Your firm holds mountains of financial, tax, payroll and client data. Datalab turns that into one reliable foundation: for internal management, timely alerts, scalable client advice, continuous audits and AI processes that genuinely fit your practice.
Accountancy Studio is not a standalone dashboard, but a modular data foundation that enables your firm to manage, alert, advise, audit and automate from the same reliable data.
Datalab Accountancy Studio brings data from administrations, payroll packages, tax sources, CRM, sales, ERP, audit files and office applications together in one manageable environment. Within it, we establish definitions, access rights, data quality and reusable data models.
On top of that, we build applications per need: firm management for partners and managers, alerts for teams, dashboards for client advice, continuous audit checks and AI or workflow automation. You can start small and add modules later without starting over.
In ninety seconds we explain the full story: from scattered data sources to one reliable foundation for insight, control and advice.
Five concrete applications that can all land on the same data foundation. You choose where to begin; the rest can follow modularly later.
Partners, managers and teams see the same up-to-date figures on capacity, productivity, turnaround times, work in progress and client portfolio. CRM, sales and administration data make visible where clients are growing, where advisory potential exists and which dossiers need attention.
Continuously scan administrations for anomalies and missing coherence, such as a corporation tax charge that doesn't match the result or costs that are out of step. This shifts work from retrospective correction to timely intervention.
Combine financial administration, payroll data, tax information and client data from CRM, sales, ERP or operational systems. This creates advice that doesn't just look back, but explains what's happening and which choice the entrepreneur can make now.
Compare audit files, accounting systems and other sources automatically and repeatably. Anomalies, duplicate entries, missing documents and patterns surface faster than in manual sampling.
AI only becomes usable when definitions, access rights, sources and data quality are sound. Accountancy Studio lays that foundation for recurring dossier checks, draft advice, internal knowledge bases and reliable workflow automation.
De Administratie wanted to bring client data from different systems together in one place to work more efficiently, reduce error margins and help entrepreneurs move forward. Together with BPO, this case shows how a solid data foundation strengthens the controller and advisory role of a modern firm.
What the case demonstrates
"During the inventory phase, not only did the efficiency improvements become visible, it also turned out we could reduce our error margins."
For Van Wezel Accountants in Rijnsburg, Datalab handles data extraction from three bookkeeping systems (Exact Online, Twinfield and Multivers), payroll (Nmbrs), tax (FiscaalGemak) and office suite KantoorGemak. With their own BI team, Van Wezel builds a wide range of dashboards and analyses, both for internal use and for clients. AI is also deployed extensively to make internal processes more efficient.
For Bilanx, a fast-growing firm in the east of the Netherlands, the focus is on internal process improvement. Datalab connects various systems, including payroll (Nmbrs) and office suite Caseware AuditCase. With their own analysts on board, the firm builds dashboards primarily for internal use.
Bloemendaal Ruigrok is based in Pijnacker. They use data analysis for both internal and external analyses. Datalab provides the data platform with Exact Online, Loket, AFAS and more. Their own analysts build on the data model that Datalab developed.
Goedoporde.nl is a franchise chain with around twenty locations, handling administration for a large number of clients. Exact Online is the primary source, supplemented with client-specific sources. This enables Goedoporde.nl to perform analyses for clients that go beyond bookkeeping (which is mainly backward-looking): adding client sources such as sales and ERP packages helps with looking ahead.
Not every firm has the same capacity, ambition or in-house data expertise. That's why we tailor our role to what you need: from technical building blocks to full guidance.
Datalab delivers the platform, connections, data models and manageable tools. Your own team builds dashboards, processes and adoption from there.
We build the foundation and first applications together with your key users, so knowledge grows within your firm while initial results become visible.
Datalab can guide the entire process: choosing use cases, unlocking sources, building dashboards and automation, onboarding users and continuing development.
From one concrete use case to a platform that can grow with your firm.
