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Document Auto-Filing

Stop manually downloading, renaming, and filing every PDF that hits the inbox. AI handles classification, naming, and filing in under a minute per document.

~15

hrs/week saved

5-10 minutes per document, eliminated entirely

The Problem

Your team's inbox is a graveyard of unfiled PDFs.

Clients email bank statements, receipts, invoices, ATO notices, super statements, ASIC notices, random screenshots. Office admins download each one, rename it using your firm's convention, file it in the right client folder, sometimes extract data into your practice management system, then email the client back confirming receipt. It's mind-numbing work that no one wants to do, and it never stops.

How It Works

Step-by-step.

01

Email arrives

Documents come in to a monitored inbox (e.g., docs@yourfirm.com.au) or via a client portal upload. The workflow picks them up automatically.

02

Client identified

AI matches the document to the right client using sender email, document content, or a fuzzy match against your client list. Ambiguous matches get flagged for human review.

03

Document classified

AI identifies the type: bank statement, invoice, BAS notice, super statement, ATO assessment, ASIC notice, etc. Custom document types can be added during build.

04

Renamed correctly

Files are renamed using your firm's exact naming convention (e.g., 'SmithCo_2026_BankStmt_NAB_March.pdf'). Consistent across every document, every time.

05

Filed in the right place

Documents are filed in the correct client folder in your document management system (FYI Docs, SuiteFiles, Xero, Sharepoint), in the correct subfolder by year and type.

06

Data extracted

Key fields are extracted where relevant: bank balance dates, invoice totals, ATO assessment amounts. Pushed into your practice management software.

07

Client confirmation

An automated confirmation email goes back to the client. Urgent items (ATO penalty notices, overdue items) trigger an immediate alert to your team.

~15

hrs/week saved

5-10 minutes per document, eliminated entirely

What's Included

  • Email inbox monitoring (any IMAP-compatible inbox)
  • Client matching against your client database
  • Custom naming conventions (we use yours, not ours)
  • Integration with your document management system
  • Data extraction for the document types you care about
  • Urgent item alerting (ATO penalties, deadlines)
  • Client confirmation email automation
  • Team training and 30 days of support

What's Not Included

  • Replacing your document management system
  • Handling physical mail (digital documents only)
  • OCR accuracy for handwritten or poor-quality scans (we can flag for human review, but can't guarantee accuracy)
  • Ongoing AI API costs

Timeline

Three weeks, start to launch.

Week 1

Discovery and convention mapping

We document your firm's naming conventions, folder structures, and the document types you handle most. You sign off on the spec.

Week 2

Build and integration

Workflow built, inbox monitoring set up, DMS integration tested. We dry-run against a sample of recent documents to validate classification accuracy.

Week 3

Live launch

Workflow goes live, parallel with manual filing for the first few days. Team training, then full cutover with 30 days of support.

Best Fit For

Is this the right workflow for you?

  • Accounting or bookkeeping firms handling 30+ client documents per day
  • Firms with a dedicated documents inbox or client portal
  • Practices with established naming conventions that get applied inconsistently
  • Firms drowning in unfiled email attachments

Questions

Specific to this workflow.

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Want to talk about this workflow?

30-minute discovery call. We'll figure out if this workflow fits your business, what the actual ROI would look like for you, and whether there's a better starting point.