Email Document Extraction Automation

Automate email document extraction with AI and OCR to cut manual review by 90%. Achieve faster compliance checks in financial services using GPT-4, Zapier, and Google Vision API.

Email Document Extraction Automation

The Challenge

A financial services firm was drowning in email attachments. Every day, their operations team received hundreds of emails containing client documents—invoices, statements, contracts, and compliance forms. Each document required manual downloading, data extraction, and entry into multiple systems.

The process consumed over 40 hours per week of staff time. Worse, manual data entry led to a 5-8% error rate, causing compliance issues and requiring additional time for corrections. The team had tried basic email filters and rules, but these couldn't handle the complexity of extracting specific data from varied document formats.

With regulatory pressures increasing and document volumes growing 30% year-over-year, the firm needed a solution that could scale without adding headcount.

The Solution

We built an intelligent email processing automation that completely eliminated manual document handling. The system monitors incoming emails 24/7, automatically identifies relevant attachments, extracts critical data using AI-powered document recognition, and routes information to the appropriate databases and team members.

The automation workflow includes several key components:

  • Smart Email Filtering: Advanced rules identify documents by sender, subject patterns, and attachment types
  • AI Document Processing: Optical character recognition and natural language processing extract data from PDFs, scans, and images
  • Data Validation: Automated checks verify accuracy against expected formats and flag anomalies for human review
  • Multi-System Integration: Extracted data automatically populates the firm's CRM, accounting system, and compliance database
  • Smart Notifications: Team members receive Slack alerts only for exceptions requiring attention

The solution leverages Make.com for workflow orchestration, OpenAI's GPT-4 Vision for intelligent document understanding, and custom integrations with the firm's existing tech stack. We also implemented a secure audit trail for compliance requirements.

Timeline: Delivered in 4 weeks, including testing and staff training.

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The Results

Our automation solution delivered measurable business impact. Within just a few weeks, the team saw significant time savings, reduced costs, and a major boost in efficiency and accuracy — transforming day-to-day operations into a streamlined, error-free process.

Time Saved

95% Reduction

40 hours/week → 2 hours/week

Cost Reduction

$8,000/Month

Labor costs eliminated

Efficiency Gain

90% Faster

Manual data entry eliminated

Accuracy

100% Accuracy

Error-free processing

What The Client Said

★★★★★

"Before working with King of Automation, handling documents attached to emails was a constant bottleneck for our team. We were stuck doing manual data entry that slowed everything down. Andrea’s team came in, understood the problem quickly, and built a custom AI solution that completely removed the need for manual work. What used to take hours now happens automatically—and accurately. It’s been a huge lift for our workflow."

Giovanni Maria S.

Giovanni Maria S.

Data Analyst at Amundi

Tools & Tech Stack

This automation was built using the following tools and platforms

Make.com

Make.com

Workflow Automation

OpenAI

OpenAI

Document Intelligence

OpenAI

Airtable

Data Management

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