Xero Partner Awards US 2026: Winners
The awards recognize excellence among our accounting and bookkeeping partners. Congratulations to our 2026 winners!
US accounting and bookkeeping partner categories
This 30-year practice runs 100% on Xero, using an AI-driven automated close pipeline to cut monthly bookkeeping from 2 hours to 15 minutes per client. The firm has niched into industries it knows: campgrounds, paint-your-own-pottery studios, and digital creators, so its advice is specific rather than generic. New clients move through a 7-day onboarding sprint, and clients who complete it get a gift card with one instruction: use it to enjoy time with family. The firm treats compliance as the floor and advisory as the ceiling, proactively flagging tax-saving strategies and pricing opportunities all year long. After three decades in practice, the goal remains the same: help clients build a business, and a life, worth having.
This 30-year practice runs 100% on Xero, using an AI-driven automated close pipeline to cut monthly bookkeeping from 2 hours to 15 minutes per client. The firm has niched into industries it knows: campgrounds, paint-your-own-pottery studios, and digital creators, so its advice is specific rather than generic. New clients move through a 7-day onboarding sprint, and clients who complete it get a gift card with one instruction: use it to enjoy time with family. The firm treats compliance as the floor and advisory as the ceiling, proactively flagging tax-saving strategies and pricing opportunities all year long. After three decades in practice, the goal remains the same: help clients build a business, and a life, worth having.
Accounting Prose gives every client on-time, investor-ready financials from a named team, not a ticket queue. Built exclusively on Xero and layered with Ramp, HubSpot, and Make.com, the firm closes client books within 10 business days each month and flags compliance thresholds before clients hit them. The founder has served on the Xero Partner Advisory Council and now mentors newer accountants through the Xero Ambassador Program. By standardizing their Xero setup and close process across hundreds of startups, they've proven rigorous process and personalized care aren't mutually exclusive. Client outcomes back it up: one client used cleaned-up financials to close a stalled funding round, and another closed a state tax audit with zero penalties.
Accounting Prose gives every client on-time, investor-ready financials from a named team, not a ticket queue. Built exclusively on Xero and layered with Ramp, HubSpot, and Make.com, the firm closes client books within 10 business days each month and flags compliance thresholds before clients hit them. The founder has served on the Xero Partner Advisory Council and now mentors newer accountants through the Xero Ambassador Program. By standardizing their Xero setup and close process across hundreds of startups, they've proven rigorous process and personalized care aren't mutually exclusive. Client outcomes back it up: one client used cleaned-up financials to close a stalled funding round, and another closed a state tax audit with zero penalties.
Peter Holtz CPA restructured its client base around dedicated client pods, each pairing a senior accountant with technicians and advisor-mentors, and made Xero's JAX AI assistant a standard part of the workflow. Every AI-assisted output still gets human review, reflecting the firm's philosophy that staff should supervise AI, not be replaced by it. That shift freed up time for advisory work: monthly financials now go out within 15 days of month-end, and proactive tax planning alone has saved clients hundreds of thousands of dollars this year. The firm invested in its own people too, building a five-stage AI training framework and structured career paths across four US offices and a 90-plus person offshore team. Rather than buying outside AI tools, two staff members now lead internal automation development, keeping efficiency gains compounding inside the practice.
Peter Holtz CPA restructured its client base around dedicated client pods, each pairing a senior accountant with technicians and advisor-mentors, and made Xero's JAX AI assistant a standard part of the workflow. Every AI-assisted output still gets human review, reflecting the firm's philosophy that staff should supervise AI, not be replaced by it. That shift freed up time for advisory work: monthly financials now go out within 15 days of month-end, and proactive tax planning alone has saved clients hundreds of thousands of dollars this year. The firm invested in its own people too, building a five-stage AI training framework and structured career paths across four US offices and a 90-plus person offshore team. Rather than buying outside AI tools, two staff members now lead internal automation development, keeping efficiency gains compounding inside the practice.
Xendoo built Q2X, a proprietary platform that has migrated over 53 million transactions and 1,250 years of historical data from QuickBooks to Xero, removing one of the biggest barriers to adoption. The firm layers in Xero Projects, tracking categories, and integrated payment tools like Stripe and Melio to give clients real-time visibility into cash and job-level profitability. That innovation is matched by a client experience built on fast, structured communication: a dedicated accountant within 24 hours of onboarding, 30/60/90-day check-ins, and closed books delivered as early as the 10th of the following month. A Communication Coach works with the team to sharpen client conversations, a detail that traces back to the founder's own frustration with being ignored by her accountant. The firm's own AI-powered categorization tools now support more than 1,000 clients, freeing accountants to focus on judgment calls rather than data entry.
Xendoo built Q2X, a proprietary platform that has migrated over 53 million transactions and 1,250 years of historical data from QuickBooks to Xero, removing one of the biggest barriers to adoption. The firm layers in Xero Projects, tracking categories, and integrated payment tools like Stripe and Melio to give clients real-time visibility into cash and job-level profitability. That innovation is matched by a client experience built on fast, structured communication: a dedicated accountant within 24 hours of onboarding, 30/60/90-day check-ins, and closed books delivered as early as the 10th of the following month. A Communication Coach works with the team to sharpen client conversations, a detail that traces back to the founder's own frustration with being ignored by her accountant. The firm's own AI-powered categorization tools now support more than 1,000 clients, freeing accountants to focus on judgment calls rather than data entry.
