Monthly finance support
Pre-booked days each month for month end, reporting, system housekeeping and Finance Manager cover.
Adelaide · Independent · Chartered Accountants
TechnologyOne expertise, with independent advice.
Accounting with a Technology Focus
We help councils, community services organisations and utilities get more from TechnologyOne — from configuration and asset accounting to reporting, integrations and training. Many of our clients have worked with us for years, and several rely on us every month as an extension of their finance team.
Experience you can rely on
Chartered AccountantsFormer TechnologyOne senior consultant~20 implementations ledRecurring monthly engagementsClients in SA, VIC, NSW & WA20+ years in finance
Why independent
Frank advice from people who understand both the system and the accounts.
Software vendors are not always able to give you an unbiased view. We have no licences to sell and no conflict of interest — just experienced consultants focused on the outcome for your organisation. That independence is why clients ask us to review how their systems and processes are working, and to tell them plainly what needs fixing.
Accountants first
We are Chartered Accountants, so configuration decisions are made with your month end, audit and annual financial statements in mind.
Hands-on, not hand-off
We configure, test, write the reports and train your team ourselves, rather than leaving you with a recommendations document.
Competitive rates
Comparable skills and experience to the larger firms, with a written quote before any engagement begins.
Adelaide based, working nationally
We support clients in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia, working on site or remotely as each engagement needs.
Long-term relationships
An extension of your finance team, month after month
Much of our work is not a one-off project. Many clients engage us on a regular monthly basis to support their finance teams, and come back to us each year for the same critical cycles.
The same people every month
You work with consultants who already know your configuration, your people and your history, so no time is lost re-explaining.
Planned, predictable support
Days are booked in advance around your month end and annual calendar, with flexibility when priorities change.
Cover when you need it
Finance Manager cover during absences, and extra capacity at year end and budget time.
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Month end supportevery month
Year end & ledger rollover
Revaluations & audit support
Budget model setup
Budget bids & build
Software release testing
Reporting
Reports your managers will actually use
We build end of month and management reporting on top of your TechnologyOne data, so budget holders see where they stand without chasing finance for spreadsheets.
- Budget, actuals and commitments in one view
- Status that reads at a glance
- Refreshed from the ledger, not re-keyed
YTD budget$5.74mJul – Feb
YTD actual$4.90m85% of budget
Committed$1.62mOpen orders
Variance−$0.84mUnder budget
Monthly spend ActualBudget
Projects
| Project | Budget | YTD | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stormwater upgrade | $3.2m | $1.4m | On track |
| Library refurbishment | $1.8m | $0.9m | At risk |
| Road reseal program | $4.1m | $1.6m | On track |
| Playground renewal | $0.6m | $0.6m | Complete |
What we do
Support across the whole TechnologyOne lifecycle
Systems & process reviews
Regular reviews of how your software and processes are really used, then fixing what is not working.
Implementation & configuration
Project management, configuration, testing and upgrade support, including SaaS release testing.
Revaluations & impairment
Asset register set-up, revaluations, depreciation and end of year processing your auditors can follow.
Reports & dashboards
XLOne and Crystal Reports, management reporting suites and BI dashboards your managers will use.
ETL & data
ETL processes, imports and exports that move data reliably between TechnologyOne and your other systems.
Finance support
Reconciliations, financial and management reporting, end of year assistance and backfill.
Workshops & manuals
Practical workshops, tailored training manuals and knowledge transfer so your team is self-sufficient.
Recent work
What we have been working on
Pre-populated project end of month reports
An ETL in Ci Anywhere that generates end of month project reports for around 25 project managers.
Asset revaluation advice
Revaluation reserve methodology, compliance analysis and formal advice for the CFO.
SaaS upgrade testing
Release note review and test planning for a TechnologyOne SaaS release with a fixed upgrade date.
Have a TechnologyOne challenge?
Tell us what you need and we will prepare an estimate and written quote.
Services
What we can help with
Every engagement is scoped to your needs. Most clients start with a specific problem — a report, a module or a year-end deadline — and we take it from there.
Ongoing support
Monthly finance team support
Regular, pre-booked days each month to help your finance team run smoothly. We become part of your routine, handling the system and accounting tasks that are hard to cover internally.
- Month end processing and reconciliations
- Management and board reporting
- Routine system administration and housekeeping
- Finance Manager cover during absences
- Extra capacity at year end and budget time
Review & rectify
Systems & business process reviews
We regularly review how organisations use TechnologyOne and their other applications, and how well their finance processes work in practice. Then we fix what we find, rather than leaving you with a list of recommendations.
