Receivables & Invoice Chasing

Keep cash flowing by automating every chase, reminder, and payment match before invoices become bad debt.

65 hrs
Time saved/month
11
Companies have mapped
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About This Automation

Invoice chasing consumes significant time as finance teams manually review aging reports, draft personalized reminders, and track responses across multiple tools. Manual reconciliation of payments introduces errors and delays collection.

Automation classifies overdue invoices by priority, generates and sends reminders automatically, and reconciles payments in real time. The result is faster collections, fewer errors, and more time for strategic finance work.

Key features
Analyze overdue invoices and assign priority based on days overdue, payment history, and amount
Generate and send personalized reminder emails automatically on a schedule
Match incoming payments from bank feeds and payment gateways to outstanding invoices
Reconcile payments in accounting software and flag mismatches for review
Escalate seriously overdue accounts and flag them for collections action
Track all contact attempts and promised payment dates in a central log

How The Automation Works

The full workflow, from trigger to completion.

1. Daily Aging Report Checktrigger

Automation wakes at 6 AM daily and pulls the aged receivables report, identifying all invoices past their due date.

2. Classify Invoices by Age

The automation analyzes each overdue invoice, classifies it by days overdue (5, 15, 30, 45+), and assigns a priority and reminder template based on the customer's payment history and invoice amount.

3. Generate and Send Reminder Email

The automation generates a personalized reminder email using the assigned template, including invoice details and a payment link, and sends it to the customer contact.

4. Log Reminder

A notification is posted confirming the reminder was sent, including customer name, invoice amount, and days overdue for team visibility.

5. Monitor Payment Gateway

Automation checks and bank feeds hourly for incoming payments, matching them to outstanding invoices by amount and customer.

6. Reconcile Payment in QuickBooks

When a payment is matched, the automation marks the invoice as paid and updates the customer balance automatically.

7. Flag Exceptions for Review

Invoices overdue 45+ days with no response, or payments that do not match an invoice, are flagged in a Google Sheet and a alert is sent to the Finance Manager for manual investigation.

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Estimated Time Saving
65hrs/month
Process pain:8.2/10
Mapped by:11 Companies

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