AICO by Pacera | Financial Close Software - Pacera
Aico by Pacera
We bring control to your Financial Close
Your finance team isn’t struggling with accounting. They’re struggling with execution. We turn fragmented processes into one controlled, automated system across your entire close. Replace manual, Excel-driven closes with automated workflows, real-time ERP data and audit-ready controls in as little as a few weeks.
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While most finance teams are still coordinating across Excel, ERP and email,
our customers run their entire close in one platform.
They don’t just close faster. They close with control, visibility and confidence.
4.8/5 from reviewers on G2
-80%
Reduction in manual coordination
+100%
Process visibility across teams
+30%
Faster month-end close
Excel works when your business is simple. But as you scale, complexity increases faster than your processes can keep up.
More entities, more accounts, more stakeholders
Increasing audit and compliance pressure
M&A, restructuring, or international expansion
Higher expectations for speed and accuracy
At this point, the problem isn’t Excel itself. It’s that your close process depends on it.
Talk to us about your challenges
Financial Close in the age of scale
Are you still running a fragmented financial close and wonder why it feels slow, manual, and risky? If your set up includes some combination of ERP + Excel + email coordination, you are stuck managing critical processes across disconnected tools. It is slow, manual, error-prone and hard to scale.
How we transform your financial close
- Create visibility across the close: We connect your processes into one structured workflow.
- Automate manual work: We eliminate repetitive tasks that slow your team down.
- Enforce control and compliance: Control is built into the process, not added after.
- Standardise across the organisation: We replace local workarounds with a global way of working.
- Scale without adding headcount: As complexity increases, your process stays controlled.
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Your ERP records transactions. It doesn’t run your close. Most teams still rely on Excel and manual coordination on top of their ERP.
No structured close workflows
No ownership tracking across teams
Limited automation for reconciliations and journals
No end-to-end visibility of the close process
Book a demo to see how we solve this
Ready to take control of your financial close? We help finance teams move from coordination to control.
- 50–90% faster reconciliations
- 25–40% of journal entries fully automated
- 70–90% faster evidence and documentation handling
- 20–40% faster reviews and approvals
- 20–50% reduction in audit preparation effort
That translates into:
- Close cycles reduced from ~10 days to ~5 days (or less)
- 20–40 hours saved per accountant, per month
- 200–600 hours saved per close cycle for mid-sized teams
Business value:
ROI: typically 200–600%
Payback period: 3–9 months
Time to value: First measurable improvements within days of deployment
What this means for your business:
- Close faster without increasing headcount
- Gain real-time visibility across entities
- Be audit-ready at any time
- Scale your finance function without replatforming
Results instead of effort. This is what you can expect:
Close faster: Reduce close cycle time significantly (often days saved every month)
Increase automation: Up to 50–80% of processes automated depending on maturity
Reduce manual work: Hundreds of hours saved per month,
Improve audit readiness: Full traceability and documentation built-in
Scale efficiently: Handle growth without increasing finance headcount
Still managing your close across Excel and ERP?
Let’s change that. Book a discovery session and see how leading finance teams are transforming their close.
ERP systems record what happened. Aico controls how it happens.
The right time to automate your close is now.
The Aico Tiers
Foundation Financial Close
Foundation Account Reconciliation
Foundation Suite
Professional Suite
Professional Suite + Journals
Enterprise
Foundation Financial Close
Closing Task Manager module. For organisations starting their automation journey
• Up to 30 companies
• 2–6 week implementation
• Integration with any ERP
Foundation Account Reconciliation
Account Reconciliation module. For growing, multi-entity finance teams
• Up to 30 companies
• 2–6 week implementation
• Integration with any ERP
Foundation Suite
For growing, multi-entity finance teams. Includes both Closing Task Manager and Account Reconciliation.
• Up to 30 companies
• 2–6 week implementation
• Integration with any ERP
Professional Suite
For growing, multi-entity finance teams. Includes both Closing Task Manager and Account Reconciliation.
• Up to 50 companies
• 6 week–3 month implementation
• Live integration with ERPs like SAP/S4HANA, Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics.
Professional Suite + Journals
For growing, multi-entity finance teams. Includes both Closing Task Manager and Account Reconciliation. Also includes Journal Entries-module.
• Up to 50 companies
• 6 week–3 month implementation
• Live integration with ERPs like SAP/S4HANA, Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics.
Enterprise
For complex organisations with advanced requirements
• Custom
• 2–4 month implementation
• Custom integration
Offering
Closing Task Manager](/content/products/aico/closing-task-manager/index.html)
Journal Entries](/content/products/aico/journal-entries/index.html)
Account Reconciliation](/content/products/aico/account-reconciliation/index.html)
Transaction Matching](/content/products/aico/financial-transaction-matching/index.html)
Intercompany Invoicing](/content/products/aico/intercompany-invoicing/index.html)
Manual Payments](/content/products/aico/manual-payments/index.html)
Financial Requests](/content/products/aico/financial-requests/index.html)
Account Monitor](/content/products/aico/account-monitor/index.html)
Variance Monitor](/content/products/aico/variance-monitor/index.html)
Compliance Task Manager](/content/products/aico/compliance-task-manager/index.html)
AI for Financial Close](/content/products/aico/ai-in-financial-close/index.html)
SAP Integration](/content/products/aico/sap-integration/index.html)
Microsoft Dynamic 365 Integration](/content/products/aico/microsoft-dynamic-365-integration/index.html)
Oracle Integration](/content/products/aico/oracle-erp-integration/index.html)
See what our customers have to say about us
700+ happy customers
"We wanted a single solution where we could monitor all aspects of the close and slice and dice at all levels. Where individuals could monitor their own progress, but we could also monitor the close at a regional and central level ourselves."
