Question 1

What is Brex accounting?

Accepted Answer

Brex accounting combines workflows, automation, and insights to expedite the process of preparing, reviewing, and exporting expenses for accounting teams. You can sync Brex directly to your ERP and map data across platforms in real time — reducing manual errors and simplifying clunky upload processes.

And instead of having to review every line item for every month-end closing process, Brex will identify any irregularities that need to be corrected. It’s accounting automation that takes the manual work out of reconciliation, one of the most critical aspects of spend management.

Question 2

What is accounting automation?

Accepted Answer

Accounting automation is software that lets you automate repetitive manual tasks in your accounting workflow processes, freeing up valuable time and minimizing errors. Sometimes referred to as automated accounting, these processes are vital for teams that want to speed up their month-end close. The right accounting automation software can allow you to save hours with AI-generated suggestions and close your books every day with native support for accruals.

Question 3

How can accounting automation software benefit my business?

Accepted Answer

magine closing your books in minutes, not weeks. Accounting automation software eliminates the time-consuming tasks of manually tracking down receipts, verifying accuracy, and recording general ledger entries. Accounting automation software can help you:

Increased Efficiency: Free up your team's valuable time for strategic financial planning and analysis.

Enhanced Accuracy: Minimize data entry errors and ensure the reliability of your financial records.

Real-Time Visibility: Gain immediate insights into your financial health with automated dashboards and reports.

Reduced Costs: Save on time and resources by automating manual tasks, ultimately lowering operational expenses.

Simplified Compliance: Maintain accurate records and simplify adherence to financial regulations.

Question 4

What ERPs does Brex connect to?

Accepted Answer

Brex integrates with nearly every ERP, including NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, Xero, and Sage Intacct — allowing you to sync data bidirectionally in real time.

Once your ERP is connected, your accounting fields will be imported and available for use on Brex transactions. Importing ERP metadata brings accounting categories that are important to your reporting process into Brex. And exporting Brex expense data directly to your general ledger allows you to close your books faster and reduce errors.

You can also save templated CSVs tailored to your ERP to make closing the books easier every month.

Question 5

How is the Brex accounting process different from a typical close?

Accepted Answer

A typical month-end close may involve manually gathering documents, checking for accuracy, recording entries in general ledger accounts, and tracking everything across platforms. In other words, it’s clunky and tedious.

Brex’s accounting automation enables a closed-loop system instead. This allows you to prepare, review, and export expenses in real time and with greater accuracy. And by automating most of the work in advance, you can free your team from the month-end scramble and focus on insights that drive performance.

Question 6

How can accounting automation speed up a month-end close?

Accepted Answer

After setting up budget policies and expensing rules, Brex can automatically process transactions, expedite approvals, and identify irregularities. So instead of having to manually review every line item every month — you can just focus on issues that need your attention.

Plus, Brex uses AI-powered automation to suggest custom accounting rules that can simplify your close. And it even suggests ways for employees to close out expenses faster and more compliantly, including automatically categorizing their transactions.

Here are a few businesses using accounting automation on Brex to simplify their month-end close:

https://www.brex.com/resources/customer/signifyd

https://www.brex.com/resources/customer/avenue-one

https://www.brex.com/resources/customer/alchemy

Question 7

What accounting solutions does Brex sync with?

Accepted Answer

Brex connects with leading accounting platforms to help you close the books faster, including:

Concur

Conferma Pay

CoupaPay

Expensify

NetSuite

Pilot

QuickBooks Desktop

QuickBooks Online

Rippling

Sage Intacct

Xero

Boost efficiency and accuracy with accounting automation.

Save hours with AI-generated suggestions and close your books every day with native support for accruals — even across multiple entities.

Boost efficiency and accuracy with accounting automation.

Save hours with AI-generated suggestions and close your books every day with native support for accruals — even across multiple entities.

Accounting automation that controllers love.

Save hours and eliminate errors with AI-powered automation that keeps you in control.

Reduce busywork with help from AI.

Increase accuracy with accruals accounting.

Manage multiple entities on one platform.

Prepare, review, and export journal entries — from one place.

Easily integrate with any ERP.

Map Brex directly to NetSuite, QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, and more using custom rules and field entries and automated general ledger coding.

Automate your close. Minimize errors.

Brex uses AI to generate suggestions and automate tasks, from mapping to anomaly detection. Get time back to focus on insights and analysis.

Streamline multi-entity accounting in one platform.

Whether you’re a scaling business or a global enterprise, Brex can streamline your accounting and compliance — all in one place.

Close your books in minutes, not weeks.

You’ll never wait for data or chase down receipts again, thanks to automated policy compliance and accrual accounting in Brex.

Stop wasting time on a manual month-end close.

Start saving up to 250 hours a year with accounting automation*.

Trusted by controllers and accounting professionals.

“Brex is basically saving us 2 to 3 days on the financial close process monthly.”

“Brex is basically saving us 2 to 3 days on the financial close process monthly.”

“We can use Empower to manage the budget and we can connect to NetSuite…saving us a lot of time from doing new entries or importing them back and forth.”

“The increased efficiencies of Brex Empower help us close the month faster, allowing us to scale faster."

“With Brex, the accounting team is saving 5 hours per month on receipt tracking and 10 hours on month-end reconciliation.”

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See what Brex can do for you.

Add accuracy, automation, and efficiency to your accounting — from document collection to journal entries, and everywhere in between.

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