Spotlight Articles for Advisory & Business

An accounting firms' success is increasingly due to their people skills, rather than just their ability to crunch the numbers. Going beyond the numbers to provide analysis, guidance and forecast insights is now the focus for modern accounting firms.‍

In this post, Thomas breaks down a simple approach to turning desire to grow advisory revenue into execution and turning ‘selling’ into just being yourself

Consolidation of financial statements made easy for accountants with our new features: automated eliminations, new elimination reporting formats and FX options.

A trusted advisor knows ‘one size doesn’t fit all’. Luckily, our latest release helps meet each client's unique needs and deliver quality advisory services.

In this post, our CEO Richard Francis defines what is a Virtual CFO and how reporting tools such as Spotlight enables accountants to deliver Virtual CFO services for their clients.

Learn from the industry expert, Viv Brownrigg, how to create a great business plan for your client and make business advisory services recurring.

Strategy lies at the heart of most successful businesses. Businesses that plan & have clear objectives always outperform those that just go through the motions.

Our latest release includes new hospitality and agriculture (dairy and livestock) industry templates, UK balance sheet layout and new user interface.

Now you can add PDF, PNG or JPEG images into a Spotlight report. This could be debtor or creditor reports, inventory reports, customer or industry data, etc.

As a trusted advisor, it’s your job to share valuable insights to support clients’ businesses as they grow. At Spotlight Reporting, it’s our job to ship new features that help you do exactly that. Which brings us to today: we’re delighted to bring Cash Basis Reporting to life to help you keep tabs on your clients’ cash flow.

Connect Spotlight Reporting to Xero HQ today to become more proactive, remind you to produce and deliver kickass reports and to keep on top of industry templates.

Many accountancy firms are grappling with the challenge of selling advisory services to their clients. In this blog post, you will learn the reasons why.

A modern looking report cover design is an essential tool for giving your clients an amazing first impression and professional experience at every client meeting. Our new range of report covers are designed to put you firmly in control of the report design.

Spotlight Reporting, the Wellington-based cloud software company, has secured $5 million in a Series A raise.

We’re thrilled to announce that wealth data software solution myprosperity is our newest integration and strategic partner. This integration represents a ‘first’ for the fintech sector.