Lightyear

Lightyear Lightyear is an award-winning, 5* cloud app built to automate large SMEs & Enterprise level Purchasing & Accounts Payables processes.

We save businesses more than 80% of their costs and time while also removing human error. Lightyear is an innovative Cloud business & financial software company. We are focused on building cutting edge technology solutions to help Businesses compete and win in today's competitive environment. We bring a customer centric approach to apply new technology to solve the big challenges businesses face t

oday. Newly established in 2017, our leadership team have a collective 30 years SaaS experience and a proven track record of building, and bringing to market, award winning & successful Business software solutions.

Most finance leaders don't have an Xero problem. They have a capability gap 🥵As a business grows, the demands on finance...
07/09/2026

Most finance leaders don't have an Xero problem. They have a capability gap 🥵

As a business grows, the demands on finance grow with it, and Xero wasn't built to solve all of that alone. That's what its App Store ecosystem is for: hundreds of specialist tools designed to extend what Xero can do, without replacing it.

For accounts payable specifically, that means:
âś… Line-item level data extraction
âś… Real-time statement reconciliation
âś… Built-in fraud detection

The result: less manual work, fewer errors, and a finance function that scales with the business rather than falling behind it.

See how it works in the Lightyear feature guide: https://ow.ly/HARC50ZHAvu

AI is everywhere in finance right now. But what’s real and what’s just noise?On 21 October, we're bringing finance leade...
04/09/2026

AI is everywhere in finance right now. But what’s real and what’s just noise?

On 21 October, we're bringing finance leaders from across Scotland together at Hampden Park to cut through it. A straight conversation on what's actually working, what’s just hype, and what’s coming next.

With guest speakers from AAB Group, Scottish Football Association, Lightyear and Eureka Solutions, it’s a day not to be missed.

Limited tickets are available.
👉 See the agenda and register here: https://ow.ly/yacP50ZHEjj

Xero isn’t just for small businesses🏬This hospitality group processes 5,000 invoices every month across 21 UK venues, al...
01/09/2026

Xero isn’t just for small businesses🏬

This hospitality group processes 5,000 invoices every month across 21 UK venues, all while keeping Xero as the foundation of its finance function.

Interested in how they cut admin by 40%? We’ll let you in on a secret - specialist integrations make Xero a supercharged platform for mid-sized businesses 👀

Find out what they did it 👉 https://ow.ly/ioZF50ZHAnk

Xero

Denis’s finance team ran AP entirely manually, with a delayed month-end close. Since integrating Lightyear with their a...
25/08/2026

Denis’s finance team ran AP entirely manually, with a delayed month-end close.

Since integrating Lightyear with their accounting system, Business Suite, they have automated manual tasks and reclaimed time for strategic work. Here's what else changed 👇

âś… $800 saved every week
âś… Half a head saved
âś…

17/08/2026

Business growing? That's the goal.
Now the question is: how do we turn your team into a lean, mean, automated machine?

Invoice volume, purchasing, and complexity all grow alongside the business, and with the right tools, your finance team can scale right along with it.

That's what we're covering in our next webinar.

📅 EMEA: Wednesday 19th August, 12pm BST → https://ow.ly/JT2H50ZrW9y

📅 APAC: Wednesday 19th August, 12pm AEST → https://ow.ly/4cSX50ZrW9x

Spots are limited — register now to save yours.

The more you refer, the more you earnđź’°Know a business still wrestling with manual invoices? Refer them to Lightyear, and...
13/08/2026

The more you refer, the more you earnđź’°

Know a business still wrestling with manual invoices? Refer them to Lightyear, and you'll receive a ÂŁ200/A$400 Amazon gift card. They'll get one for their business too (plus an AP process that actually works).

1 referral = one gift card. 2 = double. There's no limit.

Referring takes two minutes:
🔑 Click your name in the top right of your Lightyear account and select 'Refer Lightyear' to find your code.
🤝 Share it with your referral. They enter it on the 'create a company page' when they sign up.

We'll handle the rest.

For more info on T&Cs: https://ow.ly/o2lQ50Zxn0p

Thinking about automating AP, but not sure it's worth the disruption?Most finance teams hesitate for one of four reasons...
11/08/2026

Thinking about automating AP, but not sure it's worth the disruption?

Most finance teams hesitate for one of four reasons:
đź’¸Cost
đź’ĽExpertise
🚨Security
đź”—Integration risk

All valid. All are worth taking seriously before you commit to any new system.

The good news is that each one is easily resolved.

We've broken it down below 👇

Read the full piece here: https://ow.ly/KpAS50Zy1sR

30/07/2026

Over 90% have started their digital journey — but only 18% have finished the job.

The missing piece is almost always the same: accounts payable. Still manual. Still time-consuming. Still holding the finance team back.

Automate it, and your team gets their time back. Month-end gets faster. And the work that actually matters gets done.

See how Lightyear completes the picture:
https://ow.ly/pUXm50Zi4hK

How do you evaluate AP technology before audit season hits? Most finance teams focus on price, but there are 4 more impo...
17/07/2026

How do you evaluate AP technology before audit season hits?

Most finance teams focus on price, but there are 4 more important parameters to keep in mind.

Swipe to see the 4 criteria that matter most :point_down:

Read the full guide to explore how Lightyear meets these criteria: https://ow.ly/Ubuq50Ziehe

Australian finance teams, one question worth sitting with after this EOFY:If the next financial year ran on the same AP ...
14/07/2026

Australian finance teams, one question worth sitting with after this EOFY:

If the next financial year ran on the same AP process as this one, would next June look any different? If the honest answer is no, that's worth paying attention to.

Your process didn't get worse over the year. The demands on it did. But it's a fixable process problem, and the months right after EOFY are the window, while the pain is fresh and capacity is back.

đź“• Download The Post-EOFY Accounts Payable Playbook: https://ow.ly/1KZ850ZkvyK

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