- Configuration and usage health checks
- Manual workarounds and duplicated effort
- Spreadsheets that should be in the system
- Internal controls and delegations
- Reconfiguration, automation and retraining
- Follow-up reviews after upgrades and restructures
Consulting
Implementation, configuration & upgrades
From new module implementations to ongoing system administration, we work alongside your team to configure TechnologyOne to fit the way you operate.
- Project management
- Configuration and general support
- System and user acceptance testing
- SaaS upgrade and release testing
- Internal controls and business systems reviews
Software support
Module expertise
Deep, practical experience across the core TechnologyOne modules used by public sector and not-for-profit organisations.
- Financials and general ledger
- Asset accounting and fleet management
- Supply chain and approval workflows
- Enterprise Budgeting, forecasts and long term financial plans
- CRM and Stakeholder Management
- Business Intelligence
Report writing
Reporting & dashboards
Reports that reconcile, refresh reliably and answer the questions your managers and auditors actually ask.
- XLOne reports
- Crystal Reports
- BI dashboards
- Profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow suites
- Project and cost centre reporting
Integration
ETL, imports & exports
Robust data movement between TechnologyOne and payroll, banking, asset management and other line-of-business systems.
- ETL process design and development
- Bulk imports and data migration
- Scheduled exports and interfaces
- Multi-currency and foreign exchange processing
Accounting
Finance team support
Chartered Accountants who can step in when your finance team needs extra capacity or specialist input.
- Reconciliations
- Financial and management reporting
- End of financial year assistance
- Asset revaluations and impairment testing
- Data entry and backfill
Training
Training & knowledge transfer
Training built around your processes and configuration, so staff learn the system the way you actually use it.
- Workshops for end users and super users
- Tailored training manuals
- Process documentation
- Knowledge transfer at project close
How a review works
Review, rectify, then check again
Systems drift as staff change, upgrades land and processes grow workarounds. A regular review cycle keeps them working the way they should.
Review
We look at how the system is configured and how people actually use it, from data entry through to month end and reporting.
Recommend
You receive a short, prioritised list of issues and fixes, with the effort and benefit of each made clear.
Rectify
We make the agreed changes ourselves: configuration, workflows, ETL automation, data clean-up and training.
Check again
A follow-up review, often annually or after a software upgrade, confirms the fixes have held and picks up anything new.
Integration in practice
How an EOM project reporting ETL fits together
A typical example: instead of each project manager building their end of month report by hand, the data arrives ready to review.
Not sure where to start?
A short conversation is usually enough to scope the work.
Clients & projects
Recent work
A selection of recent engagements across local government, not-for-profit and water sector clients in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. We respect our clients' confidentiality, so projects are described by sector.
Recent engagements 2026
Pre-populated project end of month reports
Project managers found end of month reporting slow in Ci. We moved the process to Ci Anywhere and built an ETL that generates pre-populated operating and capital project reports for around 25 project managers.
A Ci Anywhere workflow prepares the data, a reporting data warehouse stages project and balance tables, and an ETL generates the EOM project reports — with solution design, CAB submission and go-live plan documented.
Asset revaluation and technical accounting advice
Reconstructed the asset revaluation reserve methodology and prepared compliance analysis against the applicable accounting requirements, with formal letters of advice for the CFO.
Also supporting general ledger integration, three-way financial forecasting and alignment of board reporting.
Multi-entity asset revaluations and year end
Processed asset revaluations in production across entities and delivered a client report of the work completed, supporting the end of financial year close.
Technical treatment included assets held for sale, impairment reversal posting logic and class-level offsetting within the revaluation reserve.
TechnologyOne SaaS upgrade testing
Reviewed release notes and developed the test plan for a TechnologyOne SaaS release, working to a fixed enforced upgrade date alongside the client's finance team.
Cost model and reporting model
Developing cost model processes and XLOne reporting, bringing together data warehouse tables, reporting codes, general ledger account structures and ETL processes.
Ledger rollover and finance year planning guide
Completed the transition to the new financial year's actuals ledger and produced a month-by-month planning guide covering budget bids, accounts payable, general ledger, BAS and GST, and the asset register.
Budget model configuration for 2027/28
Configuring the Enterprise Budgeting budget model for the coming budget cycle, working on site with the council's finance team.
Supply chain scoping
Ran scoping workshops with the council's business analyst to identify supply chain pain points and options, feeding into a steering group led project.
Earlier projects
ETL processes and foreign currency
Implemented the inventory and multi-currency modules, with ETL configuration to calculate and post foreign currency gains and losses.
Purchase requisition approvals
Designed a customised purchase requisition approval process reflecting the organisation's financial delegations.
Budget bids and project reporting
Used CRM and Stakeholder Management to deliver a budget bid process and end of month project reporting solution.
XLOne management reporting suite
Built a suite of management reports including profit and loss, cost centre, balance sheet and cash flow statements.
