Finance & Accounting AI Co-Pilots for Retail

Autonomous P2P & O2C workflows for retailers to process high-SKU invoices faster, control supplier spend across stores, and keep cash flowing across every channel and entity.

80%

Straight Through
Invoice Processing

99.8%

Accurate Invoice-Field Extraction

40%

Reduction in DSO

80%

Reduction in Cash Reconciliation Cost

Restoring Control Across High-Volume Retail Finance Operations

SKU-Level Invoice Validation Breaks Down at Scale

Retail invoices arrive pre-loaded with promotional allowances, volume discounts, and vendor penalties that no AP team can validate manually at scale. AI performs line-level matching against contracted terms and blocks invalid claims before ERP posting.

Seasonal Vendor Churn Corrupts Vendor Master Data Across Stores

Onboarding hundreds of short-term vendors for peak seasons and offboarding them leaves vendor master data out of sync across stores and ERPs. AI automates vendor verification, flags duplicates on creation, and keeps records accurate in real-time.

Off-Contract Store Purchasing Only Surfaces at Month-End

With buyers across hundreds of locations purchasing independently, budget variances go undetected until close. AI enforces contracted pricing and approved vendor lists at the point of requisition, blocking non-compliant purchases before a PO is raised.

Incorrect GL Coding by Store Distorts Period-End Reporting

Up to 20% of retail invoices carry incorrect GL codes, mis-allocating costs across stores, channels, and departments. AI applies self-learning GL coding by store and channel, improving accuracy with every invoice processed

Retail AR Invoices Age Due to Discounts, Returns & Marketplace Cycles

AI identifies invoices at risk of discount or return-related delays, prioritizes collections by marketplace payment behavior and customer segments, and improves cash-flow predictability.

Payments Arriving Across Channels Can't Be Reconciled to a Single AR Ledger

In-store, e-commerce, and marketplace payments each settle differently, fragmenting AR beyond what any team can reconcile manually. AI unifies cash application across all channels and routes exceptions for resolution.

One Unified Platform for Retail Finance

P2P and O2C workflows are handled end-to-end by finance-trained AI agents in one system, posting clean data directly into your ERP.

Processes invoices by extracting data, matching POs/GRNs, finding duplicates, & assigning GL code with 80% automated processing

Procure-to-Pay (P2P)

What Hyperbots does

Extracts & validates SKU-level invoices, verifies vendors, and executes payments so that retailers can avoid overpayments, disputes, and supplier delays.

Outcome
  • Invoices validated before ERP posting

  • SKU-level PO mismatches eliminated

  • Vendor records clean & verified

  • Freight & promotion charges validated

  • Supplier payments executed automatically

Order-to-Cash (O2C)

What Hyperbots does

Prioritizes collections, resolves promotion-driven disputes, and applies cash accurately so retailers get paid faster with fewer exceptions.

Outcome
  • Faster collections across channels

  • Fewer disputes & manual follow-ups

  • Higher straight-through cash application

  • Accurate posting of bulk and short payments

  • Faster AR close & cleaner receivables

Vendor co-pilot validates vendor identity, offers live PO tracking, & finds cost savings

P2P Automation Built for Retail

Finance-trained AI built to manage high-volume retail invoices, vendors, PO matching, and payments accurately

Invoice Processing Co-Pilot

Processes high-SKU retail invoices from emails, portals & marketplaces, matching them accurately against POs and receipts.

  • Line-item matching in both 2-way and 3-way.

  • Detects & prevents duplicates and invalid invoices.

  • Dynamic GL coding & policy-aligned exception routing.

Payments Co-Pilot

Automates retail supplier payments, improves discount timings, and ensures compliant, ERP-synced disbursements across channels.

  • Optimizes payment timing for discounts & penalties.

  • Flexible automated approvals & payment workflows.

  • Real-time reconciliation & secure multi-method processing.

Accruals Co-Pilot

Books and reverses accruals automatically, ensuring cost accuracy and faster close across stores & seasonal spikes.

  • Auto-posts validated accruals with correct GL coding.

  • Reverses accruals as invoices arrive in real-time.

  • Configurable workflows for approvals & confirmations.

Procurement Co-Pilot

Streamlines purchasing from requisition to PO dispatch, enforcing budgets and pricing across stores.

  • Autofills and validates PRs using contracts.

  • Budget control &  anomaly detection reduce off-contract spend.

  • Automated PO creation &  dispatch with ERP sync.

Sales Tax Verification Co-Pilot

Checks retail sales tax on every line-item, ensuring compliance with jurisdiction &  origin-destination rules before posting.

  • Tax validation using live jurisdiction rates.

  • Prevents over- and under-taxation penalties.

  • Audit-ready documentation &  compliance trails.

Vendor Management Co-Pilot

Verifies and maintains clean retail vendor data, onboards suppliers fast, and synchronizes records across stores and marketplaces.

  • Instant vendor identity verification &  W-9 checks.

  • Real-time vendor portal for PO, invoice, &  payment status.

  • Prevents duplicates &  keeps banking details accurate

O2C Automation for Retail Cash Flow

Accelerate collections and cash application across distributors, marketplaces, and direct-to-consumer retail channels.

Collection Co-pilot

Collections Co-Pilot

Recovers revenue lost to invalid promotional deductions, return claims, and compliance short pays across wholesale and franchise customers.

  • Validates deductions against approved promotional and compliance terms

  • Prioritises recovery by customer type, deduction age, and dispute deadline

  • Automates follow-ups and flags invalid claims before windows expire

Cash App Co-pilot

Cash Application Co-Pilot

Reconciles payments across in-store, ecommerce, and marketplace channels into a single, accurate AR ledger

  • Matches POS settlements, platform payouts, and B2B remittances to open invoices

  • Disaggregates bundled payments net of fees, returns, and chargebacks

  • Routes unmatched items for resolution with full channel context

Seamless Integrations Across Retail ERPs

One AI integration layer connecting finance, stores, marketplaces, and ERPs in real time.