MATAX built the Brain, a governed system of AI agents that gives every client their own dedicated intelligence running on Xero. One that tracks their books, history, and regulatory needs continuously rather than quarterly. Each client's Brain draws on workpapers, calls, and emails, and flags issues like sentiment drift or a forbidden vendor fee before they become problems. The pilot kept every client, revived three stalled accounts, and freed the firm's two partners to reclaim 41 of their 54 weekly hours for higher-value advisory work. A senior accountant signs off on every action, and every entry into Xero is logged and reversible, so the speed never comes at the cost of oversight.
MATAX built the Brain, a governed system of AI agents that gives every client their own dedicated intelligence running on Xero. One that tracks their books, history, and regulatory needs continuously rather than quarterly. Each client's Brain draws on workpapers, calls, and emails, and flags issues like sentiment drift or a forbidden vendor fee before they become problems. The pilot kept every client, revived three stalled accounts, and freed the firm's two partners to reclaim 41 of their 54 weekly hours for higher-value advisory work. A senior accountant signs off on every action, and every entry into Xero is logged and reversible, so the speed never comes at the cost of oversight.
Orbiss has partnered with Les Déterminés for years, helping aspiring entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities navigate U.S. accounting, compliance, and financial systems. During this year's delegation visit, the firm translated complex topics like entity structure, tax exposure, and cash flow into practical guidance entrepreneurs could act on. The goal wasn't a one-time presentation. Because the relationship is annual, each session builds on the last and gives participants a clearer path from idea to execution. That guidance gave early-stage founders, many exploring an unfamiliar market for the first time, the confidence to move from broad ambition to concrete planning. Orbiss plans to keep expanding the partnership, refining the workshop format and materials so participants leave with even more practical next steps.
Orbiss has partnered with Les Déterminés for years, helping aspiring entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities navigate U.S. accounting, compliance, and financial systems. During this year's delegation visit, the firm translated complex topics like entity structure, tax exposure, and cash flow into practical guidance entrepreneurs could act on. The goal wasn't a one-time presentation. Because the relationship is annual, each session builds on the last and gives participants a clearer path from idea to execution. That guidance gave early-stage founders, many exploring an unfamiliar market for the first time, the confidence to move from broad ambition to concrete planning. Orbiss plans to keep expanding the partnership, refining the workshop format and materials so participants leave with even more practical next steps.
Christopher Ferretti built Breadcounter from scratch in 2022 to serve a market traditional firms ignore: e-commerce brands, creators, agencies, and online founders navigating messy, multi-platform finances. In four years he's grown a Miami firm with around 30 retained clients, a real team behind him, and a lean Xero-centered tech stack built with HubSpot, Gusto, and Fireflies. He treats the practice itself like a product, constantly tearing apart workflows and rebuilding them so the firm delivers faster and cleaner than firms decades older. His five-year vision is to serve a few hundred clients without a few hundred employees, using AI workflows to grow his team's skill rather than just headcount. Beyond the numbers, he wants his brand, Make Accounting $exy Again, to change what people expect a firm to be and pull new talent into the profession.
Christopher Ferretti built Breadcounter from scratch in 2022 to serve a market traditional firms ignore: e-commerce brands, creators, agencies, and online founders navigating messy, multi-platform finances. In four years he's grown a Miami firm with around 30 retained clients, a real team behind him, and a lean Xero-centered tech stack built with HubSpot, Gusto, and Fireflies. He treats the practice itself like a product, constantly tearing apart workflows and rebuilding them so the firm delivers faster and cleaner than firms decades older. His five-year vision is to serve a few hundred clients without a few hundred employees, using AI workflows to grow his team's skill rather than just headcount. Beyond the numbers, he wants his brand, Make Accounting $exy Again, to change what people expect a firm to be and pull new talent into the profession.
MATAX runs AI agents across bookkeeping, close, AP, AR, and payroll for clients, with a QA agent checking every entry before a person approves it and Xero posts it. The firm instruments its results rather than estimating them. The agent layer saved 487 hours a month firmwide, and clients who arrived carrying 40-plus hours a week of manual accounting now run in the single digits. Every team member trains weekly and holds or is pursuing formal AI certifications, and no one was let go when AI came in. Nothing goes live until it survives sandbox testing, and every action against Xero stays traceable and human-reviewed.
MATAX runs AI agents across bookkeeping, close, AP, AR, and payroll for clients, with a QA agent checking every entry before a person approves it and Xero posts it. The firm instruments its results rather than estimating them. The agent layer saved 487 hours a month firmwide, and clients who arrived carrying 40-plus hours a week of manual accounting now run in the single digits. Every team member trains weekly and holds or is pursuing formal AI certifications, and no one was let go when AI came in. Nothing goes live until it survives sandbox testing, and every action against Xero stays traceable and human-reviewed.
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