Motor vehicle fleet management
Delivered a solution for a fleet of around 700 vehicles covering acquisition, disposal, depreciation and fuel cost tracking.
Internal controls review
Reviewed business systems and processes against the SA Local Government Financial Management Group internal controls framework.
Enterprise Budgeting implementation
Implemented Enterprise Budgeting for financial budgets, project budgets, forecasts and the long term financial plan.
Accounts payable training
Trained a new client's team in invoice entry and purchase order matching, supported by tailored training material.
Ongoing relationships
Clients who rely on us year after year
Many of the projects above sit within longer relationships, where we support the same finance teams month after month.
Finance team support across the year
A booked program of consulting days across 2026–27, covering finance team assistance, budget bids improvement, supply chain and end of month project reporting.
Multi-entity finance and systems support
Ongoing support across several entities, including asset accounting, year end, cost model reporting and testing each TechnologyOne SaaS release.
Budget model, every budget season
Returning each year to configure the Enterprise Budgeting model for the next budget cycle, working on site with the finance team.
From revaluation to ongoing integration
An asset revaluation engagement that has grown into continuing support for general ledger integration, financial forecasting and board reporting.
Who we work with
Sectors we know well
Local government
Metropolitan councils across Adelaide — budgeting, project reporting, supply chain and internal controls.
Health, community & not-for-profit
Multi-entity organisations with complex cost models, fleets and asset registers.
Water & utilities
Asset revaluation, technical accounting advice and financial integration for infrastructure-heavy Victorian public sector entities.
About us
A small team with deep experience
Noble Business Systems Consulting is an Adelaide-based consultancy led by Chartered Accountants and specialising in TechnologyOne. When you engage us, you work directly with the people doing the work, and every engagement is overseen by a senior consultant.
Stuart Noble
Principal Consultant · Business Systems Lead
Stuart is a Chartered Accountant and business systems specialist. Before founding the firm he was a Senior Consultant with Technology One Limited, where he led around 20 implementation projects.
Today he helps councils, not-for-profits and utilities get more from TechnologyOne — configuring financials, asset accounting and budgeting, and building the ETL processes, XLOne and Crystal reports that sit around them.
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Donna Grant
Principal Consultant · Accounting Services Lead
Donna is a Chartered Accountant who began her career in public practice and has more than 20 years of experience as a Business Manager and Accountant.
She leads our accounting services, from reconciliations and financial reporting to Finance Manager cover during absences and part-time CFO support.
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Hamish Noble
Associate Consultant
Hamish is building his career in accounting and business systems with the firm. Working under the direct supervision of our Chartered Accountants, he supports engagements with data preparation, reconciliations, system testing and documentation.
This model gives clients cost-effective support for well-defined tasks, with all work reviewed by a senior consultant before delivery.
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How we work
What you can expect
Independence
We are not affiliated with Technology One Limited and do not sell software, so our recommendations are always in your interest.
Clarity
A written quote before work begins, regular progress updates and no surprises on the invoice.
Capability transfer
We document what we build and train your team, so you are not dependent on us once the job is done.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How do I engage a consultant?
Contact us by email or phone. We will discuss your requirements, prepare an estimate and send you a written quote before any work begins.
Do you sell TechnologyOne software?
No. Noble Business Systems Consulting is an independent consulting firm and is not affiliated with Technology One Limited.
Why choose an independent consulting firm?
Independent consultants offer competitive rates with comparable skills and experience. Consultants from a software vendor are sometimes unable or unwilling to provide independent advice — we can offer vendor-independent recommendations without a conflict of interest.
Can you work at our location?
We are based in Adelaide and support clients in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. Much of our work can be delivered remotely, and we travel for on-site workshops, go-lives and busy periods. We are also available for international assignments.
Can you help with a SaaS upgrade?
Yes. We can plan and carry out upgrade testing, retest your reports and integrations, and help resolve issues before go-live.
Can you review how we use our systems?
Yes. We regularly review how organisations use TechnologyOne and related applications, and how their finance processes work in practice. We then rectify the issues we find and can return for a follow-up review, often annually or after an upgrade.
Do you offer ongoing monthly support?
Yes. Many of our clients book regular days each month for finance team support, month end processing, reporting and system administration, with extra days planned around year end and the budget cycle.
Do you take on small pieces of work?
Yes. Many engagements are a single report, an ETL fix or end of year assistance. We are equally happy to support larger implementation projects.
Contact
Let us talk about your requirements
Send us a short note about what you are working on. We will come back to you promptly to discuss scope and timing.
What happens next
From first conversation to quote
Discuss
We talk through your requirements, your current configuration and your timeframe.
Estimate
We prepare an estimate of effort and send you a written quote.
Deliver
Once approved, we get started and keep you updated as the work progresses.