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Accounting firms. Running past the talent shortage.

CPA firms, tax practices, and advisory firms facing a talent shortage while drowning in manual data entry and seasonal bottlenecks. Hendricks deploys autonomous agents that absorb the operational work so partners can focus on advisory. The math is simple: revenue scales, overhead does not.

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75%
Of firms can't find enough talent
60+ hrs
Weekly partner hours in tax season
23%
Realization leakage from poor workflow capture
4x
Client response time expectations vs five years ago
Where the operation breaks

The bottlenecks every accounting firms leader recognizes.

These are the structural patterns we see again and again. Each one is the symptom of an architecture gap, not a staffing problem. Adding people does not fix any of them.

Tax season bottleneck

Every tax season overwhelms staff. Partners work 60+ hour weeks. Client work queues up. Routine filings consume the capacity that should be generating advisory revenue.

Manual data collection

Gathering client documents, reconciling ledgers, and collecting information for filings runs on spreadsheets, emails, and phone calls. Every engagement starts from scratch.

Client communication gaps

Clients expect instant responses. Firms send status updates manually , when they remember. Lost clients cite communication as the top reason they leave.

Billing and realization leakage

WIP tracking is inconsistent. Time entries logged late. Invoices sent weeks after work is complete. Realization rates drop without anyone noticing until quarter-end.

What we deploy

Autonomous agent systems built for accounting firms.

Each system is an assembly line of agents that monitor signals, coordinate decisions, and execute work in production. Designed with the Hendricks Method, deployed on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.

01
Autonomous engagement intelligence
Agents monitor every client engagement , document requests, outstanding information, blockers, deadlines. Nudge clients automatically. Surface at-risk engagements before they slip.
02
Tax workflow agents
Agents handle the repeatable operational work of tax preparation: document intake, data validation, preliminary review routing, and status tracking. Your tax professionals focus on judgment, not coordination.
03
Client operations automation
Agents respond to client inquiries instantly, send proactive status updates, collect missing information, and route edge cases to the right professional. Clients feel attended to without partners doing the attending.
04
Revenue operations agents
Agents prompt time entry in real time, monitor WIP aging, draft invoices at milestones, follow up on collections, and flag realization gaps before they compound.
Before / after

What changes the day the system goes live.

The same operation, run by an autonomous system instead of by manual coordination. The work still happens. The cost, latency, and consistency change.

Area
Before
After
Client document collection
Manual emails · weeks
Autonomous nudges · days
Tax season partner hours
60+ hours/week
Focused on judgment · not coordination
Client status updates
When partner remembers
Proactive · real-time
WIP aging visibility
Quarter-end surprise
Continuous · alerts at threshold
Engagement handoffs
Email relay
Agent-coordinated
FAQ

Common questions from accounting firms leaders.

Does this work alongside my existing tax software?
Yes. Agents integrate with your existing tax preparation, document management, and billing stack. The architecture sits on top of the tools you already use rather than replacing them.
How do you handle client data security?
Deployments run inside your Google Cloud tenant with role-based access controls, encryption at rest and in transit, and audit trails on every agent action. Data never leaves your infrastructure.
How fast can we see results in tax season?
The first agent typically goes into production in 4-5 weeks. If we start before December, the system is live for the full tax season. If we start in February, we target peak-season readiness for the following year.
Ready to see what this looks like for your accounting practice?

20 minutes. Walk away with the line your firm needs.

We will look at your operation, identify the assembly line that would ship first for your vertical, and tell you what it would cost and how long it would take. If it is not a fit we say so on the call.

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