Automation

Systems that run themselves, so you stop chasing your numbers.

Month-end should not depend on someone retyping figures between spreadsheets. You get workflows that keep your books and reports current, built and proven on your own operation, so you see where the business stands without waiting for month-end.

You should not have to chase your own numbers.

Three signs the way work moves through your business is costing you time.

  • Manual

    Figures are retyped by hand.

    The same numbers are copied from invoices to spreadsheets to reports, and every copy is a chance for a mistake.

  • Fragile

    One person holds the process.

    It works while they are there. When they are away, month-end waits for them.

  • Opaque

    Problems surface late.

    You find out something went wrong when a customer, a supplier, or the bank tells you.

Built around the work you already do.

Start with one workflow, one careful step into AI, or 1Carton. Each stands on its own.

Bespoke builds

Workflow automation

We map how work moves through your business today, then build the workflows that carry the figures from one system to the next without retyping. The steps are written down, so the process no longer lives in one person's head.

A careful first step

AI, where it earns its place

We start with one task where AI can save real time, prove it on your own work, and widen it only when it pays. You stay in control of every decision it touches.

Before and after

The close that took days takes hours.

This is illustrative. In an engagement we measure your close before we build and again after, so you see the change in your own figures.

Illustrative figures Hours to close the month, January to June

June closes in 6 hours, down from 24 in January, once the figures stop being retyped.

Flagship product

In build

1Carton

Your books, your invoices, and your numbers, in one place.

1Carton is the flagship product under Automation, and it is being built now, for Canada first. It is designed so the numbers it keeps come with a plain reading of what they mean.

Named for a relative of the founder whose business grew from a single carton of goods.

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In build What it is being built to do
  1. 01 Keep your books in double entry, with every change on record.
  2. 02 Track invoices, so you see what you are owed and when it is due.
  3. 03 Report profit and loss and the balance sheet by department, location, or project, with as many tags as your business needs.
  4. 04 Read your receipts and suggest the entry. Nothing posts to your books without your approval.
  5. 05 Hold Canadian client data in Canada, handled in line with PIPEDA.

1Carton is built for bookkeeping, invoicing, and reporting. It does not move, hold, or process funds.

More products, made to work on your own computer.

Three smaller tools for everyday work, private by default. None is available yet.

In development

xSplice PDF

A PDF toolbox for Windows that does the work on your own computer, with no uploads.

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In development

xDictate

Private dictation for Windows: speak, and your words appear in the app you are using.

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Planned

xParley

A private meeting copilot that helps you while the meeting is still running, with no bot in the call.

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What you can count on

  • Plain language first.

    Every figure comes with what it means for you. If we cannot say it plainly, we keep working until we can.

  • Straight talk, on your side.

    We say the hard thing plainly, then stay beside you to fix it.

  • One clear next step.

    Every conversation ends with a decision you can act on, not a list of options.

  • Know-how you keep.

    We measure an engagement by what your team can do after we leave.

Led by a Chartered Accountant: FCA, FCCA, FCTI, CPA.

Advisory engagements are distinct from audit and tax-filing services.

Ready to stop chasing your numbers?

Start with a focused diagnostic. We find the one workflow worth automating first, and you leave knowing what it will take.

Stratborne helps owner-led businesses do what enterprises take for granted: see what their numbers mean and act on it. We turn numbers into decisions, build the systems to act on them, and equip owners to run them, all in one accountable relationship: led by a Chartered Accountant, across Canada and Nigeria. Each capability is also engageable on its own.

Serving Canada and Nigeria.

Led by a Chartered Accountant: FCA, FCCA, FCTI, CPA.

Stratborne serves clients in Canada and Nigeria. Advisory engagements are distinct from audit and tax-filing services. Pricing and packages vary by jurisdiction.

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