Part of our Operations agents
AI agents for operations teams in accounting firms
Actionist is an AI automation tool whose agents operate the apps your accounting firm ops team already uses, from a deadline sheet checked by hand to an agent flagging a filing going quiet and drafting the client chase.
Every filing deadline tracked across the client book, and every missing document chased before a filing is at risk.
AI Employees for Accounting Firm Operations in 4 simple steps
Manual Time
We'll go over where you currently waste your time doing manual tasks.
Actionist Automations
We'll show you exactly how Actionist can automate these manual tasks.
Your Benefits
How much time and money you'll save by onboarding AI agents.
Easy to use
We'll show you how easy it is to enable AI across your business.
Where you spend your time
We know how your week actually goes
- Filing deadlines never missedVAT, PAYE, corporation tax, and Companies House dates tracked against your compliance register, flagged early.
- Documents in before month-endMissing bank statements and receipts chased on a schedule, not the week a job is due to start.
- AML checks cleared before work startsIdentity, address, and source-of-funds documents tracked against the checklist for every new client.
- New client files open the day they signPortal access and the standard job checklist set up the day an engagement letter comes back.
- Every job visible, nothing stuckMonth-end and year-end stages tracked across the whole client book, so a stalled file surfaces early.
- Built around your practiceThese are examples. Build a custom agent for any job your operations desk repeats.
And hundreds of other tasks you do manually..
An agent can take a lot off your team's plate. Take a look below to see the time and cost you could save by adding AI agents to your Accounting Firm Operations team's day.
Where the hours go
HMRC letters and Companies House notices pile up in a shared inbox, and working out which preparer needs to see one today competes with everything else the front desk is doing.
An agent logs every inbound letter and portal message against the client file and routes it to the right preparer within about a minute, so nothing sits unread in a shared inbox.
A month-end or year-end job list has dozens of stages running across dozens of files at once, and knowing which ones are genuinely on track versus quietly stuck behind a missing signature is normally a partner asking around on a Friday.
An agent checks each open job's stage against the practice checklist daily and posts a single status list of anything untouched past its expected date, before the deadline crunch finds it.
Every engagement stalls on the same thing: the client has not sent the bank statement or receipt batch the job needs, and someone has to remember to chase, then remember again a week later, in a tone that still sounds like your practice.
An agent tracks the outstanding items per engagement and drafts the right reminder for how overdue it is, queued for your approval, so the chase never gets forgotten and never sounds automated.
A signed engagement letter lands and the new client is waiting to hear from the practice, while portal access, the file setup, and the standard job checklist all wait on someone remembering to start them.
An agent opens the file the day the letter is signed, sets up portal access, and kicks off the standard checklist, so the client's first weeks with the practice run on schedule.
Actionist Will Automate
What one automation looks like
A week with your Accounting Firm Operations agents
Some of the apps for your Accounting Firm Operations team
Some of the accounting firm ops apps your agent operates for you. Hundreds more are in the Actionist App Store.
Your Agent wakes up Automatically whenever something happens
Your agents watch the apps you already use and act the moment something happens, usually within about a minute, handle it based on your instructions, 24/7.
Use cases for this team
Your benefits
Where the time goes back
What you do manually today
What your agent runs for you
- Operations150 min / weekCross-checking the deadline sheet against real progress
Someone opens the compliance spreadsheet, then checks each client's job status separately to see if the date is genuinely at risk, a manual cross-reference nobody fully trusts.
Operations Agent0 minAgent checks the register against progress automaticallyAn agent compares the register against each client's real filing progress daily and flags only the ones genuinely at risk, so the cross-check happens without opening two systems side by side.
- Operations180 min / weekRemembering which clients still owe a document
Someone scans a spreadsheet from memory to work out who has not sent their bank statement yet, then drafts a chase in whatever tone feels right that day.
Operations Agent0 minAgent tracks and drafts the graded chaseAn agent tracks outstanding items against the date first requested and drafts the right reminder for how overdue it is, queued for your approval before it sends.
- Operations90 min / weekChecking a due diligence file item by item
Someone opens the client folder and manually checks off each identity, address, and source-of-funds document against a paper checklist before confirming the file is clear.
Operations Agent0 minAgent tracks the checklist and flags the gapAn agent checks each new file against the due diligence checklist and drafts a request for exactly what is missing, so nothing is confirmed clear by guesswork.
- Operations60 min / weekOpening a new client file by hand
Someone sets up the client record, requests portal access, and starts the checklist separately, usually a day or two after the letter actually comes back signed.
Operations Agent0 minAgent opens the file the day the letter is signedAn agent opens the client record, requests portal access, and starts the standard checklist the same day, so the gap between a signature and a ready file closes to hours.
- Operations70 min / weekAsking around to find out which jobs are stuck
A partner asks each preparer individually on a Friday afternoon which files are genuinely on track versus quietly stuck behind a missing step.
Operations Agent0 minAgent checks every job's stage and posts the listAn agent checks each open job's stage against the checklist daily and posts a single status list of anything untouched past its expected date.
What that's worth
Calculate what your team saves
Based on typical team usage: the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~6 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.
How easy it is to use
We'll do all the heavy lifting for you.
From entering your website address to having a working AI team, no effort from you.
- Step 1
Enter your website
- We'll research your business
- Automatically configure everything for you
- Step 2
Actionist Auto
Optional- Watches you work
- Creates your agents, workflows and schedules
- Step 3
Marketplace
- Hundreds of apps, plus agents and workflows
- Pre-configured by other users
- Step 4
Invite your team
- We'll automatically onboard them too
- Focus on the things that matter
Enter your website URL for a personalised demo
See exactly what Actionist would automate for your business.
You stay in control
An agent touching client documents, AML files, and filing deadlines only earns trust if you stay in control. Actionist is built so you see everything it checked, approve anything that reaches a client, and own every record it creates.
A document reminder, a deadline nudge, or a welcome email is drafted first and queued for your sign-off. Nothing reaches a client on its own unless you widen that autonomy yourself.
Identity, address, and source-of-funds documents are read and logged in your own systems. The agent never moves sensitive client data anywhere you have not already put it.
Every deadline flagged, every chase drafted, and every AML gap logged is recorded in a timestamped trail, so you can see exactly what the agent checked, when, and why.
Client documents, deadlines, and AML records are encrypted and never used to train any model. Self-host on a VPS if everything needs to stay on your own infrastructure.
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Frequently asked questions
Does my operations team need to be technical to run this?
How do I get started?
How do I make a customised AI agent for our practice?
How quickly can I set Actionist up?
Is our client and AML data safe?
We run a practice management system nothing else integrates with. Will it still work?
Will it send something to a client without a partner seeing it first?
Will it keep up during Self Assessment season when everything is chaotic?
Can it make AML or compliance judgement calls on its own?
See an agent track a deadline and draft the client chase
Book a free demo and watch an Actionist agent check your compliance register, flag a filing at risk, and draft the client document chase, end to end.