Openside innnovation

Openside is at the forefront of innovation in the NZ Chartered Accounting professional services industry.  As a boutique firm Openside enjoys significant profile within the industry and is frequently in the national media channels.

Openside was the first partner with Xero and initial collaborator on the technical accounting aspects as Xero was being built. They also assisted with Xero's IPO process. This strong association with Xero and belief in the product has led the high conversion of Openside's clients across to Xero. This was reflected in Openside winning Xero's Partner of the Year Award for three years in a row.

"As part of the overall move for the practice to a cloud solution both internally and for our clients, we have adopted the best solutions available in the market. Hence we have chosen Xero and WorkflowMax as a combined solution that allows Openside to take the initial client contact through WorkflowMax's Lead Manager. Then once we have a specific job to deliver to that client it passes seamlessly into the practice manager, so we can allocate timeframes, staff and then track performance of that job. Lastly, the invoicing feeds off the job information and passes directly to Xero. Within Xero we now have a fully integrated ledger and reporting process. This process allows us to complete the month end billing within half a day. This is a significant benefit to us and our clients." explains Stephen Nicholas, CEO of Openside.

"We recommend WorkflowMax and Xero to our clients because we know they deliver," adds Debbie Haddon, COO of Openside.