For CFOs and finance leaders

AI for CFOs and finance leaders.
Analyze more. Reconcile less.

Zeni gives CFOs, controllers and finance leaders a closed set of books every month without growing the team. Our AI Accountant and finance team run the transactional close, and you spend the month on analysis.
Every AI call explained · Approvals before anything posts
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Built for finance leaders

Board-ready numbers, without the month-end fire drill.

RegScale consolidated 10+ financial platforms into Zeni, got 15+ custom reports for its board and investors, and raised a $20M Series A with Zeni's support. The same platform closes the books for 1,000+ companies.¹

10+
financial platforms RegScale consolidated into Zeni
15+
custom reports built for RegScale's board and investors
$20M
Series A raised by RegScale with Zeni's support
1,000+
companies whose books close on Zeni every month
We run the close. You run finance.

Zeni sets up the platform on your QuickBooks Online file, manages the AI agents and staffs your account with a controller and finance team. You keep approval rights and the final say on every number.

✓ Set up by Zeni
✓ AI agents managed by our team
✓ Works out of the box
Your month with Zeni

Connect your stack. Get a close you can sign.

Zeni's AI and finance team do the work. You review, approve and analyze.

1
Setup

Connect your stack

QuickBooks Online, banks via Plaid, payroll, Stripe, Chargebee and HubSpot. Zeni handles the setup.

2
Every day

Coded as it lands

The AI Accountant codes transactions with its reasoning and matches receipts as they arrive.

3
Month-end

A close you can sign

Your Zeni controller reviews schedules, flux and reconciliations, and you approve.

4
After close

First-draft analysis

Ask the AI CFO for variances, forecasts and board numbers from closed books.

Leverage for your finance team

An AI Accountant for the books.
An AI CFO for the answers.

The AI Accountant handles the transactional work. The AI CFO handles the first draft of analysis.

AI Accountant

Codes transactions with reasoning and confidence, builds prepaid, fixed-asset and accrual schedules, runs flux and reconciliations, and gives you a Confidence Score for the close.

AI CFO

Answers questions from your live GL, AP, AR and cash data, builds a 13-week cash forecast, runs Python for custom analysis and exports to Excel, with its reasoning shown.²

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A close you don't have to chase

Transactions, receipts, schedules, flux and reconciliations drafted and reviewed each month.

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A CFO dashboard that's live

Cash, burn, runway, revenue and spend by class or project, from reconciled books.

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Controls built in

Separation of duties, approval rules and change history on every transaction.

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Your numbers in your AI tools

Zeni MCP connects your books to Claude and other AI assistants, read-only and included with Zeni Bookkeeping.

October close88%
Transactions coded100%
Receipts matched96%
Reconciliations92%
Flux review64%
Drafted by the AI Accountant
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CFO tools

How are CFOs using AI?

CFOs use AI to shorten the close, answer ad hoc questions faster and spend less of the team's time on transaction coding and reconciliations. The value depends on clean data: AI analysis is only as good as the books underneath it. Zeni pairs AI with a finance team that closes those books every month.

Audit-ready by default

Every entry comes with its reasoning.

Each AI suggestion arrives with its reasoning and confidence. Submitters can't approve their own work, journal entry schedules wait for approval, and nothing changes in a closed period. Your auditors get a clear trail.

Built for review
"Show reason" on every AI categorization
Change history on every transaction
Journal entry schedules wait for approval
Created entries can be reverted
Submitters can never approve their own work
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CFO dashboard

Live numbers for the decisions that can't wait for close.

The dashboard shows cash, burn, runway and P&L by class or project. The AI CFO answers follow-ups from the same books, with the math shown, and Zeni MCP lets you query them from the AI assistant you already use.²

Where Zeni fits in the CFO tech stack

A system of record your other tools can trust.

Close tracked in spreadsheets
→
Close tasks with owners and due dates
Variance hunt by hand
→
Flux by vendor, category and class
Ad hoc questions queued for analysts
→
AI CFO answers with the math shown
Data stuck in the ledger
→
Books available in your AI tools via Zeni MCP

Zeni sits on QuickBooks Online and connects banks, cards, payroll, Stripe, Chargebee and HubSpot. Spend, payroll and billing tools feed one set of books, and your reporting and AI tools read from it.

Meet the AI Accountant →
Inside the close

The month-end close, staffed and visible.

