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How it works

What does Xenon Connect do and how does it help?

Main Features

Xenon Connect is a toolkit designed to streamline bookkeeping and accounting processes for professionals.

Xenon Exact

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Automatically detect bookkeeping errors, faster, with Xenon Exact. A detailed checklist of specific bookkeeping transactions that require review – rolled into an overall bookkeeping healthcheck report.

Xenon Systemise

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A workflow module for core bookkeeping and accounting tasks, that have bookkeeping data review popups and Xenon Exact’s data quality checks deeply embedded. Create consistent, repeatable processes for your team.

Xenon Insight

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Access quick insight into the main KPIs that clients (and advisors) care about, including sales tracker, cash health, tax estimate, dividend availability & business valuation widgets. View transaction count metrics and bookkeeping complexity reports.

Alert Notifications

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Automatic notifications when a client hits a sales target, breaches the VAT registration threshold, has a financial year end approaching etc. Get notified when a team member tags you in a note created throughout the portal.

Client Panorama

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Review 75+ metrics for all of your clients in one dashboard, with a focus on transaction counts, bookkeeping data quality, financial performance & position.

The Xenon Connect process...

Analyse. Detect. Cleanse. Review.

Xero, QBO, FreeAgent & Sage Data Sync

A connection is created between Xenon Connect and Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage or FreeAgent which pulls in your bookkeeping data automatically every night, ensuring that Xenon Connect stays up to date with all transactional data.

Manual interim sync processes can be actioned at the click of a button.

Detect & Fix Errors & Issues

The Xenon Exact area automatically analyses every transaction in the background.

Any potential errors and issues found within your bookkeeping data are brought to your attention in the form of a Bookkeeping Health Checklist – allowing you to pinpoint where your time is best spent.

Insights & Alerts

Xenon Insights is a suite of 9 financial KPIs which highlight the current performance and position of the business.

An alert notification is created when various conditions surrounding the business financials require your attention.

Features...

Xenon Exact

Better quality bookkeeping data. Faster.

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Xenon Exact bookkeeping data checks...

Xenon Connect’s Bookkeeping Data Checks analyse your business’s Xero, QuickBooks Online, FreeAgent & Sage data, automatically detect bookkeeping issues and help you to quickly fix them.

The result is accurate financial data that you can rely on as a basis for making better business decisions and for reducing the risk of a tax authority compliance review.

Unreconciled Bank Activity

Identify the number of bank transactions that require explaining, reconciling or both.

Duplicate Invoices

Identify customer invoices that have a high probability of having been duplicated in error.

Duplicate Bills

Identify supplier bills that have a high probability of having been duplicated in error.

Old Unpaid Invoices

Identify older invoices that should have already been paid by the customer.

Old Unpaid Bills

Identify older bills that should have already been paid to the supplier by the business.

Duplicate Contacts

Identify customers and suppliers that have a high probability of being added to the system more than once, in error.

Contact Defaults

Identify customers and suppliers that have at least one default account or tax code missing .

Unexpected Account Used

Identify transactions that have been coded to an account that is not the default account for the particular contact.

Inactive Contacts

Identify contacts that have not been used for a long time, or at all.

Bill or Direct Payment

Identify bank payments that have been processed directly to an account code when an unpaid bill exists for the same supplier.

Invoice or Direct Payment

Identify bank deposits that have been processed directly to an account code when an unpaid invoice exists for the same customer.

Unexpected Tax Code Used

Identify transactions that have been given a tax code that is not the default tax code for the particular contact.

Unapproved Invoices

Identify customer invoices that have been created, but are marked with a status of “Draft” or “Submitted”.

Unapproved Bills

Identify supplier bills that have been created, but are marked with a status of “Draft” or “Submitted”.

Capital Item Review

Identify transactions that have been coded to a particular expense account even though the transaction’s value is high.

Low Cost Fixed Assets

Identify transactions that have been coded to an account of type “Fixed Asset” even though the transaction’s value is low.

Multi-Account Suppliers

Identify supplier contacts which have transactions that have been coded to more than one account code.

Multi Tax Code Suppliers

Identify supplier contacts which have transactions that have been coded to more than one tax code.

Old Sales Credits

Identify customer sales credit notes that are old and not yet attached to an invoice or refunded.

Old Purchase Credits

Identify supplier purchase credit notes that are old and not yet attached to a bill or refunded.

Misallocated Items

Identify transactions that have been coded to a broad/vague account code and are greater than a specific value.

Opening Balance Differences

Identify differences between the balance sheet in the bookkeeping software and statutory accounts filed with Companies House.

Sales Tax Missing

Identify sales invoices and direct deposits that have been posted to a sales account without a VAT/sales tax code applied.

