Award nomination for entry counts
accounting consultant of the year 2025
This is for the accounting firms we serve.
Being named a finalist is more than a milestone.
It’s evidence of the work we’ve done with Australia’s most forward-thinking accounting firms — building systems that deliver real results.
We’re here to help firms lead with strategy, automate intelligently, and advise with confidence.
This nomination? It’s proof that approach works.

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
Our consulting services flow through to our clients.
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
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.
Your compliance, your efficiency, your profitability
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what our clients say
We started our accounting firm up in 2017 and we knew we would need experts when we set up our practice on Xero.
So we engaged Donnie from Entry Counts to help us with our Xero financial statements.
Donnie came in and redesigned the Xero reports from the ground up, provided the chart of accounts to match the reports and trained our team. Now our system is automated, efficient and designed for scale, so we can just get on with our jobs knowing that we have the best in class Xero report templates.
Sam Musgrave
Nine Advisory
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.
Martin Moate
Empire Advisors
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