Practical AI Finance
AI Consultancy for UK SME Finance Functions
Nextbridge AI helps UK SME finance functions save time with AI and automation, reduce costs, and improve cash flow to support growth, through senior finance-led process review and practical automation roadmaps.
Built by an ACCA-qualified Finance Director with 20+ years in senior finance. We build on the tools and data you already use, with no migration.
- Save time
- Reduce costs
- Improve cash flow & grow
ChatGPT
Claude
Gemini
Perplexity
QuickBooks
XeroSage
FreeAgent
Excel
Power BI
Power Automate
CopilotWant to know where AI can save your finance function time and cost?
Start with the free 5-minute Diagnostic self-check. Answer a focused set of questions and we'll show you where AI and automation can help most. Then book a free Diagnostic Review call to go deeper.
The self-check takes about 5 minutes. The Diagnostic Review call is free.
Why work with Nextbridge?
We work with finance functions of every shape, from in-house teams to fractional CFOs and outsourced accountants, bringing clarity and practical, low-risk steps, so you avoid wasted spend on the wrong tools and missed opportunities to cut manual work.
- Senior finance-led, not tool-led
- Process, reporting discipline and controls come first
- Practical, low-risk automation focused on quick wins
- Transparent, fixed-scope pricing
- Safe, responsible AI aligned to finance governance
- Built for UK SME and founder-led finance functions
What we build
Finance-led AI assistants, grouped by the outcome they deliver. Your free Diagnostic Review pinpoints the two or three that will pay back fastest for you.
Save time
Close and reportingMonth-end close assistant
A live close checklist with owners, due dates and status, plus automated task chasing and a running close summary.
See the demoReconciliations assistant
Bank and balance-sheet reconciliations: auto-match, flag exceptions, and evidence the rest.
See the demoManagement reporting assistant
Builds your monthly board pack from source data, refreshed on demand.
See the demoBoard report generation
A board-ready narrative pack with AI-drafted commentary, reviewed by finance.
See the demoFinancial analysis assistant
Variance analysis, KPI commentary, and plain-language answers over your numbers.
See the demoCut costs
Payables and spend controlInvoice processing assistant
Capture, coding, PO and goods-received matching, approval routing, and posting to the ledger.
See the demoAP anomaly & duplicate detection
Flags duplicate invoices, price or quantity mismatches, and unusual supplier activity before payment.
Expense auditing assistant
Checks expense claims against policy, flags outliers, and matches receipts.
Improve cash flow
Cash, credit and planningCash flow forecasting assistant
A 13-week and rolling cash forecast with scenario what-ifs.
See the demoCredit control & AR assistant
Automated, tone-controlled chasing, late-payer prediction, and debtor-days visibility.
See the demoCash monitoring & alerts
A daily cash position, runway estimate, and proactive alerts on shortfalls or unusual spending.
See the demoBudgeting & reforecasting assistant
Driver-based budgets, live reforecasts, and scenario planning.
See the demoOur expertise
We help finance functions put the leading AI tools to work safely, from assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity to the finance systems you already run, including QuickBooks, Xero, Sage and Excel.
We are independent. We don't resell software, so our advice starts with your process and what actually fits.
AI assistants
ChatGPTClaudeGeminiPerplexityAccounting software
QuickBooksXeroSageFreeAgentMicrosoft & automation
ExcelPower BIPower AutomateCopilotAbout Nextbridge
Nextbridge AI is an independent UK consultancy focused on practical AI for finance functions, whether in-house, fractional, or outsourced. It was founded by an ACCA-qualified Finance Director with over 20 years' senior finance experience, gained largely in international finance leadership at Chevron across the UK, Argentina and Nigeria, covering month-end close, statutory and management reporting, budgeting, audit and internal controls (including SOX) for multi-billion-dollar operations.
That experience centres on finance transformation, making finance functions leaner and more efficient. It includes building and managing a new finance team in Buenos Aires, establishing an offshore finance team in Manila, and outsourcing 20 finance roles in Nigeria, along with major systems implementations, including Sage, SAP (implementation and upgrade) and energy trading (ETRM) systems, and building a finance function from the ground up for a smaller business.
On the AI side, that finance foundation is paired with extensive hands-on experience of ChatGPT and Codex, Claude Code and Microsoft Copilot, along with practical use of Perplexity, NotebookLM and Gemini, plus technical fluency from advanced Excel and VBA to Power BI and large ERP and trading systems. That keeps Nextbridge's advice practical and grounded in real finance work rather than hype. Nextbridge is now building simple, real-world demonstrations of where AI can safely save finance functions time.
That blend of big-company financial discipline and hands-on knowledge of what leaner finance functions face is what Nextbridge brings to every engagement: process, reporting discipline and controls first, tools second.
Independent
No software to resell, so advice starts with your process.
Practical
Low-risk, quick-win steps you can actually implement.
Finance-first
Led by senior finance experience, not tech hype.
Safe by design
Controls, data access, and governance come first.
Let's make AI work for your finance function.
Wherever you are on the journey, get in touch to discuss your finance process and where practical AI could reduce manual work safely.