Every finance team has been pitched AI for the close. Most haven't adopted it, and the reason is the same each time: the AI drafts, then stops. It can't reach every system, so the manual work stays where it was and the business case falls apart.

Quizlet's team got past that. Their close runs on "AI staff accountants": agents that log into NetSuite and the systems around it and operate them the way a person would. No integration work. The agents reconcile, post, and leave a full audit trail behind every action.

Join Quizlet's VP Controller, Eveline Kartawidjaya, and Zalos CEO, Will Fairbairn, for a live walkthrough of an actual month-end: the agents doing the work, and what changed for Eveline's team.

What you'll walk away with

  • See how an AI agent operates finance systems the same way a human accountant does, without an integration project behind it
  • Understand what enterprise-grade auditability looks like when an agent, not a person, made the entry
  • Learn why agent-driven processes can carry tighter controls than the manual ones they replace
  • Watch high-volume revenue and bank reconciliations run end to end
  • Take away a realistic view of what to automate first, from a controller who has already done it

Meet the speakers

Eveline Kartawidjaya, VP Controller, Quizlet

Eveline owns accounting operations and the month-end close at Quizlet. Before that she was VP Finance Controller at Madison Reed, where she built and ran the controllership function through the company's growth. Her career has been spent leading close, reconciliation, and controls for large, high-growth technology businesses.

Will Fairbairn, Co-founder and CEO, Zalos

Will co-founded Zalos, which builds AI agents for CFOs working across fragmented finance systems. Zalos agents log into the ERP and surrounding finance tools and operate them like a human accountant would. Before Zalos he was on the leadership team at Agicap, a treasury management unicorn, and prior to that a Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey, where he worked with CFOs across technology companies.