Sent?
Only sent unpaid invoices are overdue. Drafts are still yours.
Industry · Finance ops
The morning loop, without five exports.
Did it go out. Did they pay. Is anything stuck. Did it hit the books. That is one system of record — not a stack of CSVs you reconcile before standup.
The mess
Five exports before standup is not a close process. It is a risk.
Billing in one tool. Ageing in a sheet. Deposits in the bank portal. Revenue in final_v7. Each is locally reasonable. Together they invent a second set of numbers. This page is the morning ritual of a finance team — not a role page for collections or revenue alone.
Paid?
A deposit is a fact. An invoice marked paid is a claim until rec agrees.
Stuck?
Promise to pay, pause, bounce. The cadence needs an off switch.
Journal?
Every recognition line links to a source document. Unbalanced batches do not publish.
What Sonic does
One chain for the questions you already ask every morning.
Watchtower is the inbox. Bank rec is the queue. The journal is the books. Slack can carry the alert where the team already reads. You still approve the exception. You stop exporting the same four statuses into a fifth file.
Sonic AI
Outstanding
₹ 1.49 L
Sent unpaid
Past due
3
Not drafts
In dunning
2
Active sequence
Suggested
2
Awaiting send
Risk list
Nimbus Cloud
INV-1042 · 12d
Westbound Logistics
INV-4418 · 6d
Apex Tools
INV-0901 · 21d
Delta Pack
INV-2209 · 3d
Nimbus Cloud
INV-1042 · ₹ 1,00,000 · due 11 Apr
Invoice sent · 1 Apr
April platform + seats. Net 30.
Suggested · D+7
INV-1042 is 12 days past due. Cadence is on sent unpaid only — this is the next step.
Sonic AI
Matched
₹ 2,14,400
4 lines
Unmatched
₹ 1,00,000
1 line
Open invoices
3
sent unpaid
Needs review
1
operator queue
Statement
12 AprNimbus Cloud NEFTINV-1042₹ 1,00,000SUGGESTED
11 AprWestbound / UTRINV-4418₹ 39,330MATCHED
10 AprDelta PackINV-4431₹ 9,780MATCHED
09 AprApex ToolsINV-0901₹ 64,200MATCHED
08 AprNorthwindINV-0888₹ 1,01,090MATCHED
07 AprWestbound / UTRINV-4400₹ 0MATCHED
Suggested match
₹ 1,00,000
Paid byNimbus Cloud
InvoiceINV-1042
Bill-toNimbus Cloud
Due11 Apr
Confidence98%
A deposit is a fact until rec agrees.
Paid by is compared to the billed party and their contacts. Accept the suggestion when it looks right. Match by hand when it doesn’t. Never force a deposit onto the closest invoice to clear the queue.
The journal is the books. The thread is the next sentence.
Recognition posts from invoices you already sent. The inbox still needs an operator for the exception. You approve the copy. You do not re-export the ageing.
Sonic AI
Billed revenue
₹ 1,00,000
Deferred revenue
₹ 91,667
Still owed
Recognised revenue
₹ 8,333
This month
Nimbus Cloud · INV-10421–30 Apr
| Product | Account | Debit | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | Billed revenue | ₹ 20,000 | — |
| Platform | Deferred revenue | — | ₹ 20,000 |
| Platform | Deferred revenue | ₹ 1,667 | — |
| Platform | Recognised revenue | — | ₹ 1,667 |
| Seats | Billed revenue | ₹ 80,000 | — |
| Seats | Deferred revenue | — | ₹ 80,000 |
| Seats | Deferred revenue | ₹ 6,666 | — |
| Seats | Recognised revenue | — | ₹ 6,666 |
| Total | ₹ 1,08,333 | ₹ 1,08,333 | |
Debits equal credits. The invoice is the link.
Usual mess
Five exports before standup.
Ageing drafts. Marking paid from the bank portal by eye.
In Sonic
Watchtower, bank rec, and the journal on the same record as the invoice.
Only sent unpaid. A deposit is a fact until rec agrees.
Questions
Open the answer here.
These are the questions this page raises. The full list lives on FAQ.
Which invoices does Watchtower chase?
Only sent unpaid invoices. Drafts and unsent finals are not overdue. Freight with no payment terms is due on the invoice date, so it still gets a suggestion instead of sitting in a pile.
How do bank rec and collections stay out of each other's way?
Watchtower chases what is still unpaid. Bank rec matches deposits to billed parties. An unmatched deposit is cash that already landed — if you don't match it, the cadence will chase a customer who already wired you. Rec is the off switch collections cannot see on its own.
Is billed the same as recognised?
No. A year billed in January is not a year earned in January. Subscription amounts defer and release over the term. Freight recognises on the haul date, even when the invoice came first. We do not sell this as a certified ASC 606 determination.
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