Xero’s ‘Perfect Bookkeeper’ Wins Top Trainer Award
Xero’s ‘Perfect Bookkeeper’ Wins Top Trainer
Award
Wellington-based
bookkeeping superhero firm, GoFi8ure, has scooped the
Bookkeeping Trainer of the Year – Gayle
Buchanan Memorial Trophy at the New Zealand
Bookkeeping Association Inc. (NZBAI) annual conference last
week – which ran from Friday 30th June to Saturday 1st
July.
Recently endorsed by leading financial software provider, Xero, as a ‘Perfect Bookkeeper’, GoFi8ure has dedicated itself to educating and upskilling New Zealand’s Bookkeepers to enable them to do their jobs to the highest standard.
The company currently works with over 750 clients across 20 different industries. Its training division runs programmes for all major financial software systems and has, so far, trained over 2500 Bookkeepers nationwide.
Commenting, GoFi8ure’s Executive Director, Lisa Martin, says: “We are all absolutely thrilled to receive this award in memory of our friend and fellow Bookkeeper Gayle Buchanan. We are passionate about helping Bookkeepers with their professional development. It is fantastic to receive recognition for our training work from the bookkeeping community itself.”
Tania Hayes, GoFi8ure’s Managing Director adds: “Bookkeeping involves complex processes and ever-chaninging technology. It is a job that should never be undertaken by anyone who isn’t qualified or doesn’t participate in ongoing training – we urge business owners to invest in their bookkeepers by supporting their professional development.”
The
conference, the Bookkeeping Association’s fifth, also saw
Lisa Martin being presented with the Outstanding
Service to the Bookkeeping Profession 2017
award, in recognition of her commitment to
changing the perception of bookkeeping from a general admin
task that anyone can do, to a highly skilled occupation that
promises a rewarding career.
GoFi8ure is a
multi-award winning bookkeeping, accounting and financial
advisory firm. With its HQ in Wellington, GoFi8ure has
branches in Auckland and the Hutt Valley. GoFi8ure also
services clients nationwide remotely, using cloud
technology. The company is well known for its ‘financial
superhero’ branding, which uses cartoon imagery to depict
how qualified Bookkeepers can save business owners from the
nightmares of financial administration.
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