Award nomination for Entry Counts

Accounting Consultant of the year 2025

What is a consultant?

Here is Accountants Daily description, eligibility and criteria.

In an increasingly complex tax and legislative environment, consultants are an important part of advising on transactions, compliance and business performance. This award recognises the consultant who has exceeded expectations in their dedication and performance for clients on complex business matters. It considers the strategies and actions of the consultant in terms of supporting, attracting and retaining clients.

This award is open to all accountants who provided accounting-based consulting services, for example, management or tax consulting, during the 2024 calendar year. It is based on the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024.

Criteria

State the type of consulting work you focused on in 2024.
Explain why there is a need for these consulting services for clients.
Summarise your approach to meeting client needs and expectations, explaining why this is effective in meeting client goals.
Outline your core value proposition to clients.

Why This Matters For You

Many clients are among this year’s leading firms, not by luck but by design.

Smart Business Solutions
Australian Super Audits
Naked Accounting
Yield Advisory
Glide Accounting
Quantum Advisory

All clients.

All forward-thinking.

All finalists and winners.

What We Deliver

XYZ & GPFR in Xero

The only Australian consultants licensed to deliver this solution.

As an XYZ Model Financial Accounts Partner, we implement the full XYZ model inside Xero — offering your firm the ability to produce accurate, compliant AASB 1060 GPFRs tailored to ASIC, ATO, and other regulator standards. Purpose-built, audit-ready reporting without the manual strain.

End-to-End Automation Strategy

Free your firm from repetitive processes.

We design and implement automation frameworks that reduce admin load and increase team capacity. From client onboarding to report generation, our systems allow your practice to focus on high-value advisory while maintaining full compliance.

Build Scalable Advisory Infrastructure

Move beyond compliance and into real impact.

We help accounting firms evolve from task execution to strategic delivery. Our infrastructure systems support advisory-led models — enabling better insights, recurring value, and stronger client relationships across the board.

Compliant AASB 1060 GPFRs, Delivered with Precision

Regulatory-ready reporting for ASIC, ATO, ACNC, and beyond.

We prepare AASB 1060 General Purpose Financial Reports for a range of regulatory bodies — from large Pty Ltds to registered charities and QBCC licensees. Every report is built for accuracy, speed, and clarity — no rework, no risk.

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What Our Clients Say

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

We are a Xero accounting firm and we realised we needed GPFR for some of our clients, so we looked at the options. We firmly believed that keeping our financial statement process in Xero was the best outcome, as buying more software and creating more processes wasn't appealing. Donnie and the team did an amazing job of installing XYZ model financial account templates in our Xero HQ, along with charts of accounts, processes, training and checklists. Now we have the world's best SPFR and GPFR system where we can prepare both for all our Xero clients, with just a few clicks. Great service and great people!

Shannon Smit

Smart Business Solutions

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

We are a small tax compliance practice with 10 years of experience. In 2022 we engaged Donnie and his team to help us move from Reckon Elite to Xero for financial statements. His guidance and experience was invaluable in what can only be described as a stressful and confusing time. His ability to make the most difficult appear easy allayed our concerns and certainly mitigated several potential pitfalls and financial losses that may have occurred. I would highly recommend him to any practice undertaking a software migration to Xero.

Bronte Evans

Bronte Evans CA

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

I have known Donnie for a couple of years now, and he is an absolute genius. He's able to work through Xero reporting with me and is also about to put my ideas into action reporting from Xero. I have some hundreds of man hours already. Now I provide my clients the perfect reporting packages every month, all automated and compliant. I can't recommend him more. Absolute legend.