Draft invoices in Xero
Invoices go into Xero as drafts, so finance reviews and approves them there before anything reaches a client.
Xero integration
Your invoices land in Xero as drafts. Nobody re-keys a line.
Consulting Console builds invoices and external consultant bills from logged time, sends them to Xero as drafts for finance to approve, and pulls payment status back so you can see what's been paid.
Illustrative example
Billable revenue
$128k
Consultant costs
$24k
Unbilled time
18h
Client billing pipeline
Northstar AdvisoryStrategy retainer78%$42,800
Aster DigitalXero implementation64%$18,250
Harbour RiskRisk review71%$31,600
Rates and costs setExternal consultant bill releasedDraft sent to Xero
No duplicates
Existing Xero invoices are matched by invoice number before a new one is created.
Status comes back
Refresh status from Xero to see what's authorised, sent, paid or voided without logging in to Xero.
CSV on the free plan
Firm Free and Consultant Free export Xero-ready CSV files for manual import.
External consultant bills too
On Teams Plus, approved external consultant bills go into Xero as draft bills against your chosen expense account.
Permissioned
Only users with finance permissions can connect Xero or sync records.
Finance flow
From logged hour to paid invoice.
Time is logged against a project, the invoice is built from it in Consulting Console, Xero receives a draft for finance to approve and send, and payment status comes back when you refresh.
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Log time
02
Build the invoice
03
Send draft to Xero
04
Track payment status
Xero is a trademark of Xero Limited. Consulting Console connects to Xero using Xero's public API and is not affiliated with, endorsed or certified by Xero.
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