Colin Hand
Aico Implementation Lead
at AkzoNobel
Why should I consider Financial Close Software?
Why do scaling UK businesses and large enterprises choose Aico by Pacera? −
Aico delivers the simplicity finance teams need today and the scalability they require tomorrow, without forcing a costly re-platform as your business grows.
Key reasons customers choose Aico:
- Faster time-to-value than legacy enterprise close solutions
- Greater automation than checklist-based mid-market tools
- Lower total cost of ownership
- Designed for finance teams, not IT specialists
- Scales with increasing complexity
Result: Organisations can move beyond spreadsheets and checklists to a truly automated, future-proof financial close.
How is Aico better than mid-market close tools like FloQast or Trintech Adra? +
Mid-market solutions like FloQast and Trintech Adra focus on visibility and checklist management. Aico goes further by automating the close itself, reducing manual effort while maintaining strong controls.
FloQast primarily provides a collaboration and workflow layer, with underlying processes still dependent on manual effort or spreadsheets. Aico goes beyond task management by replacing those manual steps with true process automation. In short, FloQast tracks tasks, while Aico automates them—eliminating manual reconciliations and journal entries rather than simply monitoring them.
Customers who have switched report that while Trintech Adra is quick to get started with, it can become restrictive as businesses scale, often resulting in teams outgrowing the platform. Aico is built to scale from mid-market through to enterprise, so there’s no need to replatform as your business evolves.
Aico offers a full spectrum of financial close automation; from journals to intercompany to compliance, all in a single, finance-owned environment.
Benefits of Aico:
- Automated reconciliations and transaction matching
- Journal entry automation and workflow orchestration
- Stronger analytics, controls, and audit trails
- A single platform that scales from mid-market to enterprise
Outcome: Fast-growing organisations can move beyond spreadsheets and checklists to a fully automated financial close without re-platforming as complexity grows.
What makes Aico unique? +
Key differentiators include:
- Full-service offering (Office of CFO) covering Financial Close, Group Consolidate and FP&A modules
- Lower total cost of ownership
- Highly configurable workflows (on Enterprise product)
- Enterprise-grade features without Enterprise grade pricing from our competitors
Why should I use Financial Close software instead of relying on my ERP? +
ERPs are excellent systems of record but are not designed to manage, control, or optimise the close process. They focus on transaction processing rather than coordination, reconciliation, substantiation, and control.
Financial Close software complements your ERP by:
- Structuring close workflows with clear ownership, deadlines, and approvals
- Automating reconciliations and transaction matching that would otherwise be manual
- Strengthening controls and audit readiness beyond ERP capabilities
- Providing real-time visibility into close status, risks, and bottlenecks
Summary: Your ERP records the numbers. Financial Close software like Aico ensures those numbers are accurate, controlled, and delivered on time, helping finance teams close faster, reduce risk, and scale confidently.
Will Aico work with my existing ERP and finance systems? +
Yes. Aico integrates seamlessly with leading ERP systems, including SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, and Microsoft Dynamics, as well as other finance and data sources used by UK organisations.
- Aico does not replace your ERP; it complements it
- Provides automation, workflows, controls, and visibility that ERPs typically lack during the close
- Enables your finance teams to improve the close process without altering the underlying ERP
How quickly can Aico be implemented and start delivering value? +
Aico is designed to deliver rapid time-to-value without lengthy or complex implementations. Most organisations see measurable improvements in close speed, visibility, and control within weeks rather than months.
- Pre-configured financial close workflows and ERP integrations allow minimal disruption
- Limited reliance on IT or external consultants
- Faster adoption is a key reason UK mid-market and enterprise organisations prefer Aico over legacy systems
You are in safe hands with our support & implementation
Who supports the integration, is it a 3rd party? −
All our integrations are implemented using Aico staff in-house
How long does implementation take? +
Implementation time depends on your tier. Foundation typically goes live in 2–6 weeks, Professional in 6 weeks to 3 months, and Enterprise in 2–4 months. The exact timeline depends on your integration and data-migration needs, and simpler setups can be up and running in as little as a couple of weeks.
How do updates and new features work? +
We release updates continuously (monthly) on a pre-defined schedule outside period end closing and work-hours
What training is provided? +
We offer live onboarding sessions, role-based training, self-paced training materials, and optional in-depth workshops for teams.
Can you provide customer references in our industry? +
Yes available on request
Use of AI in Aico
Does Aico use AI in the software? −
For FAQ related to AI in Aico, see our AI In Financial Close page.