Research online and find two software tools for bank account reconciliation. Write a 500-word report comparing their features and benefits.

1. CashBook

2. BlackLine

Explanation:

1. Cashbook can provide bank reconciliations quick, easily and this software also claims to be affordable. The Cashbook Bank reconciliation module allows reconciliation between the organizations system and the bank accounts statement. CashBook software enables an organizations finance department to set rules which will be followed when the software is performing Bank reconciliation.

2. BlackLine is unified cloud for finance and accounting. The software is updated continuously to provide up to date financial calculations. This software provide accurate bank reconciliation to ease the process of preparing financial statements. The tasks BlackLine can perform includes, balance sheet integrity, close process management and compliance. This software is closely designed with SAP.

When a software is used to perform bank reconciliation the results are accurate and quick as compared to an employee carrying out the task. Bank Reconciliation requires the organizations general ledger to be compared with the bank accounts statement to find out any transactions that are not recorded in the system or are not performed by the bank at the given time. The transactions identified as not recorded in the ledger are recorded in the system by the authorized personnel mostly these transactions are bank charges of which the organization and finance departments employees are unaware of, the rest of the transactions are initiated at the request of the finance department employees (authorized personnel). If a person performs this task it can take hours and hours for that employee to reconcile a single account, as the process will be carried out manually but on the other hand if the same task which is bank reconciliation is performed over the software can provide the results in minutes. The employee performing bank reconciliation can also be utilized to perform other tasks of the department as required this may include preparing invoices, booking receivables, preparing receivable aging and so on, but a software cannot perform these tasks or if the software can then further modules of the software might required to be purchased in order to benefit from other financial services, while on the other hand an employee can have multiple responsibilities. The amount for which an employee for the relevant role can be hired and the amount for which the software is available can be relevant as both are giving benefits, if the software is cheaper but reliable than hiring an employee then the software should be purchased and if hiring an employee for bank reconciliation is cheaper as compared to buying the licence of the software then the employee must be hired as it will save up the organizations cost which can be utilized elsewhere.

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