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AI can accelerate insight, but only when financial discipline exists. This article explains why automation and AI cannot replace reconciliations, reviews, and financial oversight.

Performance reports can look polished and confident, but if the balance sheet isn’t reconciled, the insights behind them are unreliable. This article explains why accurate performance reporting must start with the balance sheet, and why unreconciled financials are a governance risk, not just an accounting issue.

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