Providence, RI · Independent public-finance research & analytics

AI-assisted financial governance tools

Four tools built on one principle: every output resolves to the records that produced it, and to the policy provision it applies. Deployed together or independently.

FISCAL RISK

Risk Monitor

Continuous fiscal risk indicators for municipalities, counties, districts and authorities, built from the entity's own ledger rather than from peer averages.

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GASB & GAAP

Compliance Engine

Automated checking of financial reporting positions against GASB and GAAP requirements, with every result traced to the specific provision it relies on.

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ANOMALY DETECTION

Fraud Detection

Transaction triage for post-payment review — disbursements, purchase cards and payroll ranked so that the items worth reading appear first.

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FORECASTING

Budget Analytics

Driver-based multi-year forecasting and scenario analysis, built so that a council member can see which two assumptions the answer depends on.

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Platform approach

Adoption in the order that survives contact with a real department

Entities that start with the most consequential automation and work backwards generally end up with an override that is used on everything, which is the same as having no control at all. The sequence below starts with the least consequential work and moves outward only when the previous stage has produced documented value.

What this is, and what it is not

RIGFOA provides analytical tools and published research. We are not a law firm, an accounting firm, a registered municipal advisor or an audit organisation, and nothing we produce constitutes legal, accounting, audit or financial advice. Our tools are designed to support the judgement of qualified public finance professionals, not to replace it.

StageWorkHuman roleHorizon
1Registers: leases, SBITAs, contractsReviews and corrects every recordOne quarter
2Transaction triage for post-payment reviewInvestigates the ranked worklistTwo quarters
3Cross-system reconciliation and exception queuesResolves exceptions; owns match rulesTwo to three quarters
4Forecast support and indicator monitoringSets assumptions; publishes variance analysisA full budget cycle

Nothing in this sequence touches a payment before it leaves the treasury. Pre-payment intervention is a different risk posture and requires governance that should exist before it is contemplated.

Talk to us about your oversight programme

Walk through the platform with your own chart of accounts, or start with the research library. Both routes are free to begin.