying on one person's memory, the firm builds a shared operating memory for that client.

Workflow and controls

Does Flowglad make journal entries?
Flowglad can help prepare and stage accounting actions, including journal-entry support where appropriate. The product is not meant to replace accounting judgment. Many firms want transaction-level work prepared first, then journal entries reviewed by a CPA, controller, or account manager who understands the client context.
Can Flowglad help with transaction-level work?
Yes. Flowglad is especially useful for transaction-level preparation: receipts, checks, payroll reports, bank statements, vendor matching, categorization, backup attachment, and cleanup workflows.
Can clients use Flowglad too?
Yes, where the firm wants that. The firm can use Flowglad internally, but the stronger long-term value is shared visibility: the client sees their work-in-progress, open questions, missing items, and explanations before they jump into the books and create a headache call.
Does Flowglad post automatically?
Sensitive accounting actions should require review. Flowglad prepares the work and stages the action. Your team reviews before anything posts.
What happens if Flowglad gets something wrong?
The reviewer can see the source, proposed action, and destination before approving. If something is wrong, reject it, correct it, and teach the workflow how to handle that case next time. The goal is controlled learning, not blind automation.
How is this different from Claude, ChatGPT, or an AI coworker?
General AI tools are useful for thinking and drafting. Flowglad is for recurring client finance workflows that need connected systems, source files, client memory, review controls, approval steps, and firm-client visibility. The difference is not smarter chat. The difference is operational trust.
Can Flowglad help with prior-period changes?
Yes. Prior periods are not always perfect. Cloud systems change, integrations break, users touch files, and transactions move. Flowglad helps compare current work against prior context so reviewers can see what changed and why.
Is this secure enough for client financial data?
Flowglad is being built for workflows where financial trust matters. During onboarding, we review what data is connected, what access is required, what actions require approval, and what security controls are in place. Larger firms can run a structured vendor review before production use.

Pilot and rollout

Will Flowglad replace bookkeepers?
Flowglad is designed to remove repetitive preparation work, not accounting judgment. For some firms, that means more client capacity with the same team. For others, it means reviewers spend less time reconstructing the work and more time explaining what matters.
Who should try Flowglad first?
The best first users are CAS firms, outsourced accounting teams, bookkeeping firms, and fractional CFO practices that manage recurring client work across accounting systems, bank portals, spreadsheets, and client-specific workflows.
What is the best first workflow?
Pick something that is painful, frequent, easy to verify, currently manual, close to the books but not too risky, and valuable for more than one client. Good examples: prior-period comparison, receipt/check processing, payroll report processing, monthly close support, missing document collection, or client work-in-progress visibility.
Do we need to connect accounting software on day one?
No. Many firms should start with file-based workflows first: documents, spreadsheets, statements, contracts, close packages, or client questions. Connect accounting systems when the workflow needs them and the firm is comfortable.
How long does setup take?
The first workflow is designed to be set up during a guided 14-day pilot. The goal is not to boil the ocean. The goal is to prove one real workflow with one real client file.

Start with one workflow your team already hates

We'll help you choose it, set it up, run it, and decide if Flowglad is ready for the next client file.

Pilot a Workflow
  • 14-day free trial
  • No credit card required
  • Live onboarding