AI That Takes Admin Off Your Financial Managers
Finance teams rebuild monthly packs and variance commentary by hand. 12² builds report-pack templates and commentary drafting around the existing accounting exports.
Finance Team Reporting Desk · From $4,500 + $349/mo, by team size · proposed estimate · It says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly, and your team reviews what it drafts before it goes out.
Ai for finance managers: the short answer.
12² builds AI for companies that takes routine work off their financial managers: drafting variance commentary from your numbers, assembling monthly packs, drafting board and lender updates and tracking the close checklist. It runs inside the tools you already use. A manager approves every external report.
Sources
- General office-writing evidence, not a study of this job: in an RCT, ChatGPT cut professional writing time 40% and raised quality (Noy & Zhang, Science 2023)news.mit.edu
Research figures above describe the cited studies, not results 12² promises. Results vary. Disclosures
Where the hours go now.
Drafting variance commentary from the finance team's numbers
Finance teams rebuild monthly packs and variance commentary by hand.
Monthly reporting packs
Rebuilt from scratch each time, usually at the end of the day.
Board and lender update letters
Written up by hand, one at a time, after the real work is done.
What it handles, and what it never does.
What it handles
- Drafting variance commentary from the finance team's numbersIt drafts variance commentary from the finance team's numbers.
- Monthly reporting packsIt assembles monthly reporting packs.
- Board and lender update lettersIt drafts board and lender update letters for review.
- Close checklist itemsIt tracks close checklist items.
- Hand-off to your teamAnything that needs a person goes to the right person, with the details attached.
What it never does
- Make up a price or a factIt works only from the documents, records and price lists you give it. Anything it can't find goes to your team.
- Promise a resultQuestions about outcomes go to the person who does the work.
- Pretend to be a personIt says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly.
- Send anything on its ownDrafts wait for your team's approval before anything goes out.
Built and tested on your own work.
Before handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Tested on your own workBefore handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Retainer, then balance on deliveryRetainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
- Fixed price, scope and timelineAll three in writing before work starts. The timeline is set in your quote.
- What 12² buildsReport-pack templates and commentary drafting around the existing accounting exports.
- How it connectsWe confirm how it connects to your existing accounting exports on the first call and write it into your quote.
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From $4,500 + $349/moSetup + monthly, by size. The monthly fee covers monitoring, fixes and re-tests for your package as your templates, documents and staff change. AI and software usage is billed at cost. Proposed starting estimates by team size, not fixed prices; the final price is in a written quote.
- Small: Small firm (1-10 staff)From $4,500 + $349/mo. The core build for 1-10 staff: report-pack templates and commentary drafting around the existing accounting exports. Proposed estimate. Small tier; monthly covers hosting, monitoring and fixes.
- Mid-size: Mid firm (11-50 staff)From $9,500 + $750/mo. Everything in Small firm, for more users, inboxes and calendars, with hand-off rules set for each role. Proposed estimate. More users, locations or integrations.
- Enterprise: Large firm / enterprise (50+ staff)From $25,000, custom quote. Everything in Mid firm, across locations or departments, with system integrations and a security review scoped in your custom quote. Proposed estimate floor; scope, integrations and security review set the final number. No cap.
- Retainer up front Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass. Scope, price and timeline are agreed in writing before work starts.
- You own itThe accounts, scripts, templates and data sit in your name. You can leave at any time.
- Compliance and dataNumbers come from the ledger; a manager approves all external reports; data stays in the company tenant.
- Not professional adviceNot accounting or tax advice: your qualified staff approve every number, return and filing. 12² builds software and automations. It is not a licensed professional in your field, and your team makes every professional decision. Disclosures
Straight answers.
Will AI change our numbers?
No. It writes commentary on numbers you supply.
How does payment work?
Retainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
How long does it take?
Timelines are set per project in the quote, after we see your systems and volume.
Are these prices final?
No. They are proposed starting estimates. You get a written custom quote after a short scoping call.
Tell us how you handle monthly reporting packs now.
A few lines is enough. If it's a fit we'll say so, and if it isn't we'll tell you why.
- You'll hear back within one business day12² reads your note and replies about your project.
- A free 20-minute callHow the work runs now, what gets missed, and what your team needs from it.
- A fixed quoteYour size, scope, date and price in writing before any work starts.
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