Why should my business use accounting and financial software?

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Accounting and financial software can make your life easier. Automate recordkeeping, establish good bookkeeping habits, and connect your checking account to streamline your financial management.

Ready to save some time? Accounting software helps with day-to-day accounting and financial operations, including recordkeeping, financial reporting, billing, and invoicing. And financial software helps you track, organize, and manage your business’s finances. Establishing good bookkeeping habits and connecting your bank accounts and accounting and financial software allows you to automate and streamline your finances—so you have more time to focus on your business.

How can accounting and financial software help my business?

This software provides you with a roadmap for setting up your financial processes. Plus, it gives you automated tools to process efficiently and report accurately.

Save time and reduce errors.

Many software products move core transaction activities—customer information management, invoicing, vendor information, accounts payable, inventory management, and general ledger—online for easier transaction recording and reporting.

As you set up these processes for the first time, the software provides a structure. When you ditch manual calculations, you’ll save time and gain confidence that records are accurate.

Report accurately.

If you’re a startup, you need to keep a close eye on key metrics such as cash flow and profitability. Especially if you’re operating on limited funds and developing quickly, you need timely, accurate information compiled in digestible reports.

Small business accounting and financial software provides the accounts receivable information to let you follow up on invoices, the accounts payable data for efficient payment of vendors, and the cash flow and profitability information to make good financial decisions.

Prevent rework.

There are several popular software packages in the market that are specifically designed for small business owners. These programs are easy to install and learn and can help with recordkeeping—so you have less rework down the road.

And most products offer reports that provide you with a snapshot of money coming into and going out of your business. You can usually customize reports and directly connect and use reconcilement features with your banking institution. This automation can help you manage your business’s finances.

Manage software cost.

Maybe best of all, there are many affordable software options on the market to choose from. Most software packages are easy to use and adapt to your business needs. You may need to provide training for yourself and your employees, but there are many different delivery methods and options to meet your needs. Many software programs are available as cloud solutions with secure offsite data storage and automatic product upgrades. Cloud-based programs also allow you to access business information from anywhere and from many different types of mobile devices.

Get support.

Many accounting and financial software packages offer free phone and chat support. You can get technical help for setup and operations. Your CPA can also help.

How can we help?

Truist business accounts are designed to work with your small business accounting and financial software to save you time, avoid double data entry, and get information to you quickly as you manage your business.

And with Truist online banking, you can seamlessly take care of your business's banking needs.

  • Easily see all your accounts—including balances, payments, and deposits.
  • Stay informed about your balances, transaction activity, and changes to your accounts with alerts.
  • Use our mobile app to take care of business wherever life takes you.
  • Use it to easily download your account data and information to small business software at your convenience.

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