The AI-native OS for small accounting firms

Onboard. Close. Advise.
One operating system.

Thesis is the AI-native operating system for small accounting firms — one place to onboard a client, run the month-end close on live QuickBooks data, catch the errors they'd catch before they do, and deliver client-ready CFO write-ups. The whole engagement, from kickoff to advisory, runs on one system instead of ten disconnected tools.

Onboarding & close Error-catching agents CFO write-ups Branded client portal

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AI agents reconciling
Flagging missed accruals
Reviewing now
Senior Reviewer queue
AI-flagged exceptions routed to a human reviewer before the close locks.
CFO write-up
Drafted in minutes ✦
What it feels like to run a small firm in 2026

You're doing CFO work
in a bookkeeping operating system.

Small accounting firms are stuck in the gap between QuickBooks and a real advisory firm — drowning in manual work, watching mistakes slip through, and leaving advisory revenue on the table. Thesis is built to fix all four at once.

01
Long
weeks during close

Your week disappears into manual close work

Reconciliations, journal entries, chasing clients for receipts, copying numbers from QBO into Excel. The close runs long and still ships late.

02
Hidden
errors only caught later

Errors get caught by clients (or worse, the IRS)

Missed accruals. Cutoff problems. A vendor invoice booked in the wrong period. By the time anyone notices, you're three days into rework and one trust point down.

03
Unbilled
advisory work delivered for free

You deliver CFO insights, charge bookkeeping rates

Clients call you for budgeting, cash flow, hiring decisions — the whole thing. Your invoice says 'Monthly bookkeeping — $650'. The gap between what you give and what you charge is pure unclaimed revenue.

04
Linear
growth tied to hiring

You can't grow without hiring

Every new client means more headcount. There's no leverage in your firm — just more hours. The partners you refer clients to are billing multiples of what you do for the same engagement.

Four ways Thesis earns its seat

AI does the busywork.
Your firm moves up-market.

The first two pillars give your team back its week. The last two turn that time into advisory work you can bill for — and a portal that keeps clients close.

Pillar 01 · AI-streamlined close

A close that half-builds itself

Live QBO balances flow in, your checklist carries forward from last month, AI suggests the tasks you're missing, and every step routes from preparer to reviewer to sign-off — with the period frozen once it's signed.

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Pillar 02 · AI close review

A second pair of eyes on every account

Thesis scans every account, every period, for missed accruals, payroll variance, coding errors, tie-out breaks, and balance-sheet drift — and hands you a plain-English recommendation for each finding.

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Pillar 03 · CFO write-ups

Turn every close into a CFO report

AI drafts a client-ready CFO write-up — variance commentary, trend analysis, forward-looking recommendations, every number traced to source. You add the final polish and send it as an advisory deliverable.

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Pillar 04 · Branded client portal

One branded home for every client

A branded portal where clients review the financials you publish, answer data requests, approve deliverables, and follow the partner referrals you send — so your firm shows up as the system of record, not a monthly PDF.

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Pillar 01 · AI Close Automation

Your firm's best close,
running itself.

Template-driven workflows carry forward from your last close, inherit QBO balances, and route work automatically. Add a tool, add a step — your SOPs become living software.

  • Pulls live trial balance, chart of accounts, JEs, and aging from QBO
  • Drafts balanced journal entries for common items like bank fees and interest
  • Routes each step preparer → reviewer → sign-off, freezing the period on sign-off
  • One SOP library for your whole firm — version-controlled and inheritable
Faster
month-end close
Fewer
dropped hand-offs
Preview · Close checklist
Product preview · Close checklist
AI-drafted, reviewer-approved close steps
Preview
Reconcile all bank accounts
Reconcile credit cards
Post monthly payroll JE
Review AR aging — follow up > 60 days
Accrue utilities + rent
Lock period & send to reviewer
Close Agent drafted 4 journal entries — review in 1 click
Pillar 02 · AI Close Review

Clients won't catch errors
before you do.

Thesis runs a two-stage review over every account, every period — around 160 deterministic checks plus an AI pass — and hands you each finding with a plain-English recommended step.

  • Scans every account in every period — doesn't wait for you to look
  • Flags missed accruals, payroll variance, coding errors, tie-out breaks, and balance-sheet drift
  • Explains each finding and the recommended fix in plain English
  • Findings are durable and route into the close for reviewer sign-off
Every account
scanned each period
Caught early
before clients see it
Preview · Close-review findings
Close Review — categories of AI findings
Surfaces missed accruals, cutoff errors, duplicates, and variance.
Preview
Deferred revenue not releasedhigh severityExample
Missed rent accrualhigh severityExample
Unusual payroll variancemed severityExample
Duplicate vendor billmed severityExample
Uncategorized transactionslow severityExample
Proposed JE: Each finding includes a draft journal entry the reviewer can approve, edit, or reject before posting to QuickBooks.
Pillar 03 · CFO Write-Ups

Close the month.
Bill like a CFO.

Point the agent at a closed month. It drafts a client-ready write-up with charts, variance explanations, and forward-looking recommendations. A deliverable that took three hours now takes fifteen minutes — and reads better than the one you wrote by hand.

