Notes from the finance chair

Practical thoughts on reporting, cash, forecasting and getting the most from a small finance team.

5 October 2026 8 min read

Payroll Presto

The first in a series on automating month-end routines with AI. How I turned a fiddly four-spreadsheet payroll journal into a small app that checks the staff list, builds the Xero journal and explains pay changes.

1 October 2026 2 min read

“This will replace the spreadsheet…”

Software vendors have promised to replace Excel for decades. AI offers a better idea — take the heavy lifting out of the spreadsheet so it can get back to doing the job it's good at.