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From Manual Chaos to One-Click Finance: SCVO’s Transformation with AccountsIQ

September 8, 2025
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Betty Katz

SCVO (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations) is the national membership body for Scotland’s voluntary sector, representing over 3,800 organisations. Their mission is to empower charities with services across payroll, HR, training, information, and advocacy—helping create a stronger, fairer society. When Head of Finance, Martin McComb, joined in 2021, he inherited a finance system that was slowing the organisation down—and knew it was time for change.

The Challenge

"Before implementing AccountsIQ, our prior system was server-based, expensive to run, and full of manual processes for sales, purchase ledgers, and banking."

  • SCVO’s finance team was reliant on a server-based system that was:
  • Expensive to maintain
  • Heavy on manual processes (sales and purchase ledgers, bank reconciliation, reporting)
  • Dependent on IT to generate new reports, creating bottlenecks and frustrations
  • The lack of flexibility meant the small finance team was spending too much time on admin, leaving little space for strategic, value-added work.

The Solution

"The solution is cost-effective, intuitive, and easy to use."

  • Martin sought a cloud-based finance system that integrated with Salesforce and simplified reporting. AccountsIQ stood out for its:
  • Seamless Salesforce integration
  • Intuitive, easy-to-use interface
  • Smooth onboarding with strong support, especially in setting up the general ledger and reporting structure

How it works in practice:

  • Salesforce integration eliminated repetitive manual data entry with one-click automation
  • Bank feeds streamlined reconciliation and reduced errors
  • Excel integration provided fast, accurate, real-time reporting
  • A cost-effective and agile platform that evolved with SCVO’s needs

The Results

"AccountsIQ has saved us a great deal of time, made us more efficient, and reduced errors."

"I would absolutely recommend AccountsIQ. It integrates very well with our existing processes and CRM software, and it's always evolving."

With AccountsIQ, SCVO achieved:

  • Dramatic reduction in manual processes, freeing the team to focus on strategy
  • Improved accuracy and fewer reconciliation errors
  • Faster reporting and better visibility across the organisation
  • A future-proof finance platform aligned with their ongoing system evolution

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