How Swain Electric’s CFO Uses Claude with Foundation | Matt Robinson

What happens when a construction CFO connects Claude to his ERP?Matt Robinson, CFO of Swain Electric, returns to Finance at the Jobsite to share how he’s using Claude with Foundation to automate daily cash reports, track overdue receivables, build financial dashboards, and review payroll data—without being a programmer.Matt walks through what’s working, what initially went wrong, and how he checks AI-generated results against trusted financial reports. He also explains how Swain Electric is extending automation beyond accounting, including personalized toolbox talk reminders and follow-ups for the field.In this episode: • Connecting Claude to Foundation through Beiing Human’s MCP connector • Replacing manual reporting with scheduled updates and reusable skills • Catching errors and teaching AI your company’s payroll rules • Setting boundaries around confidential data, transactions, and approvals • Getting leadership and employees comfortable with AI • Simple first steps any construction CFO or controller can tryA practical conversation about putting AI to work in construction finance—and keeping people accountable for the results. #FinanceAtTheJobsite #ConstructionFinance #ConstructionTechnology #AIinConstruction #CFO #ClaudeAI #FoundationSoftware #MCP #FinanceAutomation #SwainElectric #BeiingHuman