Launching: the Stackademy & FTS Consultants!
For years, finance transformation followed a familiar script.
As businesses grew more complex, accountants and finance teams were told there was only one serious direction of travel: ERP.
As we shared last week. That default has now changed. Xero + a best-in-class tech stack is the new default.
But for teams making the move — from legacy ERP to Xero, or optimising their existing Xero tech stack as they scale — they need support. But who provides it?
They've been here all along. You just didn't know what to call them.
These practitioners already exist.
Right now, across the globe, there are brilliant operators helping businesses scale large, complex finance functions on Xero. Multi-entity structures, international operations, complex inventory, sophisticated reporting… real operational scale.
People like Tyler Caskey of TheBeanCounters, Laurel Millar of RSM, and Jeffrey Attizado of SMB Consultants. Elite advisors who have been quietly delivering finance tech stack selection, implementation and project management at a level that rivals anything in the ERP world.
But they've never had a name.
In the ERP world, that's never been an issue. "ERP Consultant" is synonymous with "ERP".
In Australia alone, there are an estimated 30,000 ERP consultants, supporting a $3 billion implementation industry. Globally, SAP alone has over 500,000 certified consultants. The broader ERP services market — implementation, consulting, optimisation — is estimated at over $23 billion annually, according to Technavio. That ecosystem didn't happen by accident. It was built on decades of certification, naming convention, professional identity and institutional support.
The Xero ecosystem has the elite practitioners, but they've never had a name.
Until now.
Introducing: The FTS Consultant
At Showcase, we finally gave these professionals a worthy name: Finance Tech Stack Consultants — FTS Consultants.
Jeffrey Attizado, one of our Stack Leaders, shared the moment perfectly here on Linkedin.
This is more than a label. It's the beginning of a professional identity for a category that has been operating without one — and the first step toward building the kind of institutional support that the ERP world has had for decades.
FTS Consultants are certified professionals who specialise in helping businesses scale on Xero.
And from today, they have a home: the FTS Consultant Directory on the CFO Techstack site — officially renamed to reflect the professional class it now represents.
If you're looking for an FTS Consultant, you now know where to find them.
Introducing: The Stackademy
So, they have a name. They have a home. But we know that’s still not enough.
We know we need to expand the FTS Consultant network.
As the number of finance teams choosing to scale on Xero grows exponentially, the support requirements do too. The movement needs infrastructure.
CFO Techstack is proud to be providing it through the brand new Stackademy!
Built by CFO Techstack upon foundations laid by expert FTS Consultants, the Stackademy is the first learning platform designed specifically for those who want to understand, build and implement modern finance stacks on Xero.
Think of it as a CFO Techstack university; practical, real-world education designed for the challenges and complexity that mid-sized businesses face as they push Xero further.
"How do I produce consolidated financial statements across multiple Xero entities?"
“How do I manage thousands of unique SKUs across stores in multiple regions?”
“How do I ensure employee spend is coded correctly every time?”
“How do I process intercompany recharges inline with our transfer pricing policy?”
These are the kinds of questions real finance leaders are asking, and the kinds of questions Stackademy will answer.
It's education for people who are ready to go beyond the traditional Xero certification, and learn the architecture behind best-in-class modern finance tech stacks.
Who is Stackademy designed for?
- Accountants and consultants who want to better serve clients navigating tech stack decisions; and
- Finance leaders who want to take their own technology further and build out their own stacks.
The course details will be announced in the coming weeks. We couldn’t be more thrilled to be bringing this to you soon.
Welcome to the Stackademy generation.
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