Spotlight Articles for Advisory & Business

Katherine Robertson and colleague David Adderson built Youtopia Solutions with a clear vision: to create deep client relationships supported by the best technology available.

“My biggest tip in terms of Spotlight would be, first of all give it a go. Take the time, set it up and really explore the different opportunities that it will provide your client.”

Fresh Accounting was designed to be cloud-first—so much so that they were the first Spotlight Reporting users in the region, and one of the first 10 Spotlight users globally. They’re a pioneering firm for cloud accounting in Asia, and as such, they’re in high demand.

There are 200 individual Cheesecake Shop bakeries throughout Australia and New Zealand—meaning that Ken is all too familiar with the trials and tribulations of manual consolidated reporting.

Steve Janz, an Accounting Instructor at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, firmly believes that Spotlight Reporting is the future.

"Postponing the Tokyo games out one year to July/August 2021 has affected our funding and our costs," says Tracey. "I've been doing a lot of financial modelling over the last year, and using Spotlight Reporting to present to the board."

Singapore-headquartered accounting firm Stepping Stone is a digital-first practice, partnering with clients’ internal teams to implement software like Xero and Spotlight Reporting.

Gilbert Robertson, Director of NZ accounting firm Your Success, is a long-time user of Spotlight Reporting. But he also knows from experience that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

Mark Lowell, a Director at UK-based accounting firm Sedulo, managed to grow his client base during the pandemic.

"For us, having a robust forecasting tool to provide some insight is a big value add."

After creating just two forecasts, Brendan Cole, Director at HJC Accountants, earned enough revenue to completely cover his firm's Spotlight subscription for the year.

With the help of Spotlight Reporting, Playcentre Aotearoa went from their reports being disclaimed, to being the biggest unqualified charity consolidation in the country, in just two years.

Calgary-based Clayton Achen, a founder of accounting firm Achen Henderson CPAs, is a huge proponent of our software.

"With Spotlight, it's super easy. It leaves me far more time to make decisions."

How much financial data does a Not-for-Profit board really need in their monthly report? Not as much as they typically get, says Accounting For Good's CEO Kirsten Forrester.