Practice management software for accountants in Hawthorn
Finye is practice and client-management software for accounting and bookkeeping firms in Hawthorn, VIC. Manage client work, deadlines and billing in one place.
Hawthorn sits in Melbourne's inner east, a short tram ride from the CBD along Glenferrie Road, with a client base that runs the full mix an accounting or bookkeeping practice deals with day to day: local retailers and hospitality operators, professional services firms, tradies and sole traders, family trusts, and a steady stream of self-managed super funds. Running a modern practice here means juggling all of that without losing track of who needs what and when.
Finye brings the work of a Hawthorn practice into one place. It connects your clients and contacts, the jobs and requests your team is working on, your compliance deadlines, and your time and billing, so nothing slips between spreadsheets, inboxes and sticky notes. Whether you are a sole practitioner above the shops on Glenferrie Road or a growing firm with several staff, Finye is built to match how Australian accounting and bookkeeping firms actually operate.
Most Hawthorn practices have outgrown the patchwork of email, shared drives and spreadsheets they started with. Finye replaces that with a single system for client work, deadlines and billing, so your team spends less time chasing status and more time on advisory work that clients value.
Running a modern Hawthorn practice
Finye gives you one client list where each client can be an organisation or an individual, with entity types that match your book: companies, trusts, partnerships, sole traders and SMSFs. Every contact, conversation and document sits against the right client, so when a Camberwell café owner or a Hawthorn East family trust calls, your team has the full picture in seconds.
For firms moving across from another system, Finye also offers two-way Xero sync of clients and contacts, so your client data stays consistent without double entry. A client portal lets clients log in to see their requests, upload documents, approve work and pay invoices, which cuts down the back-and-forth that eats into a busy week.
Managing client work without the chase
Client requests and jobs become work items on boards you can view as a kanban or a list, each with status workflows, priorities, assignees, comments, attachments, checklists and subtasks. Email-to-ticket turns inbound client emails into work items automatically, so a request that lands in your inbox doesn't get lost.
Recurring and templated work is handled with projects that auto-generate, which is ideal for the quarterly BAS cycle, monthly bookkeeping runs and annual return preparation that fill a practice calendar. Time tracking and a WIP ledger sit underneath it all, so you can record staff time against jobs, bill from WIP into draft invoices, and apply write-offs where needed. When it's time to get paid, build invoices, take payment via Stripe or Square, send payment reminders and share a public pay page.
Staying on top of ATO and VIC deadlines
The compliance engine tracks Australian lodgment obligations and due dates, including BAS, IAS, income tax returns and ASIC company reviews, with a dashboard view and a per-client view so you can see what's coming across the whole practice. With the financial year running July to June, the engine keeps the recurring rhythm of ATO lodgments visible well ahead of time.
Hawthorn practices also field plenty of state-level questions. Victorian employers cross the payroll tax threshold administered by the State Revenue Office Victoria, and queries about land tax and stamp duty are common among clients holding property or running family trusts. Finye won't lodge your clients' state returns, but keeping every client's structure, contacts and correspondence in one organised place makes it far easier to respond accurately when a SRO Victoria or ATO matter comes up. Our guides cover how practices set up their workflows and deadlines.
Getting started
Setting up Finye for a Hawthorn practice is straightforward: bring your client list in, connect Xero, set up your boards and recurring jobs, and switch on the compliance obligations that apply to your clients. From there you can add engagement letters with e-signing via Annature or DocuSign, document and PBC requests, AML/KYC onboarding, and metered AI features such as ticket summaries, triage and draft replies as you need them.
If you run an accounting or bookkeeping firm in Hawthorn or the surrounding inner-east suburbs, you can start with Finye and have your practice organised in one platform. Take a look at our guides to see how other Australian practices set things up.