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Finance Process Automation

Transform Your Finance Operations Through Automation

Reduce costs, eliminate errors and close faster, without having to add headcount.

Accuracy. Efficiency. Scalability.
without adding headcount.

Finance teams are the backbone of every business but manual workflows often hold them back. Endless reconciliations, invoice matching and reporting slow growth, introduce risk and consume time that should be spent on strategy.

Smart Hands Africa, the sole distributor of Automize in South Africa helps finance departments automate the work that drains productivity — delivering faster closes, cleaner data and measurable cost savings.

Let’s talk about your frustrations and show you how RPA can help!

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why finance needs automation

Traditional finance processes depend heavily on manual effort. That means more people, more errors and slower delivery cycles. With process automation, your digital workforce handles routine, rules-based tasks 24/7 thereby freeing your finance team to focus on forecasting, insights and strategic growth.

typical pain points

Endless manual reconciliations and reporting cycles

Human error in data entry and validation

High operational costs linked to repetitive tasks

Long cycle times at month-end or audit periods

Legacy systems that don’t integrate

Burnout and staff turnover from monotonous work

The Results You Can Expect

Leading finance teams that have implemented automation report:

30–50% reduction in operational costs

70% faster invoice and reconciliation cycles

Zero manual errors in high-volume transaction processing

Instant audit trails and improved compliance visibility

Faster, more accurate reporting for decision-making

Automation delivers measurable ROI within months — not years.

What can Finance Teams Automate?

Smart Hands Africa’s automation framework targets the areas that deliver the fastest wins:

Accounts Payable

Invoice capture, validation, and matching

Accounts Receivable

Automated reminders and payment updates

Reconciliations & Close

Continuous bank and ledger reconciliations

Regulatory & Audit

Automated evidence trails and reports

Intercompany Postings

Standardised entries and data transfer

Reporting & Analytics

Real-time data consolidation across systems

Built for CFOs, Finance Directors & Controllers

Our managed automation service requires no new infrastructure, no development team, and no technical complexity. You focus on finance — we handle the bots.

Managed, SLA-driven delivery

Fully compliant with POPIA and GDPR

Local support across Africa

Scalable from pilot to enterprise level

How It Works

Discovery

Identify and map processes ripe for automation

Pilot

Automate 1–2 workflows to prove ROI

Implement

Expand automation across departments

Manage & Optimise

Ongoing monitoring, reporting and improvement

For Accounting Firms & Resellers

Offer automation as a white-label managed service under your brand — we handle implementation and operation.

You deliver more value to your clients, gain recurring revenue and build strategic differentiation in your market.

OUR BRANDS

AUTOMIZE

RPA that improves productivity and efficiency.

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