Behind The Reports
Real stories and insights from teams automating finance
The Xero Cash Flow Statement Problem: Why the Native Report Isn't the One Your Board Wants
Three reports named 'Cash Flow', none of them the one the bank asked for.
6 mins read
15 Jun 2026
The Best Xero Reporting Add-Ons in 2026: Fathom, Spotlight, Syft & Where They Stop
Five reporting software walk into a Xero org...
10 mins read
8 Jun 2026
How to Handle Intercompany Eliminations in Xero: A Practical Month-End Walkthrough
The month-end ritual nobody put in the job description.
9 mins read
7 Jun 2026
Multi-Currency Reporting on Xero: What It Handles, and Where You're On Your Own
Three currencies, two reporting rates, and a balance sheet that refuses to balance.
10 mins read
2 Jun 2026
Intercompany Eliminations in Xero: Why They're Deceptively Hard
It looks like a calculation. It behaves like a logic problem.
8 mins read
29 May 2026
Custom Xero AR Aging Report
A spreadsheet that finally knows which customer is 47 days late, and who promised to pay on Friday.
8 mins read
25 May 2026
Why Xero Can't Tell You Next Month's Cash
Last month's cash is history. Next month's cash is what keeps you up at night.
9 mins read
11 May 2026
Xero Tracking Categories: The Two-Limit Problem That Breaks Management Reporting
If your gut tells you there's a better way of doing this, trust your instincts.
5 mins read
4 May 2026
Xero Multi-Entity Consolidation: What Native Xero Gives You, And What It Doesn't
Switching between Xero organisations, misaligned chart of accounts, and a Friday gone.
9 mins read
27 Apr 2026
How Book&Entries Uses Cheetah to Stay Lean Without Losing Depth
A case study in doing more with less — by refusing to do the same work twice.
5 mins read
21 Apr 2026
Xero Budget vs Actual Reports: Why the Native One Falls Short (And What Good Looks Like)
Two columns, one variance, a lot of quiet frustration.
6 mins read
21 Apr 2026
Management Accounts from Xero: What They Should Look Like (And Why They Rarely Do)
Senior rates for junior work, repeated monthly.
6 mins read
16 Apr 2026
How Accounting Firms Can Improve Margins (Without Affecting Headcount)
The only thing worse than a blank timesheet is one filled with automatable hours.
5 mins read
11 Apr 2026
What Good Xero Reporting Actually Looks Like for F&B Operators
A love letter to anyone who's manually consolidated four outlets at midnight.
8 mins read
9 Apr 2026
Custom Xero Reports for Retail Businesses in Singapore
A spreadsheet that finally knows what a SKU is.
3 mins read
8 Apr 2026
How to Use Claude Cowork to Build a Consolidated Xero Report Across Multiple Organisations
Look ma, no manually touching spreadsheets
6 mins read
5 Apr 2026
Building Custom Reports with the Xero API
A practical guide to the pitfalls and complexity you'd want to know before starting
8 mins read
14 Mar 2026
Xero Custom Reports: 5 Ways to Build Them in 2026
The definitive guide to get the exact report you need
14 mins read
22 Jan 2026
Is AI Really Taking Away My Finance Job?
The question that's been silently on our minds since ChatGPT's release
8 mins read
9 Dec 2025
What I Learnt Building 100+ Reports by Hand
Spoiler: They should just all be automated
6 mins read
25 Nov 2025
Why I’m Chasing an Idea That Doesn’t Scale
Someone had to save finance teams from Excel PTSD even in the age of AI
4 mins read
10 Nov 2025
