Wed, 10 Jun 2026

A best practices checklist for zero accounts receivable

As finance leaders battle the hurdle of building an AI-driven, scalable system where cash flows are consistent without manual effort, it is necessary to achieve zero accounts receivable.

This equates to minimising delays in collecting payments and eliminating friction from the process.

According to Forwardly, cash getting stuck impacts finance leaders as work capital gets locked in receivables and forecast accuracy declines.

Moreover, month-end close slows down and finance teams shift from strategic work to manual follow-ups.

Forwardly presented a checklist to quell this dilemma:

Forwardly believes that if most or all of these boxes are checked, an organisation’s AR process is already AI-driven, automated, and built for scale.

A modern AR system ensures that cash flows in faster, manual work is eliminated, visibility is real-time, and finance teams focus on strategy and not on collections.

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