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<\/span><\/div><\/div>“Turning vision into value.”<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Rise Accountants<\/h1>\n
Established:<\/b> 2002<\/span><\/p>\nLocation:<\/b> Auckland<\/span><\/p>\nWebsite:<\/b> http:\/\/www.rise.co.nz\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\nBusiness vision and mission:<\/b>
\nRise Accountants aims to make the lives of its clients easier through timeliness, price certainty and friendly staff. They want to turn your vision into value – and that’s value for you, not the IRD!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[totalpoll id=”290″]<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i><\/i><\/span>The history of Rise Accountants<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>Company director Bill Mancer has worked in the financial sector since the 1990s until 2002 working first as a General Manager for finance at Sanitarium and then as a Financial Controller for Tip-Top Bread, a subsidiary of George Western Foods.<\/p>\nDue to family circumstances, Bill realised that he would need a lot more flexibility in his working hours and so he gave up salaried employment to start out on his own. Although personal circumstances forced his hand, Bill had gained a lot of valuable experience in the commercial world and wanted to create a future of his own. With family support, he created Rise Accountants, named after his desire to see his clients’ businesses grow.<\/p>\n
During the business’s infancy, Bill took a chance by going into business with another accountant. Together they brought in 100 new clients between them and expanded by buying a block of fees on the North Shore. However, it quickly became clear how much disrepair the business was in: less than 25% of tax returns were being filed. When Bill told the staff of that firm that, within a year, they would file 90% of their tax returns on time, they didn’t believe him. The business managed 99%. “Staff that we planning on quitting turned around their decision when they saw what their branch could become.” In 2015 Bill sold the Waiuku branch with another in the region so that he could focus more on his region of Auckland.<\/p>\n
Rise Accountants is still going strong 15 years on.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i><\/i><\/span>How does Rise Accountants differ from competitors?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>Clients have said that Bill and his team offer clearly explained advice and introduce customers to easy to use systems ‘without forcing their way onto their customers’: one size does not fit all.<\/p>\nBill is most proud of the relationship Rise Accountants has with its clients: “They tell us what they see now are the same people we portrayed in our initial meetings: Genuine, honest, friendly and interested in their business.”<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i><\/i><\/span>Perseverance: How Rise Accountants found its feet<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>The first challenge was moving away from familiar territory and finding clients for the business. Bill discovered early on that cold-calling was not his style, but he found his first client within a month and from there word of mouth spread. Soon, his challenge became managing his workload and employing additional staff to run Rise Accountants as it developed into something bigger.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i><\/i><\/span>Value: How does Rise Accountants delight its customers?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>Rise Accountants has expanded since 2009 to cover two sites and for four consecutive years, Bill and his team have doubled the previous year’s turnover. At the second site where everyone knows everyone, Rise Accounting are the preferred accountants.<\/p>\n“Our clients don’t leave – even the IRD have advised our clients that they have received positive outcomes due to the proactive nature of our work,” says Bill. “We do the boring stuff – annual accounts and the like – the interesting stuff – business plans, wealth structures and the the like – and the challenging stuff – tax audits, credit issues, and picking up clients when they have felt like they have been hit.”<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Rise Accountants<\/h1>\n
Established:<\/b> 2002<\/span><\/p>\n Location:<\/b> Auckland<\/span><\/p>\n Website:<\/b> http:\/\/www.rise.co.nz\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Business vision and mission:<\/b> [totalpoll id=”290″]<\/p>\n<\/div> Due to family circumstances, Bill realised that he would need a lot more flexibility in his working hours and so he gave up salaried employment to start out on his own. Although personal circumstances forced his hand, Bill had gained a lot of valuable experience in the commercial world and wanted to create a future of his own. With family support, he created Rise Accountants, named after his desire to see his clients’ businesses grow.<\/p>\n During the business’s infancy, Bill took a chance by going into business with another accountant. Together they brought in 100 new clients between them and expanded by buying a block of fees on the North Shore. However, it quickly became clear how much disrepair the business was in: less than 25% of tax returns were being filed. When Bill told the staff of that firm that, within a year, they would file 90% of their tax returns on time, they didn’t believe him. The business managed 99%. “Staff that we planning on quitting turned around their decision when they saw what their branch could become.” In 2015 Bill sold the Waiuku branch with another in the region so that he could focus more on his region of Auckland.<\/p>\n Rise Accountants is still going strong 15 years on.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Bill is most proud of the relationship Rise Accountants has with its clients: “They tell us what they see now are the same people we portrayed in our initial meetings: Genuine, honest, friendly and interested in their business.”<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> “Our clients don’t leave – even the IRD have advised our clients that they have received positive outcomes due to the proactive nature of our work,” says Bill. “We do the boring stuff – annual accounts and the like – the interesting stuff – business plans, wealth structures and the the like – and the challenging stuff – tax audits, credit issues, and picking up clients when they have felt like they have been hit.”<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nRise Accountants aims to make the lives of its clients easier through timeliness, price certainty and friendly staff. They want to turn your vision into value – and that’s value for you, not the IRD!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/i><\/i><\/span>The history of Rise Accountants<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>How does Rise Accountants differ from competitors?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Perseverance: How Rise Accountants found its feet<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Value: How does Rise Accountants delight its customers?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>