Measure automation readiness
A single score out of 100 shows how efficiently your finance process turns raw hospitality data into trusted accounts.
Pulse
by HSG
Meet Pulse
The financial efficiency score for hospitality operators building towards automated, AI-assisted accounting.
Pulse measures how complete, connected and automated your finance process is - from source data and approvals to controls, reporting and human review.
Built for restaurants, pubs, bars, hotels and multi-site hospitality groups.
Efficiency Score
70/100
Good
Coverage Band
D
Below optimal coverage
Pulse
Financial Efficiency Report
April 2026
Efficiency Score
70
/100 Good
Coverage Band
D
Below optimal coverage
Data
Coverage68%
Automation
Rate42%
Manual
Touches184
Efficiency Breakdown
Data quality
Automation
Controls
Review speed
Finance Workflow Coverage
| Supplier invoices | Connected |
| Statement matching | Manual review |
| Payroll checks | Partial automation |
| Month-end pack | Human approval |
Top Automation Opportunity
Automate supplier statement checks to remove repeated manual review.
What is Pulse?
Clarity on your financial efficiency.
Pulse gives operators a clear, data-led view of how ready their finance operation is for the future of hospitality accounting: automated data capture, AI-supported checks, clean controls and faster human decisions.
Benchmark process coverage
See how your coverage compares across invoices, payroll, cash-up, approvals, reconciliations, controls and reporting.
Find your next automation move
Get one clear opportunity each month to reduce manual work, strengthen controls and move closer to AI-assisted finance.
How Pulse works
A score that makes finance efficiency obvious.
Pulse combines process coverage, automation rate, data quality and control strength into a simple monthly view that finance and operations can both act on.
70/100
Out of 100. How close your finance operation is to clean, connected, AI-assisted accounting.
D
A-E. How much of your finance process is visible, controlled, integrated and ready to automate.
18 hrs
Illustrative monthly manual finance time that can be removed by the best next process improvement.
Priority action
What operators get
Turn hidden process gaps into practical next steps.
See manual bottlenecks faster
Identify under-covered areas in supplier processing, payroll, cash-up, approvals and reporting.
Turn process into automation
Get clear recommendations for what to connect, clean up or automate next.
Strengthen controls
Surface missing data, slow reviews, repeated corrections and weak hand-offs before they become month-end drag.
Prove automation ROI
Track improvements over time and show how finance effort is moving from manual work to higher-value review.
Monthly Report
Your Pulse report.
A monthly PDF-style summary of your efficiency score, coverage, automation gaps and biggest process opportunities. It gives site teams, finance leads and operators the same language for improving financial operations.
Pulse
Monthly Efficiency Snapshot
April 2026
Efficiency Score
70
/100 Good
Coverage Band
D
Below optimal coverage
Data
Coverage68%
Automation
Rate42%
Manual
Touches184
Process Readiness
Invoice capture
Cash-up controls
Payroll review
Supplier statements
Top Findings
| Best covered workflow | Invoice capture |
| Weakest workflow | Statements |
| Automation gap | 18 hrs/month |
| Next review | HSG finance team |
Recommended next step
Connect supplier statements and automate variance checks before month end.
Supplier invoice automation
Cash-up and payroll coverage
AI exception review
Daily finance summaries
Delivered monthly
Delivered as a clear monthly snapshot.
Every month, operators receive a concise efficiency summary with their score, coverage band, key process insights and biggest automation opportunity, ready for review with HSG.
Pulse Monthly Snapshot
April 2026
70/100Good
Coverage Band
D
Good
Top insightSupplier invoice capture is improving, but statement matching still needs repeated manual review.
Top opportunityAutomate supplier statement checks to reduce monthly finance admin.
Designed for outcomes
Designed to help operators build a stronger finance engine.
Increase in finance-process visibility across key workflows.
Reduction in manual reporting and data preparation time.
Average improvement target in finance automation coverage.
Ready to find your profit rhythm?
See how Pulse helps hospitality operators measure finance efficiency, reduce manual work and move towards AI-assisted accounting.