Product | How Finn Works – Revenue Recognition Software for Project-Based Businesses

Product

Accurate by default.
Reviewed by exception

Finn sits at the intersection of project delivery and financial
management — using AI to analyse project health signals, recommend
revenue recognition, and surface only the decisions that need finance's attention.

Revenue Recognition · Mar 2025

Monthly Revenue

$69,000

Approved Revenue

$14,200

Awaiting Sign-Off

$54,800

Approved WIP

$126,000

Project Rev $ Status

Meridian Group

$14,200

Approved

Blue Arch Group

$14,400

Flagged

Castleton Advisory

$18,600

Pending

Pacific Consulting

$7,400

Pending

March 2025 Closed

Journal Entries Posted

Approved WIP Balance

$126,000

earned but not yet invoiced

Advance available

$85,000

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Accurate

Revenue that reflects delivery reality — nothing missing, nothing overstated.

Most tools assume that if data came from the project manager, it must be correct. Finn treats project data as a draft — a starting point for finance to review, not a source of truth to accept blindly.

Castleton Advisory

$187,000 · Mar 2025

PM submits

Finn reviews

Finance corrects

Posted to GL

PM Submission

Completion % reported

60%

Finn: 60% sits 10pp above the last confirmed milestone boundary (M2, 50%). M3 is 14 days overdue with no sign-off. Hours logged (47%) and cost burn (49%) both suggest a position closer to 50%.

Finance Override

50%

Period Revenue

$5,000

Castleton Advisory

Mar 2025

Finn recommends $6,500 for Mar 2025

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Confidence

High · 4 Bullish · 1 Caution

M2 is complete and signed off, supporting recognition above PM-submitted 42%. Hours burn (41%) and budget burn (44%) both corroborate a position at or above PM%. One caution: M3 is 12 days overdue — recognition above 45% carries delivery risk until sign-off is recorded.

Hours alignment

279 of 680 hrs — corroborates PM%

Supports

Budget burn

Cost burn 44% — within ±5pp

Supports

Milestone health

M3 overdue 12 days, no sign-off

Caution

Prior period PM bias

–3.4pp mean, 9 of 12 periods

Supports

Client health

No disputes or escalations raised

Supports

AI-Driven

AI does the analysis. Finance makes the call.

Finn AI analyses each project against multiple health signals and recommends a recognition percentage. Significant deviations are flagged automatically. Finance approves what's right — not what the system assumed.

Real Time

Earned Revenue and WIP visible in real time, not reconstructed at month end

Earned revenue, WIP balance, and the gap between what's been delivered and what's been invoiced — updated continuously, not rebuilt at period end. Know where you stand on any day of the month. When the CEO asks, you have an answer.

Revenue & WIP

Live

Recognised

$816,000

Billed

$465,000

Unbilled WIP Balance

Jul 2024 – Mar 2025

$351,000

Revenue Recognition · Mar 2025

Project Rev $ Status

Meridian Group

$14,200

Approved

Castleton Advisory

$18,600

Pending

Pacific Consulting

$7,400

Pending

Blue Arch Group

$14,400

Flagged

Efficient

Month-end close time from multiple days to hours, with less key-person risk

Finn automates the routine 80% — pulling project data, calculating earned revenue, and flagging only the projects that need a human decision. No more manual reconciliation between your project tool and your GL and no single point of failure.

Compliant

The audit package writes itself

Every override, approval, and adjustment is captured permanently. Finn posts clean, audit-ready journal entries to your GL — with the full reasoning attached. One click gives an auditor the complete picture for any project, any period.

Audit Trail

Castleton Advisory

Contract updated

3 Mar · J. Mills

$250,000 → $300,000 · scope extension approved

Rev % updated

12 Mar · S. Chen

42% → 45% · $76,000 → $81,000

Comment added

12 Mar · S. Chen

"M2 milestone signed off. Recognising above PM estimate per contract terms."

Approved

14 Mar · S. Chen

$81,000 recognised · Mar 2025

Earned WIP Balance

Project WIP Balance Advance Available

Meridian Group

Invoiced to $62,000

$19,000

$12,000

Harlow & Co

Invoiced to $41,000

$53,000

$35,000

Castleton Advisory

Invoiced to $81,000

$54,000

$38,000

Pacific Consulting

Fully invoiced

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Total

$126,000

$85,000

Working Capital

You've earned it. Access it before the invoice clears.

The same finance-reviewed data that closes your month unlocks an advance against your validated earned revenue — before an invoice has been raised.

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