  • Pulls P&L, balance sheet, trailing KPIs, prior commentary, your tone
  • Drafts variance explanations, trend analysis, and forward-looking recs
  • You review the last 10%, brand it, and send — 15 minutes end-to-end
  • Every draft is linked back to its source — full audit trail for review
Minutes
closed → client-ready
Advisory
fees, not bookkeeping rates
Light edits
most drafts just need polish
Preview · CFO write-up
Product preview · CFO write-up
Executive summary · drafted from your GL
Preview
Revenue
MoM trend
Gross margin
vs. prior
Net income
with normalization

Each paragraph traces back to specific rows in the GL via fact tokens — variance commentary, normalization, and forward-looking guidance grounded in the trial balance you just closed.

Reviewers can edit any paragraph; the prompt log shows which GL rows the agent cited.

Pillar 04 · Client Portal

A branded home
for every client.

Clients get a portal in your firm's name — magic-link sign-in, no password. They review the financials and write-ups you publish, answer data requests, approve deliverables, and follow the partner referrals you send.

  • Branded, magic-link portal — clients see only what you publish
  • Financial packages, CFO write-ups, and documents in one place
  • Two-way data requests: clients answer, upload, and code transactions
  • Send tracked partner referrals (tax, legal, insurance) to your clients
Preview · Client portal
Published to the client
This month
May financials package
Published
CFO write-up — May
Published
Bank statements
Shared
For the client
Open items
3 data requests
Awaiting your answers
To do
Write-up sign-off
Ready for approval
Approve
Tax partner intro
Referral from your firm
Referral
The revenue math

Per client, per year.

How a single client can expand from bookkeeping-only to bookkeeping + CFO review + one referred partner — you set every price:

Base bookkeeping
Compliance rate
Base rate
+ CFO review & write-up
Unlocked by the AI write-up
Add-on
+ Advisory work
The hours the close gives back
Add-on
+ Partner referrals
Tracked in the client portal
Add-on
New revenue per client
Bookkeeping-only → full advisory relationship
Expansion
The outcome

Your firm, rewired.

Before Thesis
With Thesis
Time to close a client
Days of manual work
Streamlined and automated
Review process
Email + spreadsheets
Routed + tracked in-app
Catching errors
Manual scan, if you have time
AI flags every account every period
Client deliverable
Static P&L attached to email
Branded CFO write-up, 1 click
Standardizing the work
Tribal knowledge
Version-controlled SOP library, built in
Average engagement fee
Compliance-rate bookkeeping
Advisory-rate engagements
ROI calculator

Run the numbers on your firm.

A worked example with sample inputs — swap in your own firm's numbers to see the math.

Example firm inputs
Number of monthly-close clients10
Average monthly bookkeeping fee$800
Hours to close one client per month8 hrs
Fully-loaded hourly cost$75 /hr
% of clients upsold to CFO write-ups20%
CFO write-up price / month$750
What Thesis unlocks
Hours saved / mo
48 hrs
≈ 6 business days back
Labor saved / mo
$3,600
48 × $75/hr
New ARR / mo
$1,500
2 clients × $750/mo
Net ROI / mo
$4,900
After Thesis $200/mo (10 × $20)
Payback period
Pays for itself in 2 days

Illustrative example based on the sample inputs shown on the left — swap in your own numbers. Figures are estimates, not a guarantee of results.

Pricing

Pays for itself with the
first client renewal.

14 days free · No credit card required · Cancel any time

Most popular
Per client
$20/ client / month

One simple price. Every feature, every client — no tiers, no seat limits.

  • Unlimited team members
  • Close checklist + AI close review
  • Live QuickBooks Online — plus CSV/Excel import
  • CFO write-ups (AI)
  • Branded client portal & data requests
  • SOP library & partner referrals
  • Priority support

Billed monthly per active client · Cancel any time

FAQ

Questions we hear a lot.

You authorize Thesis through Intuit's standard OAuth flow. We pull your chart of accounts, trial balance, journal entries, invoices, and aging on demand. We never store raw QBO credentials and you can disconnect at any time from either side.
Yes. Every firm runs in an isolated tenant with row-level security on every query. Your data is never used to train shared models, and only your firm's users can read or write it.
QuickBooks Online is our native, live integration today. If you're on Xero, NetSuite, or Sage Intacct, you can import trial balances and journal entries from their exports (or CSV/Excel) — native connectors for those systems are on the roadmap.
Pick a plan or your account pauses — nothing is auto-charged. Your data stays in place for 90 days so you can pick up where you left off.
We've implemented SOC 2 controls (encryption in transit and at rest, audit logging, least-privilege access, signed sessions). Our formal SOC 2 audit is in progress — we'll publish the report once certified. Reach out to security@thesisapp.io for our current security questionnaire.
Yes. Drop your Excel checklist, Notion doc, or PDF SOP — Thesis parses it into structured workflows in minutes, then runs them on every entity.
It's a worked example: labor savings = hours saved × your fully-loaded rate, and advisory uplift = your attach rate × your write-up price. Every input is an illustrative sample you can replace with your own numbers — the figures are estimates, not a guarantee.
No. Thesis is software for firms — your team owns the client relationship and signs off on every deliverable. We're the opposite of Bench or Zeni.
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