Smarter Systems, Stronger Decisions: Reducing Admin, Improving Cashflow, and Using Your Numbers with Confidence - Cummins

Spend less time on admin and more time running your business. This practical session delivered by RSM Australia explores how simple automation, smarter systems, and connected apps can reduce manual work, improve accuracy, and provide real‑time financial insight. Attendees will also learn how clean, reliable data supports meaningful KPIs and benchmarking — helping identify profit leaks, manage cashflow, and make better business decisions with confidence.

What you’ll take away from this session:

• A clear understanding of where time and money are being lost through manual processes and disconnected systems

• Practical examples of how automation can:

  • reduce data entry and admin workload

  • improve accuracy and reduce errors

  • increase visibility over cashflow and financial position

• Insight into simple tools and automations that can be implemented immediately, such as:

  • invoice reminders and online payments

  • receipt and document capture

  • payroll and employee onboarding automation

  • bank rules and reconciliations

• A better understanding of how connected systems improve data flow and decision‑making

• Clarity on what clean, consistent bookkeeping looks like — and why it matters

• An introduction to key KPIs relevant to small and growing businesses, including:

  • profitability

  • wages and cost control

  • cashflow and liquidity

• How benchmarking can highlight risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement

• Practical ways to identify and reduce profit leakage

• Simple, actionable steps to improve financial performance without adding complexity

• Greater confidence using financial information to support pricing, staffing, and strategic decisions

This session is ideal for business owners who want greater clarity, control, and confidence in how their numbers support smarter business decisions.

Tickets: $15/person (to cover catering and venue costs). Please contact tamsin.scholz@rdaep.org.au if you have any questions.