Finance & controlling · Reporting pilot

AI reporting your finance team can verify.

Kapitel H helps finance and controlling teams turn a specific reporting need into a tested workflow. Together we choose one recurring report, connect approved sources and check results against your business rules. Documentation and training prepare your team to use it. Based in Sisseln, Aargau, we work in German and English.

Which tasks suit a reporting pilot?

A useful starting point is a recurring analysis with clear sources, traceable calculations and a responsible person in the business team. The following potential use cases are illustrative scenarios, not client references or promised results.

Prepare a monthly report: Bring actuals and plans together from the ERP and approved Excel files. Metrics, periods and mappings are agreed first; unresolved data questions remain visible in the report.
Investigate variances: Narrow down differences by cost centre, period or business unit and support them with source data. AI can draft commentary; business interpretation and approval remain with the team.
Reconcile financial and operational data: Compare approved operational data with financial metrics, such as volumes and costs. The feasibility review checks whether keys, time periods and data quality support that comparison.

What needs to be clear before starting?

The task and its owners: Which report should be prepared, who uses it and who accepts the result? We document scope, current effort and the intended improvement together.
Data and access: We review available interfaces, licences, data quality, permissions and permitted data flows. Your existing ERP, Excel and planning tools are the starting point.
Business rules and test cases: We agree metrics, filters, periods and reference values, including cases with missing data, conflicting values and denied access.

What remains after the pilot?

The specific deliverables and their scope are agreed in the proposal. The reporting pilot combines business validation, technical implementation and the skills your team needs.

A scoped workflow: The agreed report with documented sources, metrics and business rules. The pilot uses read-only access to financial systems.
A traceable test result: Results from agreed reference cases, source reconciliation and permission checks. Open issues and limits feed into business acceptance.
Documentation and training: The business team practises daily use, checking results and handling errors with its own process. Documentation, agreed source code and operating knowledge form part of the handover.
A decision on the next step: Together we assess the pilot's value and limits. Production operation, responsibilities, ongoing effort and further support are planned and approved separately.

How we assess value

Before the pilot, we record the current workflow: processing time, corrections, recurring errors and the work needed to obtain data. Agreed cases then help us compare business quality and identify which steps actually become easier.

An estimate of potential is not realised savings. A sound decision considers project effort alongside tool and API licences, data maintenance, output checks and operation.

How do MCP and existing systems fit in?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) can expose approved tools and data to an AI application. We first assess which standard tools, existing interfaces or custom integrations suit your task. An existing suitable component can be part of the solution.

Potential sources include Abacus, Bexio, SAP, DATEV, Microsoft 365 and approved Excel or planning data. Feasibility depends on your installation, available interfaces, licences and permissions. A local MCP server alone does not guarantee local data processing: model hosting, logs and other services also need review.

Scope and limits are agreed in advance

Four to six weeks is an indicative timeframe for a scoped finance/reporting pilot once data, access, owners and approvals are ready. We agree the schedule after assessment.
The pilot does not include automatic postings or autonomous decisions on financial transactions. Business approvals remain with the responsible team.
Production operation, additional reports and manufacturing or IT/OT projects are scoped separately. A successful pilot does not replace production approval.

Frequently asked questions

Do you work with our existing systems?

Yes. We start by reviewing your existing systems, data access and approvals. This determines whether standard tools, existing interfaces or custom development make sense. Connecting a particular system depends on its version, licences, available data and permissions.

How is an AI-generated report checked?

The business team and IT agree reference cases, metrics, source reconciliation and permission tests. We also check missing or conflicting data and denied access. Fluent wording is not enough for acceptance: the report must meet the agreed business criteria and be approved by the responsible team.

Must our financial data go to a cloud provider?

That depends on the approved architecture. Before the pilot, we agree model hosting, transmitted content, storage, logging and training use. A cloud model may receive data even with a local MCP server. If fully local processing is required, we assess its feasibility and effort separately.

What determines cost and ongoing effort?

Project effort includes process scope, data quality, interfaces, testing, documentation and training. Tool and API licences and future operation are considered separately. After the free first call, we prepare a proposal with an agreed scope; pilot, production operation and further support are separate decisions.

Who guides the finance pilot?

Dr. Maher Hamid leads Kapitel H's focus on finance, data and AI agents. The client's business team and IT contribute rules, evaluation criteria and approvals. Based in Sisseln, Aargau, Kapitel H supports companies in Switzerland, Germany and Austria in German and English.

Let’s check whether it holds up for your systems.

We first clarify your use case, data sources, permissions and acceptance criteria. The feasibility review documents prerequisites and limits before a pilot is agreed.

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