Purchase Tax Missing

Identify supplier bills and direct payments that have been posted to an expense account without a VAT/purchase tax code applied.

Xenon Systemise

Where compliance workflows meet real bookkeeping data

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Xenon Systemise feature overview...

Xenon Systemise provides workflow templates that can be tailored to the way that you and your team do things.

The result is consistent, concise, repeatable processes that you can rely on to guide your team through their day to day workflows.

Workflow Templates

Detailed workflow templates are provided (which can be customised) that cover the steps required to process common tasks (e.g. bookkeeping, VAT reviews, management accounts etc).

Recurring Schedules

Create recurring workflow schedules that are automatically created at the start of each workflow period, based upon templates. Quickly tailor the workflow steps to the specific process for each client.

Embedded Data Checks

Each workflow step can be deeply linked to any of the Xenon Exact bookkeeping data checks. View the number of issues directly within the workflow (e.g. Old Unpaid Invoices, for a bad debt review workflow step).

Quick Review Popups

Quickly review bookkeeping transactions that relate to the workflow step currently being prepared (e.g. checking the top supplier bill line items with a “No Tax” tax code).

Role-based Access

Assign a main preparer and reviewer to each task / schedule of tasks to ensure team member accountability. 

Multiple Preparers

Assign team members to specific workflow steps, regardless of who is assigned as overall task preparer.

Reviewer Summary

The “What you need to know” area summarises the key points and risk areas for the prepared task, before you get deep into the review process.

Sticky Notes

Create ‘Sticky Notes’ for any permanent information that you want to highlight for future tasks for the same schedule, client or template.

Target & Deadline Dates

A target completion date is created for each workflow – the date by which the team aim to complete the task. This is in addition to the final deadline date.

Notes & Team Tagging

Create notes at a workflow step level or individual bookkeeping transaction level. Tag other users to bring the note to their attention.

Upload Documentation

Quickly upload supporting files as evidence in respect of a specific workflow step, or within a sticky note on the task as a whole.

Beat The Clock

Each workflow has a “beat the clock” status indicator which compares progress against time remaining until the task deadline date – providing level of urgency.

Bulk Process Steps

Mark steps as prepared/reviewed, reassign preparer and delete workflow steps in bulk (depending on user role).

Show Only My Steps

Team members can quickly enable a toggle so that each workflow only shows steps to which they are allocated, ensuring focus.

Notify Ready For Review

The preparer of the workflow is prompted to quickly notify the reviewer that their review can start. A notification and email is sent.

Request Amendments

The assigned reviewer of the workflow can quickly tell the preparer that amendments are required. A notification and email is sent.

Xenon Insight

Monitor growth. Assess financial position. Avoid nasty surprises.

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Xenon Insight key performance & position indicators...

Xenon Connect’s Insights allow you to monitor the 9 key performance and position indicators which form the lifeblood of the business.

The result is relevant figures throughout the year which reduce the risk of nasty surprises and provide the foundations for future growth planning.

Sales Tracker

Review actual monthly sales income against existing budgets, automatic targets or manual targets.

Cash Health Check

Compare current cash and bank balances with short, medium and long-term expected outgoings.

Bookkeeping Health Check

Review a summary of the current Bookkeeping Health Check results.

Profitability

A graphical monthly comparison of Sales Income, Gross Profit and Net Profit figures.

Corporation Tax Estimate

An up to date estimate of the corporation tax liability in the current and previous 2 years.

Directors' Loan Accounts

Review of the current position of each director’s loan account, to avoid overdrawn loan accounts.

Business Valuation

An estimate of business valuation, based upon the chosen sales, profit or net asset based model.

Working Capital Cycle

A monthly comparison of the ability of the business to manage it’s cash flow position.

Dividend Availability

A review of the level of cumulative profit reserves available to be extracted as dividend.

Alert Notifications

Automatic. Timely. Portal & Email based.

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Automatic, timely, relevant financial alerts...

Get alerted within Xenon Connect and via regular update emails when something significant occurs or needs to occur.

Sales Target Achieved

Xenon Connect will keep an eye on your actual sales figure for the current month. Receive a notification when your actual sales figure exceeds your target sales figure.

VAT Registration Threshold

Xenon Connect detects if you are not yet VAT registered and informs you when the business’ taxable sales figure breaches (or is approaching) the current VAT registration threshold (UK).

Year End Accounts Reminders

Xenon Connect detects when your accounting year end is. Get notified when your year end is approaching so that you can make preparations to get your year end figures in order.

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'Xenon Connect - The Future'

‘A very useful, powerful add-on to identify matters requiring different levels of attention in Xero accounting files.

The client overall panorama is good as you can compare how different clients manage their accounts and can then drill down in specific areas.’

Sian Arnold C.FICB, ACIB of Insight Bookkeeping and Accounting Services Limited

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