Clear Books + Management Accounts: Complete Workflow
Preparing for management accounts and using Clear Books? Preparing monthly management accounts requires categorising all bank transactions by cost centre, project, or department. PDF statements make this analysis difficult. BankScan AI bridges the gap between your bank's PDF statements and Clear Books's import feature.
BankScan AI → Clear Books for Management Accounts
Convert bank statement PDFs to CSV formatted for Clear Books import. Convert bank statements to Excel spreadsheets for fast categorisation, pivot table analysis, and management reporting. Save hours of manual data extraction.
How It Works
Upload your bank statement PDF
Supports all major banks. Upload Monthly, covering the previous calendar month; some businesses also require quarterly board packs with 3-month rolling data of statements.
AI formats for Clear Books
Output as CSV with Date, Description, Money in, Money out — Clear Books uses separate columns for credits and debits — dates in DD/MM/YYYY.
Import and use for management accounts
Upload into Clear Books and use the reconciled data for management accounts.
Supported Banks
BankScan AI works with all major UK and US banks, including:
Clear Books + Management Accounts Features
- Clear Books ready — Output formatted as CSV matching Clear Books's expected column structure
- Smart integration — Clear Books has built-in Corporation Tax estimation that updates as bank transactions are imported, giving directors a live view of their CT liability.
- Built for Management Accounts — Convert bank statements to Excel spreadsheets for fast categorisation, pivot table analysis, and management reporting. Save hours of manual data extraction.
Import for Management Accounts into Clear Books
After converting your bank statements for management accounts:
- In Clear Books, go to Money > Bank Accounts > select your account > Import
- Upload the CSV and map Date, Description, Money in, and Money out columns
Common Import Issues
Clear Books requires header row labels to exactly match expected names. Rename columns to Date, Description, Money in, Money out if import fails.
Clear Books Import for Management Accounts
Management accounts are typically expected within 10-15 working days of month-end to be useful for decision-making; stale data loses its management value
Convert for Clear Books + Management Accounts