Zeni Transactions screen with AI-suggested categories pending reviewThought process on every AI call
TRANSACTIONS

Coded, with the reasoning attached.

Every transaction gets a category, class and vendor, plus the reasoning and confidence behind it.

Explore transactions →
Zeni Journal Entries screen with AI-created schedules pending reviewPrepaid schedule drafted, waiting on your approval
JE SCHEDULES

Schedules waiting for sign-off.

Prepaid, fixed-asset and accrual schedules are proposed against your capitalization threshold and post only after approval.

Explore month-end close →
Zeni Receipts screen listing transactions missing receiptsReceipt matched to its charge, on the record
RECEIPTS

Receipts matched.

Missing receipts are flagged and matched automatically when they're forwarded or uploaded.

Explore receipts →
Zeni Flux Analysis screen comparing October and September spend by vendorAI CFO explains the spike: up 167% from September
FLUX ANALYSIS

Flux before you ask.

Month-over-month variances by vendor, category and class, with an AI summary of what changed.

Explore month-end close →
Zeni Reconciliation screen for a company bank accountFound 3 statement transactions missing from the books
RECONCILIATIONS

Reconciled to the statement.

Bank and card accounts are reconciled to statements, with missing transactions flagged and entries suggested.

Explore reconciliation →
Zeni Task Checklist with close tasks, owners and due datesEvery close task has an owner, a due date and time tracked
TASK CHECKLIST

A Confidence Score for the close.

Track how close each month is to done; at 75% the month-end insights unlock.

Explore month-end close →
Beyond the close

Beyond the close.

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Fractional CFO support

Add fractional CFO support for budgets, budget vs. actuals and a 12-month cash flow forecast.

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Class and project reporting

Report by class or project, including balance sheet, cash flow and net burn by project.

Explore financial reporting →
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Commenting

Comment on any transaction, @mention a teammate and keep the answer on the record.

Explore commenting →
Questions you'll ask

What finance leaders ask. What the AI CFO answers.

Every week
"What's our cash position across accounts?"
"Which vendors grew fastest this quarter?"
After close
"Explain the largest variances versus last month."
"Break down OPEX by department."
Planning
"Build a 13-week cash forecast."
"Model burn if we cut hosting spend 15%."
Who it's for

Built for the people accountable for the numbers.

An in-house finance team working together in a modern officeYour team, plus an AI Accountant and AI CFO

CFOs and VPs of Finance

Finance leaders at venture-backed and growing companies who need a reliable close without adding headcount.

  • Board-ready reporting every month
  • Live cash, burn and runway
  • Time back for planning and fundraising

Controllers and finance managers

Finance managers who own the close and want the transactional work done before they review.

  • Close tasks with owners and due dates
  • Approval rules and separation of duties
  • Flux and reconciliations drafted for review
For CFOs and finance leaders

Spend the month on analysis. Not on reconciliation.

See the AI Accountant and AI CFO on books like yours.

Review by design
Reviewed by Zeni's finance team
Reasoning on every AI call
Approvals before anything posts
Separation of duties
SOC 2 Type II compliant
FAQ

AI for CFOs FAQs.

What tools does a startup CFO need?+
A reliable ledger and close process first, then spend management, payroll, billing and a reporting layer. Zeni covers the close and reporting layer and connects to the rest.
How is AI used in FP&A?+
For first-draft analysis: explaining variances, forecasting cash and answering ad hoc questions from the books. Zeni's AI CFO builds a 13-week cash forecast; fractional CFO plans add budgets and budget vs. actuals.
Does Zeni replace our ERP?+
Zeni works on QuickBooks Online as the ledger of record. It doesn't consolidate multiple entities today.
Can controllers review and approve what the AI does?+
Yes. Low-confidence items go to review queues, schedules wait for approval, and submitters can't approve their own work.
Is Zeni software or a service?+
Both. Every Zeni plan includes the platform, the AI agents and a dedicated finance team that runs the close under your direction.
Can the AI make mistakes?+
Yes. Lower-confidence transactions go to a review queue instead of posting, Zeni's finance team reviews the close, and the AI CFO is in beta, so check anything important against the books.
Sources and notes
  1. Zeni internal figures, October 2026, and customer results from Zeni's published case studies.
  2. AI CFO is in beta and can make mistakes; check anything important against the books.