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The Benefits of Becoming a Sidekick Firm

Sidekick is an innovative industry leader amongst Chartered Accountant firms

With a strong and continuously growing client base. With 7 offices around the South Island, our team is constantly growing. Sidekick is one of the leading Xero advisors in New Zealand and was finalist in the most recent Xero Awards in both the Advisory Partner of the year and Large Partner of the year categories, we were also finalist in the 2023 BSI Culture Excellence Awards. In other words – Sidekick kicks @$#!

Calling all accounting superheroes! Ready to take your firm to new heights? Join our network of chartered accounting experts and experience the power of The Sidekick Group. Join our vibrant community of like-minded professionals, share successes, and celebrate victories together. Embrace the future of accounting and advisory, and unlock endless possibilities for you and your clients. We’ve done the hard yards when it comes to research and development in our tech stack and processes, and you can benefit from this from day one with support from our team, streamlined systems and processes, and well-established relationships with our external networks. Invest in the asset that is your accounting firm by future proofing it’s long-term growth & unlock opportunities for succession planning.

Ready to make numbers dance? Step into our network and let us help you soar to new heights. Let’s help both you and your clients be more successful and lets all pioneer big change in the accounting industry. Join us now!

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STAFF READY TO HELP

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OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SMES

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TRUSTED CLIENTS

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OF OUR PARTNERS HAVE WORKED WITH US FOR 5+ YEARS

The Benefits of becoming a Sidekick firm

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Xero Platinum Partner benefits

Immediate legacy Platinum partner status (comes with the best Xero discount available) no matter your size, National Partner level support from Xero, free Xero merchandise for yourself & clients, Xero Marketing & Event Funding. Free Xero, Xero HQ, Xero Tax, Xero Practice Manager, Xero Workpapers.

Internal relationships

Great support network including our group internal chat tool for access to over 60 staff for queries & support, annual Sidekick group conference (mix of fun and professional development), quarterly Directors conferences (networking, support, and business coaching), centralised support from Group Operations Manager, Marketing Coordinator and Administrator.

 

External relationships

Well established relationships with our tech stack partners & outsourcing/offshoring providers. Established network of connected experts, including legal, software specialists, insurance and more.

Economies of scale – Access to group discounts including tech stack, advisory tools (The GAP), payroll software, fuel, phone, internet, office supplies etc.

Best practice

Product development, established processes, in house AML compliance function, internal Intranet with resources, templates, guides.

 

Best Practice

Established reputation and marketing

In-house Marketing function, branding, digital & print media, website, merchandise.

Group which has been established for over 12 years, market credibility, across the whole South Island, market share.

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XERO BUSINESSES

We don’t just say we know Xero– we can prove it with 3500+ Xero business subscribers we look after. Sidekick has always been leading the way in New Zealand local practice accountancy with Xero.

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YEARS AS A PLATINUM PARTNER

As the World’s First Platinum Partner you can be confident Sidekick can help you maximise your Xero experience. We’ve been experts with Xero since day one.

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CERTIFIED XERO ADVISORS

As well as on the job experience, Sidekick has invested in formal training with Xero, making sure our knowledge is sharp and up-to-date in the rapidly evolving eco-system.

Get in touch with us to find out more about joining the Sidekick group