Skip to main content
Loopfour

Templates and inspiration

Start from a finance workflow pattern.

Jumpstart with repeatable finance workflow templates for invoice processing, payments, reconciliation, contracts, reporting, and close, then customize every control around how your team actually works.

Template builder

Invoice Email to ERP

Starter

Pick a template

starter logic

Map your systems

ERP + approvals

Set controls

owners + thresholds

Approve dry run

audit-ready

5

starter steps

3

control gates

1

dry run

Customized after selection

Templates are starting points, not rigid product flows.

Controls included

Owners, thresholds, exceptions, and dry runs are part of the shape.

Maintained by Loopfour

The workflow can keep changing as your finance stack changes.

Invoice processing

Automate invoice intake, validation, and approval routing

Move invoices from inbox to ERP with matching, policy checks, and approval evidence.

Invoice Email to ERP

Popular

Extract invoice data from emails, validate against purchase orders, and post clean records to the ERP or general ledger.

  • Email (webhook) + Agent (AI) + NetSuite / QuickBooks + Slack
  • 7 steps
  • 5 minute setup
See the workflow

Multi-Level Invoice Approval

Route invoices for approval based on amount thresholds, policy owners, and Slack notifications.

  • NetSuite / QuickBooks + Slack + Condition + Approval
  • 6 steps
  • Threshold-based routing
See the workflow

Invoice Duplicate Detection

Flag duplicate invoices before payment so the team can prevent overpayment and document the review outcome.

  • Data Table + Code + Condition + Approval
  • 6 steps
  • Exception queue
See the workflow

Payment approval

Control payment approvals and posting to the ERP

Give finance teams a starting point for approval routing, timing, and evidence.

Smart Payment Approval Routing

Popular

Route payment requests by amount: auto-approve low-risk items, require manager review for mid-tier, and CFO approval for high-value, then post the approved record to the ERP.

  • ERP + Slack
  • 6 steps
  • Popular template
Review template

Vendor Payment Run Preparation

Prepare the vendor payment run from due dates and cash-flow constraints, gate it behind approval, and post the approved batch to the ERP with the evidence attached.

  • ERP + Slack
  • 5 steps
  • Cash-flow aware
Review template

Bank reconciliation

Move reconciliation from full manual review to exception handling

Start with match rules, then route unmatched activity to owners with context.

Automated Bank Reconciliation

Popular

Match bank transactions to invoices automatically and flag unmatched activity for accountant review.

  • ERP
  • 6 steps
  • Popular template
Review template

Reconciliation Exception Handler

Route unmatched transactions to accountants with enough context to resolve exceptions quickly.

  • ERP + Slack
  • 4 steps
  • Context-rich exceptions
Review template

Contract and billing

Turn contract changes into billing and revenue workflows

Use signed terms as the trigger for invoices, schedules, and revenue workflows.

Contract to Invoice

Popular

Extract billing terms from signed contracts and create invoices in Stripe automatically.

  • DocuSign / PandaDoc + Agent (AI) + Salesforce + Stripe
  • 6 steps
  • Contract term extraction
See the workflow

SaaS Revenue Recognition

Automate ASC 606 revenue recognition from payment subscriptions to the ERP or general ledger.

  • Payments + ERP
  • 5 steps
  • Deferred revenue support
Review template

Reporting and alerts

Keep finance teams ahead of close and cash-flow risk

Escalate missing work, cash thresholds, and close readiness before they become surprises.

Cash Flow Alert

Send Slack alerts when bank balance drops below threshold or unusual activity is detected.

  • Slack
  • 3 steps
  • Threshold alerts
Review template

Month-End Close Checklist

Track reconciliation status and notify the team of pending items until close work is complete.

  • Schedule + Sub-workflow + NetSuite + Slack
  • 7 steps
  • Close readiness tracking
See the workflow

WORKFLOW TEMPLATES

Every finance workflow, built from the same blocks.

These are build patterns, not screenshots. Each one shows the block sequence Loopfour uses to run a finance workflow across your existing systems, from the trigger that starts it to the approval gate and audit trail that close it out.

Accounts Payable & Invoice Processing

Invoice Email to ERP

Pull invoices out of a shared AP inbox, read them with a scoped AI step, match against the purchase order in your ERP, and post the bill with an exception queue for anything that does not agree.

See the workflow
Invoice Duplicate Detection

Check every incoming invoice against a running ledger of what you have already processed, score the match on vendor, amount, and invoice number, and route likely duplicates to a recorded review before anything is paid.

See the workflow
Portal Invoice Download (No API)

Use the Stagehand browser block to log into a vendor or bank portal that has no API, download statements or invoices, extract the data, and post it, adapting to UI changes instead of breaking on them.

See the workflow

Revenue Recognition & Contract-to-Cash

Contract to Invoice

Trigger on contract signature, extract the billing terms with a scoped AI step, confirm them against the linked CRM opportunity, and create the invoice in Stripe.

See the workflow
ASC 606 Revenue Recognition

A scheduled workflow reads the recognition schedule set up at invoice time, computes the amount to move from deferred to recognized, and posts the journal entries, each traceable back to its source contract.

See the workflow

Payment Reconciliation & Cash Application

Stripe to NetSuite Reconciliation

Pull the balance transactions behind each Stripe payout, break them into charges, fees, refunds, and chargebacks, match them to invoices and the clearing account, and post the journal entry, routing only true exceptions to a person.

See the workflow
Multi-Rail Cash Application

Read remittance detail as payments arrive, pull the open receivables from your ERP, match each receipt on amount and reference, and apply the cash, routing partials and unmatched receipts to a person.

See the workflow

Billing & Collections

AR Dunning Automation

A daily run re-reads open AR, sends escalating reminders as invoices age, routes high-value or long-overdue accounts to a collector, and simply skips anything that has been paid since the last run.

See the workflow
Billing Ticket to Adjustment

Catch a billing request raised as a HubSpot ticket, classify it, gate the adjustment behind approval, post the credit memo or correction in Stripe or the ERP, and close the loop back to the ticket.

See the workflow

CRM-to-ERP Billing

Salesforce Closed-Won to Invoice

Trigger on a closed-won opportunity, validate the billing fields, create the customer and the invoice in the ERP as separate steps, and route incomplete deals to sales ops instead of billing them wrong.

See the workflow
HubSpot Deal to Stripe Billing

Trigger on a won HubSpot deal, confirm the billing terms, gate custom terms, create the Stripe customer, start the subscription as a separate step, and write the status back so the CRM and billing stay in sync.

See the workflow

Month-End Close & Controls

Month-End Close Checklist

Orchestrate the close as a set of sub-workflows, run reconciliations and checks in the right order, gather evidence at each step, and track readiness to a clean close.

See the workflow
Flux Analysis & Alerting

Pull the current and prior trial balance, compare each account against the prior period, flag variances beyond a threshold, and ask the owner to confirm and explain each one, capturing the explanation against the account.

See the workflow

Do not see your exact workflow? It is almost certainly a combination of these blocks. Book a demo and we will map your highest-pain workflow first.

Next step

Map one finance workflow and prove the automation path.

Bring an invoice, contract, payment reconciliation, or customer finance workflow. Loopfour can map the trigger, controls, integrations, and approval loop.

Book a workflow review