Free guide for accounting firm leaders

The 10 numbers that decide whether your firm gets paid.

Discover the numbers that reveal whether your firm is converting staff capacity into productive work, billable WIP and collected revenue.

  • 01 Spot pressure before it reaches cash
  • 02 Separate activity from real performance
  • 03 Ask better questions of WIP and lock-up
The 10 Numbers That Decide Whether Your Firm Gets Paid guide from Practice Clarity

Built for accounting firms Practical commercial guidance for partners, managers and practice leaders—not another generic KPI list.

The commercial reporting chain

Better reporting starts with understanding how value moves.

The guide connects the measures that show whether staff capacity is becoming productive work, billable value and collected cash.

01

Capacity

What could your team realistically produce?

02

Production

What valuable work did the team actually deliver?

03

WIP

What completed value remains unbilled?

04

Billing

How much completed work converted into invoices?

05

Cash

What was collected, and how quickly?

Inside the guide

See what your current reports may be missing.

The guide explains where to look, why each number matters and what it may be telling you about your firm.

01 / Capacity and production

Separate activity from valuable output

Understand whether available time is becoming productive, valuable work—not simply recorded activity.

02 / WIP and recoverability

Find where value is becoming trapped

Identify where work is accumulating, ageing or quietly becoming difficult to bill.

03 / Billing and cash

Follow completed work through to payment

See how quickly completed work moves through billing and into collected cash.