Built for Accounting Firms

Your Firm's AI and Automation Team.
Without the Full‑Time Hire.

We find the manual work slowing your firm down, build the systems that handle it, and keep them running as your firm grows. Your existing tools, new ones, or something built just for you.

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Time given back to our firms
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saved for accounting firms and counting

Nobody at Your Firm Owns AI

Most accounting firms don't have an IT person, let alone someone responsible for AI. So automation ideas stall, new tools get bought and never used, and your best people keep doing work a system should handle. Hiring for it is expensive and hard to get right. That's the gap we fill.

How It Works

How We Work With Your Firm

Three steps, the same for every firm we work with.

1
Assess
2 to 4 weeks. We map your workflows, talk to your team, and hand you an AI roadmap ranked by return. You keep it either way.
2
Build
We start with the highest-return automations and connect them to the software you already use. No rip and replace.
3
Run
We keep building, maintain everything we've shipped, and apply new AI updates when they matter to your firm.

What you get every month

  • A living AI roadmapReviewed and re-ranked as your firm and the tools change
  • New automations built and shippedDocumented and owned by your firm
  • Maintenance of everything we buildWhen software changes or something breaks, we fix it, not your staff.
  • AI changes tracked for youWhat to adopt and what to ignore
  • Priority support with fast turnaroundA direct line when someone gets stuck
  • A dedicated team member who knows your firmPlus regular check-ins
  • Quick walkthroughs for the people who use each new automationSo it actually gets used
Monthly Retainer
Starting at
$2,500
per month

Final retainer quoted after your assessment, so the monthly work is built on a real roadmap instead of guesswork.

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Why Not Just Hire?

You could hire for this. Here's what that looks like next to working with us.

Hiring in-house

  • Months to recruit.
  • One person's skill set.
  • Salary, benefits, and turnover risk.
  • Nobody to cover when they're out.

Spectr

  • Starts in weeks.
  • A team that builds across your whole stack.
  • One monthly cost.
  • Keeps up with AI so you don't have to.

What We've Actually Built

Not theoretical possibilities. Real automations already running inside accounting firms. Here's a sample of what's running inside firms right now.

Billing Automation

Karbon to QuickBooks Billing Pipeline

Time and WIP data from Karbon gets formatted, checked against the firm's billing rules, and matched to the right client and subcustomer. Staff review everything in one dashboard before it loads into QuickBooks Online.
No more re-keying billing into QuickBooks Staff review one dashboard instead of rebuilding invoices by hand each cycle.
Practice Reporting

Live Reporting from Karbon and Canopy

We connect the firm's practice management system to a reporting layer, so partners see work in progress, turnaround, and workload from live data instead of a monthly spreadsheet export.
Partners see the numbers without an export Reports refresh on their own. Nobody rebuilds the spreadsheet.
Capacity Planning

Firm Capacity Planner

A planner built on the firm's own work and staffing data. It shows who has room, who is overloaded, and what is coming due, so managers can assign work before deadlines stack up.
Workload decisions made from data Managers see the crunch coming instead of finding out in the middle of it.
Client Reporting

CFO Report Generator

Pulls a client's QuickBooks Online data into a firm-branded CFO package: key metrics, trends, and commentary, ready for a partner to review and send.
Client-ready reports that start pre-built Partners review and send instead of assembling every package from scratch.
Custom Apps

Internal Tools Built on QuickBooks Data

Purpose-built apps that read directly from QBO: dashboards, checks, and workflows the firm can't get from the software out of the box, shaped to how the firm actually works.
Tools that fit the firm, not the other way around Built around the workflow the team already has.
Inbox Automation

Email Triage and Client Reminders

Incoming email gets sorted and routed to the right person, and clients get reminders on the schedule the firm sets, without anyone watching the inbox or the calendar.
Nothing waits on someone remembering Follow-ups go out on time, and the inbox stops being a job.

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Real Results from Real Firms

Don't take our word for it. Here's what firm leaders are saying about working with Spectr.

"

Spectr has been a transformative addition to our accounting firm. It has reduced a process that once took hours down to just minutes, significantly improving our efficiency. Hans has been excellent to work with throughout, and I highly recommend Spectr to any organization looking to streamline their operations with a reliable third-party solution.

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Adam Beckman
CEO, Financial Synergy LLC
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I knew our company needed to get on the AI innovation train as early as possible and not just to adopt shiny new technology, but to use it in ways that genuinely help our firm work smarter and faster. Spectr, and especially John, have been instrumental in helping us assess our current technology, identify which new tools actually make sense, and build a thoughtful plan for implementation.

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Audrey Geisman
VP of Franchise Operations, Out of the Box Technology

Built for Firm Owners
Ready to Move

We work best with firms that want AI doing real work, not sitting in a folder of ideas.

Spectr is a fit if

  • You want working automations, not a deck about what's possible.
  • You're open to changing how some work gets done.
  • A partner owns the decision.
  • You'd rather have a team handle AI than hire for it.

We're not a fit if

  • You want a magic button with no process changes.
  • You want a report to file away.
  • Nobody at partner level can be the point of contact.
  • You expect AI to replace professional judgment instead of the busywork around it.

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Questions Firm Owners Actually Ask

Straight answers, the same ones you'd get on a call.

What does "your AI department" actually mean?

We do the job an in-house AI and automation hire would do: figure out what's worth automating, build it, keep it running, and keep your firm current as AI changes. You get a team instead of one person.

What does it cost?

Every engagement starts with a 2 to 4 week paid assessment. From there, the monthly retainer starts at $2,500 and is quoted based on your firm's size, stack, and the scope of work.

How long do we have to commit?

You can go month to month. Firms that commit to a longer engagement get a lower monthly rate, and we'll walk through those options after the assessment.

Who owns what you build?

You do. Everything lives in your firm's accounts and systems. If we ever part ways, it all stays with you.

Is our client data safe?

Data security ground rules are established before anything is built, during the assessment. Tools are configured so client data stays inside your firm's approved accounts, nothing is used to train public AI models, and we work within your existing security and confidentiality policies rather than around them.

Will this work with the software we already use?

Yes. We build around your existing stack: QuickBooks, Xero, Karbon, Canopy, Drake, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and the rest of it. Automations connect the tools you have. We will never ask you to replace your practice management system to work with us.

Do we need technical people on staff?

No. You need one point of contact who can tell us how the firm actually works. We handle everything technical.

Will our team know how to use what you build?

Yes. Every automation ships with a short walkthrough for the people who use it.

The First Step Is 30 Minutes.

We take on a limited number of firms at a time. On the call, we'll tell you honestly whether we can help.

Starting at $2,500/month  ·  Every engagement starts with a paid assessment.

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