Electronically assisted enterprise journal system

A method for processing accounting data of an enterprise, the method comprising:

• entering accounting data entries associated with one or more accounts in memory of an interactive system, the interactive system capable of communicating with an batch system;
• copying accounting data entries to the batch system, the batch system including a processor configured for batch processing of accounting data entries copied to the batch system;
• copying accounting data entries processed by the batch system to the interactive system;
• and
• reconciling the accounts using accounting data entries processed by the batch system and copied to the interactive system.

A system for processing accounting data of an enterprise, the system comprising:

• an interactive system configured to receive and validate accounting entries based on predetermined rules stored in memory of the interactive system;
• and
• a batch system configured to receive accounting entries from the interactive system and to reject certain ones of the accounting entries received by the batch system from the interactive system based on predetermined rules stored in memory of the batch system;
• wherein the interactive system is configured to receive entries rejected by the batch system.