Garrat has been with Expensify for over 4 years, working up the ladder to Sales Lead for the UK, US and Australia. His describes Expensify as a tool for “expense reports that don’t suck.”

Expensify aim to take the pain out of expense reporting by automating as much of the process as possible. They also help users to improve the process by providing pointers to improve data entry.

The company have been operating since 2008 and were born from the frustration that founder, David Barrat was having with expense management. He created a great system but the timing with the market crash was awkward.

Garrat has found that the transition to cloud accounting has been slow. They are still working on moving people away from the existing desktop based systems. The Expensify app for IOS or Andriod allows users to simply snap a photo of a receipt and the app will do the rest, sending the expense straight to Xero. You can capture mileage, time and trips as well as informing you if your planned flights are running late.

Matt asked Garrat how firms engage with Expensify to promote their app to clients. Expensify have an approved partner program that provides education and discounts for continued success. There are special training materials, one-to-one sessions and support during on-boarding so partners are comfortable with the process.

They have seen a great response from UK accountancy firms who are driving forward the move to cloud accounting and choosing the add-ons. As people hate expenses, they see great saving to be made and it leads to additional cloud services.

Garrat sees the future being a development of the consultancy role as more automation makes compliance work less demanding.

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