Connect Sage & Lightyear for up to 80% less manual data entry.
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What does the Sage Business Cloud Accounting & Lightyear integration look like?
Designed and built for seamless integration
Because Sage Business Cloud Accounting and Lightyear are both cloud-based, set-up is seamless. When set up, it is a one click process to export your data to Sage Intacct.
Lightyear exports line item detail on each bill back into Sage Business Cloud Accounting giving you more data and better accuracy in your account. The data we export across is:
- Vendors/suppliers
- Tax Rates
- GL Codes
- Categories & Dimensions
- Purchase Bills & Credits
- Document Attachments
For full set up instructions, please contact a Lightyear expert and we will start the process.
6 Key Benefits for Sage Business Cloud Accounting Customers
*Note: The benefits listed below are just a sample of the benefits enjoyed by Lightyear customers. For more information please book a free demo and speak to one of our expert consultants.
Line Item Extraction
LExA Lightyear's proprietary data-extraction engine instantly extracts data with 100% accuracy from system-generated PDFs with OCR technology to back up.
Line by Line Automated Coding
Automate coding at a supplier, bill, line or product-level - the choice is yours. Set rules for key-words or product codes to drive coding rules. Set a GL code, Category and Default Approver on an invoice if a specified word appears on the invoice.
Advanced Automated Workflows
Robust approvals process that can be customised to allow 1,2 or 3 different levels of approval. Export before approval, route by departments, approve by value as well as proxy approvers.
3-Way PO Matching
Automatically 3-way match your purchase order with your GRN and your suppliers bill in less than 5 seconds.
Online Archive
Store your supplier invoices for up to 8 years depending on your country along with a 7 year statement archive. Search by supplier, GL code, amount, category, keywords etc, or a combination of all and find what you need in seconds.
Supplier Statement Reconciliation
Automatically & instantly reconcile your supplier statements. Missing documents are flagged, and with one-click Lightyear emails the supplier, asking for a copy.
Trusted by Leading Accountants and Businesses
Lightyear delivers, and then some. I have found the accuracy of the data extraction and multi-level approval rules have significantly reduced manual processing costs.
The Lightyear team are fantastic to deal with - knowledgeable and patient. They are more than a supplier. They are an invaluable and trusted business partner, who have the best interest of our businesses to heart.
We reviewed a number of AP apps, and Lightyear was by far and away the best. Their sign-off functionality for managers is unique to all the apps we surveyed. Love it!
Hundreds of our McDonalds clients are using Lightyear - It's great for speeding up the entry of bills and supporting separate bill authorisation.
With more than one million Bills processed, Lightyear continues to be an invaluable addition to Abcom’s suite of business applications.
Lightyear has an easy to use interface, eliminating data-entry and facilitating better business processes around the accounts payable function.
The software itself is very user friendly, making our processes much more efficient and eliminating our need for paper in the accounts payable process.
I love that all my actions can be done in one place - Lightyear stores/archives all information received and makes searching it a breeze.
Lightyear is such an easy platform to use, it saves heaps of your time and every invoice is at your finger tips. The support team is awesome and you never have to wait more than a minute to speak/online chat to someone for advice or help.
Saves so much time. It is so easy to use, and the staff friendly and knowledgeable. It was very easy to train our farm managers to use. We love it!
Lightyear allows us to easily manage the accounts payable process across our entire client base. The parent dashboard gives great visibility across them all.
I've been using Lightyear for a few years for larger clients and have just recently transitioned my smaller clients across. Regardless of the size of business, Lightyear provides great efficiencies.
