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Affordable Financial Management Solutions for Professional Services Firms

  • Full-featured solution enables efficient management of accounting and billing operations
  • Powerful inquiry, full-text search and conflicts search functionality
  • Convenient templates and streamlined methodology for fast and easy implementation

Elite Express is a world-class suite of financial management solutions in an easy-to-install, affordable package designed specifically for small and medium-sized firms. The system combines a strategically integrated set of software components based upon Elite’s popular financial and practice management solutions for large professional services firms. With a set of pre-configured options, Elite Express is the ideal solution for small to medium-sized businesses. It offers a scalable, cost-effective and rapid implementation of Elite’s sophisticated financial management system to quickly improve profitability and client satisfaction.

Features

  • Billing Manager offers distributed bill editing and creation.
  • General Ledger delivers comprehensive financial reporting, budgeting and expense management.
  • Accounts Payable provides sophisticated cash management tools, including laser check printing and seamless integration with Elite Billing Manager and General Ledger.
  • Conflicts Manager provides convenient full-text searching as well as comprehensive conflicts searching features.
  • Elite WebView delivers a browser-based system interface.
  • Event Driven Reporting provides automatic email notification of critical business events based upon user-defined rules.
  • VBA Toolkit enables development of customized screens and terminology to match firm preferences.

Tools to Make Firms Measurably More Productive

Streamlined billing and collections practices are a high priority for firms of all sizes. Elite incorporates a variety of design features across the application suite to improve staff productivity and efficiency:

  • Ability to easily customize screen terminology, including help text and error messages, ensures the system reflects the specific needs of any firm.
  • On-screen access to each person’s "Favorites" allows fast and efficient navigation between applications.
  • Extensive inquiry capabilities include "drill down" functionality to display underlying details.
  • Intuitive menu system makes the system easy to learn and use.
  • Single-screen bill editing system improves the efficiency of the entire billing process.
  • Integrated imaging (optional) allows attachment of disbursement hard copy to invoices.
  • Management of complex billing arrangements accommodates task-based and multi-party billing.

Retaining and Attracting New Clients

In many firms, the complexity of providing clients with the highest level of service and accommodating unique requests must be addressed in order to effectively solicit and retain new clients. Elite Express provides firms with powerful financial management tools that can handle the most complex billing arrangements with ease. With this robust functionality, firms can compete effectively for new clients and deliver superior client services.

Rapid Deployment and Reduced Implementation Costs

Elite Express provides a streamlined implementation approach:

  • Elite server software is pre-configured and shipped for immediate installation and operation.
  • Standard chart of accounts is provided and installed with full integration to Billing Manager and Accounts Payable.
  • Automatic posting integration between systems supports cash or accrual accounting.
  • Multiple standard bill templates ensure uninterrupted billing cycles.
  • Standardized, single-pass conversion of data (optional) ensures a smooth transition between legacy systems and Elite Express.

Maximum Value and Convenience

The Elite Express System also includes standard templates for:

  • Prebills
  • Billing invoices
  • Accounts payable checks
  • Trust checks
  • General Ledger Chart of Accounts including Balance Sheet and Income Statement reports
  • Over 100 standard Elite accounting reports

Extensive Implementation Experience Ensures Success

The conversion, training and implementation process of a new system is perhaps the most important element in a successful installation. With over 700 clients using the system worldwide, Elite offers key advantages including:

  • Full-time staff of 150 personnel completely focused on professional services firm implementations.
  • Extensive experience in working with all types of systems.
  • Streamlined, comprehensive and well documented installation process.

All of these elements combined make the selection and transition to Elite a smooth, well-organized and efficient process.

Elite Express offers a high-value, cost-effective solution for medium-sized firms seeking to experience powerful and feature-rich software solutions that are enjoyed by some of the largest firms worldwide. The streamlined nature of Elite Express enables the system to be installed quickly and cost effectively without disrupting normal business operations.

Your Partner for Financial and Practice Management Solutions

Elite Information Systems is a worldwide leader in enterprise software for the professional services industry. Elite provides solutions for professional services organizations in the accounting, IT and management consulting, legal, marketing services, technology, corporate, and government sectors. More than half of the Am Law 100, more than a third of the top 1,000 U.S. law firms, and over a third of the top 100 UK law firms turn to Elite for financial and practice management solutions. Contact Elite to put the power of Elite Express to work in your practice today.

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