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Our team brings together years’ worth of accounting expertise with cutting edge cloud software, to design and build your business a bespoke finance solution.

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The Genus Team at Shorts helped us to improve our efficiency and effectiveness by advising us on the best cloud accounting packages to use in our business.
David Cross, Sky-House

Genus is a unique accountancy service that enables clients to achieve their goals by filling gaps within their financial knowledge. If you’d like to know more about how Genus can transform your business, get in touch today and book a free, no-obligation consultation.

Genus is an award-winning Xero Platinum partner

Genus Services & Expertise

Finance Director & CFO
Management Reporting
Cash flow
Software Solutions
Data Analytics
Process Mapping
Finance Team Training
Xero Training
Converting to Xero

Finance Director & CFO
Services

A finance lead brings a uniquely qualified financial understanding, ensuring the business stays as close as possible to its intended path in the future.

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Management Reporting

Using award-winning cloud software, the Genus team regularly transforms facts and figures into insightful reports, enabling you to grow your business confidently.

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Cash flow

Cash flow
Forecasting & Budgeting

Cash flow is the lifeblood of your business, and we can help you create a dependable budget and interactive forecast. These can inform business decisions and enhance your Management Information.

Cashflow Services

Software Solutions

Software Solutions is a service that enables businesses to work smarter, not harder. We work with you to design and improve your business systems, providing a fully bespoke service.

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Data Analytics

Data Analytics
Services

In today’s data-rich environment, financial data holds the key to smarter business decisions. But numbers alone don’t tell the whole story.

Explore Your Data

Process Mapping

Process Mapping
& Reviews

As part of our process mapping and reviews service, our team will carefully dissect your existing financial processes and controls, uncovering inefficiencies, duplication, and potential vulnerabilities.

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Finance Team Training

An experienced in-house team may be the most efficient way to manage your finance function – but your in-house team might not have the experience or confidence required. That’s where our finance team training can help.

Finance Training

Xero Training

Xero Training
& Support

Genus is proud to be a Xero Platinum Partner and is one of the top 2% of Xero partners in the UK for clients and certified advisors.

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Converting to Xero

When it comes to managing accounts, payroll, and related business responsibilities, we believe Xero offers the most flexible and insightful platform for businesses.

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Genus Success Stories

4 June 2025

Moody Direct

Leading suppliers of process and packaging solutions to the dairy, food, beverage, brewery, ice cream, chemical and pharmaceutical industries emphasise how Shorts played a critical role in the success of their sale to AxFlow UK.

16 October 2024

Sheffield Chamber of Commerce & Industry

The Chamber discuss their bespoke package of Management Accounts, Xero assistance and specialist training to bring their Management Accounts in-house.

8 August 2024

Apex Consulting Engineers Ltd

Wayne Ballance describes his experience as a Shorts client, focussing on Genus

9 April 2024

Pratap Partnership

Nik Pratap describes reassuring advice, outlining support throughout their continued evolution through to recently transferring to an EOT with advice from the Shorts Corporate Finance team.

16 May 2024

Sky-House Co

Genus Awards

Winner - LARGE FIRM OF THE YEAR

Xero Awards United Kingdom 2024

FINALISTS x2 - Large Firm of the year | Innovative Partner of the year

Xero Awards UK & Ireland 2023

Winner - CONSULTANCY/ ADVISORY SERVICE AWARD

Yorkshire Accountancy Awards 2023

Winner - Large Firm of the Year

Xero Awards 2022

Finalist for Large Firm of the Year

Xero Awards 2021

Finalist for Large Firm of the Year

Xero Awards 2018

Winner of Advisory Firm of the Year | Finalist for Mid-Tier Innovation of the Year

British Accountancy Awards 2018

A BLEND OF SPECIALISTS, ACCOUNTANTS, PROJECT MANAGERS, INNOVATORS & IT PROFESSIONALS.

Meet the Genus team

Genus Director

Alicia Williams

Audit & Accounts Partner

Malcolm Pope

Client Finance Director

Alexa Conway

Client Financial Controller

Lauren Jaques

Management Accountant

Olivia Swanepoel

Management Accountant

Maryia Alozai

Accounts Manager

Nicola Louis

Accounts Manager

Vicky Law

Management Accountant

Megan Adamson

Meet the Full Genus Team

Management Informationby Genus

In this section

Transform your businesswith Genus

Genus Services & Expertise

Finance Director & CFO
Services

A finance lead brings a uniquely qualified financial understanding, ensuring the business stays as close as possible to its intended path in the future.

Management Reporting

Using award-winning cloud software, the Genus team regularly transforms facts and figures into insightful reports, enabling you to grow your business confidently.

Cash flow
Forecasting & Budgeting

Cash flow is the lifeblood of your business, and we can help you create a dependable budget and interactive forecast. These can inform business decisions and enhance your Management Information.

Software Solutions

Software Solutions is a service that enables businesses to work smarter, not harder. We work with you to design and improve your business systems, providing a fully bespoke service.

Data Analytics
Services

In today’s data-rich environment, financial data holds the key to smarter business decisions. But numbers alone don’t tell the whole story.

Process Mapping
& Reviews

As part of our process mapping and reviews service, our team will carefully dissect your existing financial processes and controls, uncovering inefficiencies, duplication, and potential vulnerabilities.

Finance Team Training

An experienced in-house team may be the most efficient way to manage your finance function – but your in-house team might not have the experience or confidence required. That’s where our finance team training can help.

Xero Training
& Support

Genus is proud to be a Xero Platinum Partner and is one of the top 2% of Xero partners in the UK for clients and certified advisors.

Converting to Xero

When it comes to managing accounts, payroll, and related business responsibilities, we believe Xero offers the most flexible and insightful platform for businesses.