Running a small business means keeping track of a lot of moving parts. Customers. Suppliers. Jobs. Staff. Sales. Expenses. Cash flow. And somewhere amongst all of that are the books. For many small-business owners, bookkeeping is something that happens in the background — or something that gets pushed down the to-do list until it becomes impossible to ignore. But what does a bookkeeper actually do each month? It’s more than simply putting transactions into accounting software

Bookkeeping in the AI era As artificial intelligence finds its way into almost every aspect of business and society, it can feel overwhelming and exciting in equal measure. The opportunities seem almost endless. At the same time, many of the claims around AI tend to sit at the extremes — either a future where technology solves everything, or one where it replaces people altogether. The reality, particularly in bookkeeping, is likely to sit somewhere in between. At O’Malley Bo