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Back-office Engine

A workflow that reads your invoices, receipts and supplier docs, extracts the data, and drops it cleanly into the system your bookkeeper actually uses.

Replaces

The data-entry half of bookkeeping.

Price band

from A$650 → A$3,500

scoped in the Control Centre

Typical timeline

2–4 weeks

Stack tier

AI Prototype · Workflow Automation

A workflow that reads your invoices, receipts and supplier docs, extracts the data, and drops it cleanly into the system your bookkeeper actually uses.

Above the fold: We do not give bookkeeping, tax, BAS, GST, financial or accounting advice. The Back-office Engine extracts and drafts; your accountant or bookkeeper reviews and decides. (MSA §3.)

The work it retires

The data-entry half of bookkeeping: opening a PDF, reading a number, typing it into Xero / QuickBooks / a spreadsheet, attaching the file, tagging the category. The Back-office Engine does the reading and typing. A human still reviews.

Inputs

  • Invoices, receipts, supplier statements, purchase orders, expense reports (PDF, image, email).
  • Where they currently arrive (an email inbox, a Dropbox folder, a Drive folder, scanned uploads).
  • Your chart of accounts and category tags.

Outputs

  • Extracted structured data: vendor, date, amount, GST, line items, category guess.
  • A draft record in your accounting tool (or a clean CSV ready to import), with the original file attached.
  • A weekly summary of what was processed, what's flagged, and what needs human attention.

Typical integrations

Xero, QuickBooks Online, MYOB, Wave, Zoho Books, Hubdoc, Dext, Google Drive, Dropbox, Gmail/Outlook, Airtable, Google Sheets.

What's included

  • Document intake from one or two sources.
  • Extraction pipeline with confidence scoring.
  • Drafted records in your tool (or CSV).
  • Flagging for anything below a confidence threshold.
  • Weekly processing summary.
  • Setup notes, accuracy benchmarks, handover.

What's not included

  • Bookkeeping, tax, BAS, GST, financial or accounting advice. This Engine extracts data. Your accountant or bookkeeper reviews and decides. This is explicit in the MSA §3 and re-stated in every Back-office SOW.
  • Auto-posting of records to your accounting system without human review.
  • Payroll, payment processing, or any action that moves money.
  • Audit-grade reconciliation, fraud detection or compliance certification.
  • Handling of sensitive personal financial data without an explicit SOW provision and safeguards (Addendum §2).

Human review

Every extracted record sits in a review queue. A human approves, edits or rejects before anything is posted. Records below the confidence threshold are flagged automatically. The Engine never moves money.

Price detail

  • Basic (from A$650 AUD): one source, one document type, CSV output.
  • Standard (from A$1,800 AUD): two sources, multiple doc types, draft records in your tool.
  • Premium (from A$3,500 AUD): multi-source, full flagging, weekly summary, accuracy benchmarks.

Price band: from A$650 → A$3,500 (AUD), scoped in the Control Centre.

Typical timeline

2–4 weeks depending on document variety and accounting tool integration.

Get started

Configure this in the Control Centre.

Two to four minutes. A draft scope and a starting price band — no call required.