Run Your Retail Finance with Hyperbots

Let us handle your P2P & O2C workflows,

While you focus on margins, cash, and growth.

FAQs: Retail

What is AP automation for retail?

AP automation for retail connects invoices, POs, receipts, credits, and GL to handle high-SKU, high-volume retail transactions accurately.

Why do retailers need specialized AP automation software?

Retailers deal with thousands of suppliers, promotions, returns, and thin margins that generic AP tools cannot manage at scale.

How is Hyperbots different from Tipalti, Stampli, or Vic.ai for retail?

Other tools automate workflows. Hyperbots uses finance-trained AI to execute matching, validation, coding, and posting autonomously.

Can Hyperbots handle high-SKU retail invoices and promotions?

Yes. Hyperbots performs true line-item level matching across SKUs, prices, quantities, promotions, freight, and adjustments.

How does Hyperbots handle returns, credits, and chargebacks in retail?

Hyperbots automatically match credit notes, returns, and deductions to original invoices, preventing missed credits and margin leakage.

How does Hyperbots help with retail vendor management?

Hyperbots verifies vendor identities, prevents duplicates, maintains accurate banking details, and synchronizes supplier data across systems.

How does Hyperbots improve retail cash flow?

Hyperbots automates collections and cash application, helping retailers reduce unapplied cash, lower DSO, and improve cash predictability.

Which ERPs does Hyperbots integrate with for retail?

Hyperbots integrates with leading retail ERPs including NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Epicor, and others.

Is Hyperbots suitable for fast-growing or global retail companies?

Yes. Hyperbots supports high transaction volumes, multi-currency, multi-entity, and global retail finance operations.

Is Hyperbots the best AP automation software for retail?

Hyperbots is built for retail complexity, automating high-SKU invoices, promotions, returns, vendors, and omnichannel payments accurately.

Designed by CFOs for CFOs

We worked with several CFOs to solve the right problems.

Hear what they have to say!

  • I am thrilled to be involved with Hyperbots’ new AI solution revolutionizing AP workflow as a design partner. During development, I shared real-world perspective on the needs of my industry, ensuring the solution is tailor-made for the intricate demands of law firms.

    Cecy Graf

    CFO

    Strategic advisor

    WA

  • I designed Hyperbots as a tool aimed at enabling CFOs in various industries to alleviate themselves from tedious tasks and simplify intricate financial workflows. By substituting manual efforts with technology, the tool enhances the precision and speed of tasks such as data entry, reconciliation, and report generation.

    Anna Tiomina

    Founder

    Blend2Balance

    Houston

  • I have really enjoyed working with the Hyperbots team so far on defining the product functionality.

    John Silverstein

    VP of F&A

    XR Extreme Reach

    NYC

  • In helping design the product, as an experienced CFO, I focused on addressing my current pain points using AI.

    Anthony Dias

    CFO

    Strategic Advisor

    NYC

  • As a design partner, my input was taken onboard and we have been able to go through various iterations to keep refining the product to ensure real-life applicability.

    Ayo Fashina

    Director

    DFC

    Dallas

  • I think the time has come to leverage AI for addressing various challenges faced by CFOs such as data accuracy, timely & efficient processing and reporting, improving visibility, optimizing costs, managing cash flow, and ensuring compliance.

    Mike Vaishnav

    CFO

    Strategic Advisor

    SF

  • As an experienced senior financial professional, it has been an opportunity and an honor to provide input into the design of this artificial intelligence-powered tool that helps automate certain processes and provides new insights into financial questions commonly encountered across many industries and companies.

    Bimal Shah

    CFO

    Strategic Advisor

    SF

Designed by CFOs for CFOs

We worked with several CFOs to solve the right problems.

Hear what they have to say!

  • As an experienced senior financial professional, it has been an opportunity and an honor to provide input into the design of this artificial intelligence-powered tool that helps automate certain processes and provides new insights into financial questions commonly encountered across many industries and companies.

    Bimal Shah

    CFO

    Strategic Advisor

    SF

  • In helping design the product, as an experienced CFO, I focused on addressing my current pain points using AI.

    Anthony Dias

    CFO

    Strategic Advisor

    NYC

  • I think the time has come to leverage AI for addressing various challenges faced by CFOs such as data accuracy, timely & efficient processing and reporting, improving visibility, optimizing costs, managing cash flow, and ensuring compliance.

    Mike Vaishnav

    CFO

    Strategic Advisor

    SF

  • I have really enjoyed working with the Hyperbots team so far on defining the product functionality.

    John Silverstein

    VP of F&A

    XR Extreme Reach

    NYC

  • As a design partner, my input was taken onboard and we have been able to go through various iterations to keep refining the product to ensure real-life applicability.

    Ayo Fashina

    Director

    DFC

    Dallas

  • I am thrilled to be involved with Hyperbots’ new AI solution revolutionizing AP workflow as a design partner. During development, I shared real-world perspective on the needs of my industry, ensuring the solution is tailor-made for the intricate demands of law firms.

    Cecy Graf

    CFO

    Strategic advisor

    WA

  • I designed Hyperbots as a tool aimed at enabling CFOs in various industries to alleviate themselves from tedious tasks and simplify intricate financial workflows. By substituting manual efforts with technology, the tool enhances the precision and speed of tasks such as data entry, reconciliation, and report generation.

    Anna Tiomina

    Founder

    Blend2Balance

    Houston

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Book a demo with one of our Financial Technology Consultants to get started!