Accounting
Xenett was a capable accounting platform, but its experience looked and worked much like the tools around it. We helped shift the product from being easier to navigate to being faster to work in, built around how experienced accountants actually work.
faster
month-end close
less
review time
new category-defining
workflow
The product worked, but users were spending too much time moving between screens, navigating menus and using other tools to manage parts of their work.
Problem
Reviewing accounts meant navigating complex menus and multiple screens.
Accountants used external tools for client queries and practice management.
Xenett lacked a clear point of difference from other accounting platforms.
What needed to change
The obvious answer was to reduce what users saw on screen.
But Xenett's users were experienced accountants. They didn't need less information. They needed fewer clicks, less navigation and faster access to the information already there.
The opportunity was to design for throughput, not simplicity.
Strategy
We shifted the product strategy around one clear idea: make Xenett the fastest way for an accounting team to review and close books.
That meant bringing information forward, reducing navigation and keeping more of the work inside the product.
The strategy also expanded Xenett beyond review towards collaboration and task management, so accountants could manage more of their practice in one place.
Design
We designed Speed Mode, a review workspace built around keyboard shortcuts, colour-coded attention points and visible progress.
Accountants could flag issues, comment on entries and move through reviews without constantly switching screens.
We also introduced:
1. Client collaboration — clients could comment directly on bookkeeping entries.
2. CPA-focused task management — tasks were structured around the actual routines of accounting practices.
3. A new information architecture — simpler navigation and clearer ways to move through the product.
4. A consistent UI system — from colour and iconography to recognisable product cues such as the Autoreview tick.
Outcome
The product moved from being another accounting platform to having a clear reason to choose it: speed.
Speed Mode became a headline part of Xenett 2.0, alongside Close Mode and the practice dashboard. Collaboration and task management also brought more of the accountant's daily workflow into one platform.
The work gave Xenett a product experience that was distinct enough to influence the category, with the Speed Mode approach later adopted by competitors.
The work changed Xenett from a capable accounting platform into a product built around the pace of real accounting work. By reducing friction in review and bringing more of the workflow into one place, accountants could spend less time managing the process and more time getting the work done.
faster
month-end close
less
review time
new category-defining
workflow
