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Zato Platform

From Data to Done. One platform, no patchwork.

Annual accounts and management accounts on one platform. Zato runs the compliance job from connected source data through ledger scrutiny, workpapers, queries, journals, financial statements and review, reducing end-to-end production time by up to 80%. Every figure remains traceable to source, with your accountants retaining review and sign-off.

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The Zato platform: Ziffy executive intelligence on the firm dashboard, job pipeline, workpaper reconciliation, GL scrutiny findings and client queries drafted for approval

One compliance job

Six stages. One platform. Annual and management accounts.

The same journey runs for every job on your book, annual or periodic, from a clean trading company to a multi-entity agri group.

  1. 01

    Connect

    Source data, ledger, tax authority and documents, pulled in and mapped.

  2. 02

    Scrutinise

    General ledger analysis across firm rules, anomalies and risks.

  3. 03

    Compile

    40+ workpapers and reconciliations prepared and cross-referenced.

  4. 04

    Query & adjust

    Client queries and journals drafted for your reviewer to approve.

  5. 05

    Review

    Exceptions and review points surfaced, with judgement left to your team.

  6. 06

    Finalise

    Financial statements, reports, audit trail and partner sign-off.

Traceability

Click any figure. See exactly where it came from.

This is the part that changes review. Every number in every workpaper is traceable to its source, so a reviewer can check the reasoning rather than rebuilding the calculation.

GST reconciliation in Zato with a figure expanded to show how it was derived, the source document, sheet and cell it was extracted from, and the supporting documents panel
Click a figure and Zato shows how it was derived, the document it came from, and the evidence behind it.

How this figure was derived

The calculation behind the number, not just the result.

Extracted from source

The document, sheet and cell the value came from, one click away.

Inputs and evidence

Every supporting document attached to the account it proves.

Note or raise a point

Review points and notes recorded against the figure itself.

Inside the platform

Real screens from a live job.

Zato workpaper board grouped by assets, liabilities, equity, income, expenses and other, each showing reconciliation status

The whole compliance file, in one workspace.

Every workpaper across the job, grouped and scored, so you can see the state of the file at a glance.

  • Reconciliation status per workpaper
  • Missing accounts and documents surfaced
  • Outstanding items tracked to close
Zato reports view showing profit and loss alongside balance sheet produced from the job

From production to final accounts.

The job carries through to the reports your firm delivers, not just the workpapers behind them.

  • Profit and loss and balance sheet from job data
  • Financial statements ready for review
  • Figures still traceable to source

Management accounts

Month-end, with year-end rigour.

Run management accounts on the same engine as your annual accounts. Every figure scrutinised, every variance explained, every number traceable to the GL. Live.

Periods and setup

Monthly, two-monthly, quarterly, six-monthly or custom periods calculated from each client’s balance date. Create one job or a whole client list, filter by balance date and GST period, or import from XPM. The next period is created automatically when the director signs off.

9 workpapers built for month-end

Bank reconciliation, accounts receivable, accounts payable, GST reconciliation and period variance, PAYE and wages, fixed assets, loans and hire purchase, other current assets and other current liabilities. Firms choose the workpapers each job needs.

P&L analysis and traceability

Compare each line with the previous period or the same period last year in dollars and percent. GL scrutiny flags, commentary and queries sit against the line they affect, with every figure traceable back to the underlying GL transactions.

Review, sign-off and Ziffy

Review follows accountant, manager and then director. Every report downloads as PDF, and Ziffy answers in the context of the relevant period.

Reports produced with every period

Profit & Loss

The standard report for the period.

Balance Sheet

The standard report as at period end.

P&L Analysis New

Line-by-line variance review, with flags and commentary against each line.

Client Report New

A client-facing pack with commentary and actions, ready to send.

Next on the platform: GST Returns, BAS and more.

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Job coverage

Every job type your firm runs.

Trading companies, rentals, trusts, LTCs, partnerships and sole traders run as standard. The complex ones are built in too.

Trading companiesLTCsTrustsPartnerships Sole tradersResidential rentalsGST and non-GST entities

Agribusiness

Livestock trading accounts and natural increase, herd scheme elections and valuations, produce and crops on hand, farm assets and water rights, income equalisation, supplier shares and co-operative distributions.

Investment portfolios

Holdings reconciled account by account, fixed interest, NZ dividends with automatic gross-up, PIE income by category, overseas income separated by FIF treatment, and the imputation credit account carried to the tax position.

Same workflow, same review, same sign-off. The hard jobs do not need a second system.

Integrations

Connected to the systems your firm already runs.

Zato pulls what it needs directly, so nothing is re-keyed and the job always reflects the current ledger.

Live today

Xero

Chart of accounts, trial balance and full transaction detail synced. Journals post back on approval.

IRD

Returns, assessments and filing positions retrieved and reconciled against the ledger.

Companies Office

Shareholders, directors and entity records pulled straight into the job.

FYI

Client documents collected and filed back without leaving your document system.

SharePoint

Documents pulled from your existing folder structure.

Google Drive

Documents pulled from your existing folder structure.

SSO

Entra ID and Google Workspace sign-in, managed by your firm.

Final testing and coming soon

OneDriveComing soon DropboxComing soon ATOFinal testing AkahuFinal testing SuiteFilesComing soon MYOBComing soon QuickBooksComing soon

Infrastructure

Built on AWS, hosted in your region.

AWS cloud

Zato runs on AWS infrastructure in Auckland and Sydney, so firm and client data stays in the region it belongs to.

Amazon Bedrock

Models run inside Zato’s own AWS environment through Amazon Bedrock. Your data is not used to train foundation models and does not leave that environment.

Tenant isolation

Per-tenant encryption keys and logically segregated processing, so one firm’s work is never visible to another.

Independently assured

Certified to ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 42001 and ISO 9001, with an independent SOC 2 Type II attestation and GDPR-aligned data handling. See the detail.

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Getting started

From first demo to firm-wide, with our team alongside.

Most firms are running real jobs the day after their planning session.

  1. 1

    Demo

    See Zato run a real compliance job, end to end.

  2. 2

    Planning session

    Where your time goes today, what to target, which teams and jobs go first.

  3. 3

    Set up

    Users and integrations connected in under 15 minutes.

  4. 4

    Firm-wide rollout

    Measured against your targets, then rolled out across the firm.

Priced per ledger

You pay for the jobs you run, with volume incentives as more of the book moves across.

The gains are the point

Up to 80% less time per job, measured end to end, and margin gains inside a single season.

Experts the whole way

Chartered accountants and implementation specialists through planning, set-up and rollout.

Support always on

In-app support from a team that knows compliance production, not just software.

See it in action

See Zato inside your firm.

Book a demo and see how Zato handles the compliance job, from client data to signed financials. We will be in touch within one business day.

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