Jennifer Antolin has been across the McDonald’s enterprise her total life. When she was 15, she spent three years working for her father at his McDonald’s franchises and discovered firsthand the rigor and work ethic it takes to make it within the restaurant trade.
After a number of years residing exterior Canada, she determined to return and be taught extra in regards to the enterprise from her father. After three years of mentorship, and along with his encouragement, she bought his two McDonald’s franchises in Milton. She ran them for 4 years till the chance arose for her to buy her present 4 franchises in Guelph, Ontario.
The transfer to cloud accounting
Making the leap from two to 4 franchises was a giant enterprise determination, however Jennifer trusted the infrastructure on the Guelph franchises, and was smitten by transferring to the college city. Nevertheless, with elevated tasks and staff, she knew that she would want to “begin looking for methods to optimize my enterprise and search for methods to be higher, to be extra environment friendly and to be extra nimble.” So, she turned to BDO’s Cloud Accounting Companies to spice up her operations and unlock time to deal with her individuals.
Jennifer had been taught to do her personal Revenue & Loss (P&L) statements, which was useful when it got here to studying the ins and outs of the enterprise early on however was more and more time consuming. She recollects handwriting the statements on graph paper, then having her bookkeeper format them, after which getting it to their BDO accountant on the finish of the 12 months. However together with her franchisee tasks rising, Jennifer knew she wanted to spice up her effectivity.
Her accountant beneficial she benefit from BDO’s outsourced bookkeeping. She was launched to BDO’s Cloud Accounting Companies group and finally met Lisa Crosby, a Senior Supervisor of Cloud Accounting Companies at BDO. Working with Lisa, and utilizing Xero and Hubdoc, Jennifer instantly seen that she was spending far much less time slicing checks and submitting invoices. Along with her transition to cloud accounting, she now makes use of far much less paper, which has made a constructive distinction in her effectivity and high quality of labor.
“We had file folders filled with paper and paperwork and it simply appeared like such a waste of paper, a waste of house, and a waste of time submitting these items. Now, month-to-month, I’ve a skinny envelope that I put right into a field that has all of my info as a result of every part else is saved to the cloud,” Jennifer says.
Help from her advisor
Jennifer additionally appreciated Lisa’s ardour to go the additional mile for her shoppers. Along with having her restaurant bookkeeping and accounting beneath the identical umbrella, Jennifer acknowledged how Lisa and BDO had been invested in each side of her enterprise. “We really modified over two totally different methods this previous 12 months, and Lisa joined in on a number of calls to be taught extra about how these methods ran and the way she would have the ability to successfully perceive them for her reporting as nicely.”
Lisa additionally seen an uptick in her workforce’s effectivity and talent to simply customise studies to swimsuit Jennifer’s wants due to Xero.
“As soon as we switched to Xero, I discovered it a lot simpler to maneuver than the previous system. I can simply evaluation and make modifications to studies after which rapidly ship them to Jennifer when she wants them” shares Lisa.
BDO’s outsourced bookkeeping companies ship correct month-to-month monetary statements to Jennifer, which supplies her added flexibility and takes work off her plate. With Xero’s assist, Lisa can higher advise Jennifer as her enterprise grows.
“Jennifer is ready to see ends in real-time permitting her to pivot her enterprise rapidly, if wanted. In the case of her year-end, there aren’t any surprises and the least quantity of changes are required due to the advantages of cloud accounting” explains Lisa.
The Hubdoc software program has additionally allowed Jennifer to extend effectivity exponentially and has reduce down considerably on back-and-forths together with her supervisor. Her time importing paperwork has been reduce in half, and she or he finds the software program extremely user-friendly.
“There’s far fewer questions on a month-to-month foundation for my supervisor. Beforehand we had been sending studies forwards and backwards a couple of occasions earlier than they might be finalized, however that is not the case. That’s one other enormous win for me” says Jennifer.
Rising her enterprise
Jennifer is planning to open a fifth franchise. Due to her elevated flexibility and time saved on paperwork, Jennifer can deal with operating her eating places whereas additionally rising her enterprise.
Jennifer says, “Figuring out that there’s anyone there supporting the wants of my enterprise and gaining access to a cloud accounting platform that’s straightforward for me to make use of permits me to maintain my deal with my individuals and operations. Having Lisa is a superb help for me and she or he’s there to assist me with any questions I’ve relating to funds.”
From her early days within the enterprise handwriting P&Ls to now utilizing BDO’s outsourced bookkeeping companies and Xero cloud accounting software program, Jennifer has seen a major uptick in her productiveness and her franchise’s monetary success. She has taken the hard-earned enterprise classes from her father into the twenty-first century, and thru partnering with BDO and Xero, the sky’s the restrict.
