I Rebuilt This 46-Person Accounting Firm With AI (in 4 Days)
Liam Ottley and Josh Thomas walk through how they automated working paper generation at Josh's 46-person UK accounting firm in 4 days using AI.
The gist
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Audit every repetitive workflow before automating: Josh's team mapped all 17 working paper types by frequency and time, making VAT reconciliation the obvious first target.
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Move critical business data out of spreadsheets and into a structured database so AI agents can reliably read and act on it.
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In regulated industries, design AI to prepare and flag work, but keep a licensed professional responsible for final sign-off and compliance.
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Josh projects the firm could run 50 to 60 times more efficiently without adding headcount, freeing staff from 20-plus hours a week of manual data entry.
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