Xero is a cloud accounting platform that keeps invoicing, expenses, bank recs, and VAT compliant in one place. Connect live bank feeds, raise quotes and invoices (with payment links), schedule recurring bills, and reconcile in clicks with rules and bulk actions.

Capture receipts via mobile/email-in, manage projects and time, run payroll, and automate reminders and statements for credit control. It tracks cash flow, aged receivables, invoice status, P&L, budgets, and tax—backed by audit trails and approvals. Xero integrates with Stripe/GoCardless, Dext/Hubdoc, Google/Microsoft, and automation tools (n8n/Make/Zapier) via a robust API and webhooks.

For modern recruitment, use it to invoice placements and retainers, reimburse contractor expenses, reconcile job-board spend, push PO/fee approvals, and pipe ATS/CRM wins straight to invoices—while compliance and reconciliations run behind the scenes.

Xero sits as the finance system of record feeding BI and cash collection.

1. Increases Cash Collection Speed (pay links + reminders)
2. Better and Faster Finance Ops (bank feeds + auto-reconciliation)

Not something I am sure you would expect to see on a Recruitment Company tech stack however the powerful API's of Xero make it worth the list when companies are actively trying to optimise their processes.

Xero in collaboration with tools like N8N can become incredibly powerful to automatically creates customers and invoices, track payments and link far more tailored outreach to clients for aspects like chasing unpaid invoices or setting up subscription models.

Xero is the go to accounting software when we recommend to our clients.