{"id":764763,"date":"2024-03-29T08:13:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T06:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=764763"},"modified":"2024-03-29T08:22:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T06:22:23","slug":"business-talk-xero-country-manager-colin-timmis-on-how-xeros-cloud-accounting-software-benefits-south-african-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/software\/764763\/business-talk-xero-country-manager-colin-timmis-on-how-xeros-cloud-accounting-software-benefits-south-african-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Talk \u2013 Xero Country Manager Colin Timmis on how Xero\u2019s cloud accounting software benefits South African entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this Business Talk with Michael Avery interview, Xero Country Manager Colin Timmis explains how Xero\u2019s cloud accounting software benefits South African entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Timmis is a SAIPA-certified accountant and has over 12 years of experience in this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also boasts extensive expertise in cloud accounting software implementation, development, and best practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2011, he founded Real Time Accounting and later became the first certified Xero advisor in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to his unrivalled local knowledge of Xero in South Africa, he joined the company as its country head of accounting in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then took over as the Xero Country Manager for South Africa in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The interview<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Timmis begins the interview by explaining what Xero is and what problems it solves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then discusses how Xero\u2019s cloud accounting software has benefited South African entrepreneurs and supported the rise of small businesses in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Timmis also unpacks several key projects that Xero has been involved in and why they were successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He concludes the interview by discussing Xero\u2019s plans to continue partnering with small businesses in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the interview with Colin Timmis below.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7FYWZo3DyvY?si=gBlDw-IJgWwgYg2B\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colin Timmis was the first certified Xero advisor in South Africa and has over 12 years of accounting experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":764765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-764763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":764771,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764763\/revisions\/764771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}