Spotlight Articles for Advisory & Business

In a bid to understand how William Buck is using Spotlight Reporting, we took a trip to their offices in Sydney’s CBD to discuss how they use the technology to prepare reports and forecasts, and enhance their business advisory services.

Introducing “Did You Know” our latest campaign where we will take you on a journey to discover some of the things about Spotlight Reporting that you might not know.

Businesses big and small rely on accounting best practices and advisory services to not only accomplish daily tasks with greater ease, but level up operations and take on bigger and better projects.

After a long-awaited two years, in the city known for its festive spirit, live music, unique heritage, and traditions - New Orleans, Xero had its much anticipated second series of Xerocon 2022.

For the third time this year I am experiencing the Xerocon Blues–a condition that befalls those of us in the Xero ecosystem who for various reasons cannot attend this marquee event.

Spotlight Reporting has been around the world with Xero. We started off at Tobacco Docks in London, next stop was the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, and now for the third and final time of 2022, it’s great to be back at Xerocon Sydney!

Advisory services has become a staple offering for accounting firms, spelling the difference between thriving in today’s challenging landscape or falling behind.‍

After a three-year hiatus, Xerocon London returned, along with a new venue, a new London location and lots of exciting products on show.

Spotlight Reporting is excited to announce a new addition to our list of integration partners: QuickBooks Desktop Hosted!

Strata Cloud Accountants are passionate, virtual CPAs and expert accountants with a mission to provide financial freedom to their clients.

Ethan Spadino, Spotlight Reporting’s ridiculously charismatic Customer Success Administrator, has decided that the calls he has with accountants are too good not to share.

As a business owner, it’s important to understand the difference between cash flow and profit, and how both factor into business success. Although it’s counterintuitive, a profitable business could be forced into bankruptcy because of poor cash flow. Similarly, a business could be cash flow positive, and still be losing money. 

If cash flow accounting services haven't been a priority in the past, or if you don’t offer advisory at all, you can still make a difference for your clients and your firm by providing them now. Here are five of the most impactful services to start with.

As Spotlight Reporting’s new Enterprise Business Development Manager (APAC), Vanessa Bosnich is responsible for nurturing our enterprise partnerships, and deploying our software across all firms involved.