Together we choose one or a handful of valuable use cases - for example work-in-progress management, a client advisory dashboard or an anomaly check - and determine who will use the result.
Resultaat: a sharp scope.
We map systems, exports, APIs, definitions, access rights and data quality.
Resultaat: visibility on feasibility.
We set up connections, data models, access rights and quality checks in a reusable way.
Resultaat: a reliable data foundation.
After step 3, the route splits
Your team takes over development of dashboards, analyses and reports. Datalab remains responsible for the data warehouse, source connections and platform. We train your staff and remain available for review and deepening.
We build dashboards, alerts, checks and automation for you. Staff receive training in daily use, while Datalab can handle management and further development.
In practice, many firms choose a mix: Datalab builds part of the dashboards and alerts, while your team develops other reports and analyses themselves.
Datalab connects virtually all common accounting, payroll, tax and office systems. Is your package missing? We'll add a connection.
+ AFAS, Exact Globe and other systems
Virtually all common accounting packages are supported, including audit file integration.
+ other systems
Payroll data is combined with financial data for a complete picture of personnel costs and capacity.
+ other systems
Tax data is automatically compared with the bookkeeping for faster checks.
+ other systems
We connect with common CRM and ERP systems, project management tools and other office applications relevant to your advisory or management processes.
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Practical answers about getting started, connecting systems, security and collaboration.
No. Large firms benefit from scale, governance and repeatable data models, but smaller firms can start in a targeted way with one source, one dashboard or one alert. The platform grows with your firm's ambition and capacity. Also read how we build programmes manageably in our approach.
Yes. Datalab can deliver just the technical foundation, connections and tooling. We can also co-build with your team or guide the full programme including adoption and further development. For the technical basis, this often connects to our data warehouse setup service. Want someone with financial data expertise alongside your team temporarily? See our financial data consultant.
We connect with common accounting, payroll, CRM, ERP and reporting systems, including Exact, Visma, AFAS, Twinfield, Nmbrs, Caseware, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and many other sources. Where standard connections are unavailable, we assess whether an API, export, audit file or custom connector is the best route. See for example our source pages for Exact Online, AFAS and Nmbrs.
By first properly establishing definitions, access rights, data quality and data models. Accountancy Studio is not a collection of standalone reports, but a data foundation where KPIs, client groups and checks are consistently reused. This connects to our approach for DBT and data modelling and Dashboards & BI.
Yes, provided the foundation is sound. Datalab helps with scoping, data quality, access rights and auditability. This way chatbots and automation can support without sensitive client data circulating uncontrolled. See also our services around process automation and the ethical framework.
You get one up-to-date picture of capacity, productivity, turnaround times, work in progress and commercial opportunities. This means partners and managers can steer on the same figures rather than on separate exports or interpretations.
Think of unusual cost developments, missing coherence between profit and tax burden, dossiers without recent activity, notable transactions or clients falling outside a benchmark. Together we determine which signals are substantively relevant and practically actionable.
By combining bookkeeping, payroll data, tax information and client data from CRM or ERP, advice emerges that goes beyond standard reports. You can discuss trends, margins, staffing pressure, cash flow or sales development more concretely with the entrepreneur.
Continuous auditing means checks are performed repeatably and data-driven on larger datasets. Instead of sampling alone, Accountancy Studio compares audit files, accounting systems and other sources for anomalies, duplicate entries or missing documents.
Examples include internal knowledge base functions, draft advice, dossier checks, workflow steps, alerts with follow-up actions and summaries of client information. The prerequisite is that definitions, access rights and data quality are properly set up.
That depends on the sources and the first use case. Usually we start with a short inventory, after which we plan a compact first delivery and then expand iteratively. Often we're well under way within a few weeks.
We can start small - for example with one source and one dashboard - and expand from there. Datalab works with a clear, fixed monthly fee so costs remain predictable. In a no-obligation conversation we discuss what suits your situation. Schedule a call.
Start small with one use case or discuss a complete data programme for your firm straight away.
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