GUIDE

AI for accountants that your reviewers can check

Yoraito gives CPA and CAS firms one close method across every client's GL, with AI doing the matching and first drafts, and the SQL behind every number saved for your reviewers and your clients' auditors.

Short answer

AI for accountants is most useful on repeatable work: matching transactions, reconciling accounts, reading invoices and drafting variance explanations. For CPA firms the deciding factor is review. Yoraito computes every figure with saved SQL and labels every AI draft, so a reviewer can check a client's close without rebuilding it.

The CAS math problem

A client accounting services team might close 30 to 100 clients a month on a shared calendar. Every client has a different GL, a different bank, a different chart of accounts and the same deadline. The bottleneck is rarely the preparer. It's the reviewer, who has to trust or re-check every close.

AI can speed up preparation. If it doesn't make review faster, the bottleneck doesn't move.

How Yoraito helps firms

One close method, every client

The same close steps, matching rules and evidence standard run on every client, across 22 named systems, 11 direct. A reviewer knows exactly where to look on client 47 because it looks like client 1.

Review evidence, not output

Each reconciliation shows the rule behind every match, the unmatched items and the tie-out, each with its SQL. Each flux note cites the transactions behind it and carries a label: supported, likely or needs owner. Reviewers start with the "needs owner" items.

Your client stays your client

Yoraito is built to make your firm's work easier to check, not to replace your seat at the client's table. Questions about advice, judgment or scope go to you. See the partner program → /partners.

Evidence your clients' auditors can use

When a client's auditor asks how a reconciliation was prepared, you can hand them the query. That shortens PBC cycles for your clients and your own team.

Where AI helps an accounting firm most

TaskAI's role in YoraitoReviewer's role
Bank and card reconciliationsMatches with written rules; drafts notes on leftoversReviews exceptions
Invoice capture and codingExtracts and proposes coding from vendor historyApproves
AccrualsFinds recurring vendors with no billApproves estimates
Flux commentaryFinds driver transactions; drafts labelled notesAccepts or edits
Client questions about numbersShows the SQL behind any figureExplains to the client

What a reviewer's month looks like

BeforeWith Yoraito
Opens each client's reconciliation workbook; checks formulas and tick marksOpens a standard reconciliation view; same layout for every client
Re-matches a sample of lines to be safeReads the rule recorded on each match
Emails preparers asking where support isSupport and queries attached to each item
Reviews every flux comment equallyStarts with items labelled "needs owner"
Answers client auditor questions by rebuilding the workSends the saved query

A firm rollout that doesn't disrupt clients

  1. Pilot with three clients on different GLs for one close.
  2. Standardize your reconciliation and review steps from what you learned.
  3. Roll out in waves of 10 to 15 clients per month.
  4. Train reviewers first, so they know what evidence to expect.

Start free: Claude skills for accountants

If your team already uses Claude, our eight free skills for the close (bank rec, flux, accruals, JE testing, prepaids, PBC tracking, sponsor packs and SQL Trace) run on client exports and write a Trace sheet with every query → /claude-skills. They're a no-commitment way to see the evidence standard before using Yoraito on live data.

Partner with Yoraito

Firms that refer clients earn a revenue share, keep the client relationship and get training and co-marketing, including guest spots on Ticked and Tied, our podcast for finance teams → /partners. If you audit or review a client, tell us at registration and we'll use an arrangement that fits your independence rules.


Frequently asked questions

What are the best AI tools for accountants?

For general writing and research, general AI assistants. For client closes, look for tools that make review faster by showing how each number was produced. Yoraito saves the SQL behind every figure.

Will AI replace accountants at CPA firms?

AI takes over repeatable preparation. Review, judgment, advisory and client relationships stay with accountants, and become a larger share of the work.

Does Yoraito work with QuickBooks Online and Xero?

Yoraito supports 22 named systems, 11 direct, including common small and mid-market GLs. See the integrations page.

See your close with the SQL behind every number.

A 30-minute call with your ERP, entity count and close calendar in front of us.