Empiraa GPS for accounting firms
Your firm’s plan, still moving after the partner retreat.
Empiraa GPS helps accounting firms run their own strategy. Growth, service line, people and technology goals are owned by partners and managers, reviewed every week, and reported to the partner group from live data.
- Set up with your plan
- Unlimited users
- 30-day pilot
The challenge
Client work fills the week. The firm’s own plan waits.
Most firms agree good priorities at the retreat. Then deadlines, busy season and client work take every spare hour.
What gets in the way
Busy season derails it
Firm priorities pause for months, and few restart on time.
Shared ownership
Partners agree a priority together, so no one partner owns it.
Progress is hard to see
Updates arrive at the next partners’ meeting, if they arrive at all.
Growth needs capacity
New service lines and hires compete with billable time for attention.
How GPS helps
A plan the whole firm works from.
How it works for accounting firms
The firm’s strategy on one page
Put the firm’s vision, values and goals for growth, service lines, people and technology on one page, with live status for every partner and manager.
One partner owns each priority
Map partners, service line leads and managers in the Accountability Chart. Every goal has one accountable person, and ANI shows where a partner is carrying too much.
Dates that fit your year
Set start and due dates around busy season. The timeline shows where each goal should be, so a pause is a decision, not a drift.
Partner reports in minutes
Write a report for the partners’ meeting straight from live data, with each goal’s progress, owner and variance.
Built for how you work
Made for firms that run on deadlines.
What accounting firms get
Xero integration
The firm’s own budgets and actuals next to its plan.
See the Xero integrationShort check-ins
Good news, blockers and topics in a minute, not a meeting.
See check-insPrivate goals
Keep sensitive goals, such as succession or a merger, to the people who need them.
Unlimited users
Bring in managers and team leads without seat costs.
Rollout
Live in weeks, with our team doing the heavy lifting.
Implementation and training are included in every plan, so your leaders spend their time on the strategy, not the software.
How a rollout runs
Load the firm’s plan
Your strategy becomes goals, objectives and actions, each with an owner.
Map partners and service lines
We build your Accountability Chart and connect the systems you already run.
Set the rhythm
Check-ins and meetings for your leadership team, and training for your leaders.
First report from GPS
Your next leadership or board report comes straight out of GPS.
Start with the partner group.
Run a 30-day pilot with one leadership team, using your real plan, before you roll GPS out further. We agree the pilot terms with you in the demo.
Leadership teams running their strategy in Empiraa GPS
Who it’s for
For the people who run the firm.
By role
Questions
Questions accounting firms ask.
Does GPS replace our practice management software?
No. Keep the software that runs jobs, time and billing. GPS runs the firm’s own plan: its goals, owners and weekly rhythm.
How does GPS handle busy season?
Set dates that reflect your year. The timeline shows where each goal should be, so the partners can see what has paused and decide when it restarts.
Can partners keep some goals private?
Yes. Goals and objectives can be kept private to the people who need them, and access is set by role. See how GPS protects your data.
Does it connect to Xero?
Yes. The Xero integration brings the firm’s budgets and actuals into GPS and maps KPIs to accounts. See the Xero integration.
Can we try it first?
Yes. We run 30-day pilots with one leadership team, such as the partner group, using your real plan. We agree the pilot terms with you in the demo. See how pricing and pilots work.
Question not answered here? Ask ANI and get a straight answer.
See GPS running a firm’s plan.
Book a 15-minute demo. No preparation needed.