Power BI for Accountants
Accountants are among the heaviest users of spreadsheet-based reporting — and among the businesses that benefit most from replacing it with Power BI.
I build Power BI solutions specifically for accounting firms and bookkeepers — connecting to your practice management software and client accounting platforms to automate the reporting work that currently takes hours each month.
What I build for accounting firms
From sole-practitioner bookkeepers to multi-partner accountancy firms. Each solution is built around your workflow, your software stack, and the clients you serve.
Automated management accounts
Connect directly to Xero, QuickBooks, or Sage. Pull P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow into a live dashboard that updates daily — no more month-end spreadsheet assembly.
Client-facing KPI dashboards
Give your clients a branded dashboard showing their key metrics. Differentiate your firm with a value-add that turns compliance clients into advisory relationships.
Practice performance reporting
Track your own firm's KPIs — fees by client, work in progress, staff utilisation, billing rates. Run your practice with the same rigour you apply to client accounts.
VAT & tax analytics
VAT trends, payment dates, expected liabilities. Dashboard views that give both you and your clients visibility of upcoming obligations.
Xero/QBO data extraction
Extract, clean, and model data from cloud accounting platforms. Build reports that go beyond what the native reporting tools can produce.
Multi-entity consolidation
Clients with multiple entities need consolidated group reporting. Power BI handles cross-entity roll-ups that would take hours in Excel.
Why move beyond Excel?
Excel is a remarkable tool — and for many tasks it remains the right choice. But for regular reporting, it has real limitations. Manual data refresh means reports are always looking backwards. Version control is a constant headache. Sharing large files with clients is clunky. Formula errors are invisible until they cause a problem.
Power BI connects directly to your data sources, refreshes automatically, and publishes to a secure web link your clients can bookmark. You build the model once — it runs itself from there.
Pricing
- ✓One reporting area
- ✓Xero/QBO/Sage connection
- ✓Up to 5 report pages
- ✓Client or practice use
- ✓30 days support
- ✓Full practice KPI dashboard
- ✓Client portfolio view
- ✓WIP & billing analytics
- ✓Staff utilisation
- ✓60 days support
- ✓Branded client dashboards
- ✓Multi-client template
- ✓Automated data refresh
- ✓Training for your team
- ✓Ongoing retainer option
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