Release 3 of 8 in Agora’s Season of Innovation is here: the new Bookkeeping Center, the bookkeeping workspace inside Agora’s Accounting Center.
Picture a monthly close: the CFO needs the latest financials, one entity is still being reconciled, and no one can say what’s holding it up. The update sits in an email. The question lives somewhere else. The report still isn’t ready. Multiply that across every entity a firm manages, and the close turns into a scavenger hunt across inboxes and spreadsheets.
The new Bookkeeping Center, the bookkeeping workspace inside Agora’s Accounting Center, is built to end that hunt. Agora Accounting Services puts a dedicated team of bookkeepers and CPAs behind the books, supported by real estate-specific AI that helps categorize transactions and flag what needs a second look.
The future of accounting is a connected operating model where expert people, purpose-built software, AI, and the firm’s own data work together.
What’s in this release
Every entity gets a clear view of where its books stand in real time (what’s done, and what’s pending) down to the transactions and reports behind that status. Financial reports live inside Agora, ready to review and approve, while smarter categorization behind the scenes means fewer items land on the GP’s desk in the first place.
None of this replaces the people doing the work. The Agora bookkeeper and CPA still review that work, resolve issues, and stay accountable for what goes out the door.
Where AI fits into the model
Every entity gets a clear view of where its books stand in real time (what’s done, and what’s pending) down to the transactions and reports behind that status. Financial reports live inside Agora, ready to review and approve, while smarter categorization behind the scenes means fewer items land on the GP’s desk in the first place.
AI-powered workflows can help with tasks such as transaction categorization, document processing, reconciliation, and identifying potential anomalies or exceptions.
None of this replaces the people doing the work. The Agora bookkeeper and CPA still review that work, resolve issues, and stay accountable for what goes out the door.
The result is not accounting without accountants. It is accounting where accountants can focus on their business.
What this means for your firm
Existing Agora Accounting Services customers will see the Bookkeeping Center land inside the Accounting Center today, without a separate login. For firms still managing books through an outside provider, this is what a connected back office looks like: one workspace, one dedicated team, and a close you can watch happen instead of waiting to hear about.
Talk to the team to learn more about Agora Accounting Services.
