Navan releases dedicated travel and expense solution for accounting firms via virtual cards and dashboards

Travel and expense solutions provider Navan announced the release of  Navan Accountant Console, a dedicated solution made specifically for accounting firms. 

The centralized dashboard handles spend management for accounting firms that support multiple clients, users and products. It can enable accounting firms to standardize client spend processes, regardless of clients’ existing bank and credit card partners. This means, for users, that they will not need to face tradeoffs between becoming resellers of others’ cards or manually reconciling transactions of any number of clients’ card providers. The solution instead consolidates multiple card feeds into a single dashboard. Combined with Navan’s travel and expense management platform, the automated experience enables accountants to advise clients on T&E spend and focus on other higher-value tasks. 

“This feature lets firms’ clients maintain their current banking relationships and credit card rewards,” said a blog post from the company. “And the firms themselves get not only an innovative expense management platform, but also an opportunity to standardize their tech stacks. Thanks to the power of Navan’s intelligent automation, the days of coding credit-card statements line by line are over.”

Beyond support for spend management, the dashboard provides a centralized view of all clients, including onboarding status, and has the ability to invite, assign and manage accountants and their access to specific clients. It also supports distinct roles for Console Admins and Console Users with appropriate permissions and the ability to log in as clients with role-specific permissions. The solution also features aggregated monthly billing for all clients, with options for customizable payment responsibilities as well as the ability to view individual client pages showing account information, assigned team and monthly platform fees

The Navan Accountant Console also enables firms to standardize spend management with dynamic spend policies, real-time transaction feeds, and direct GL integrations, including with NetSuite, QuickBooks and Xero. 

“Navan works side by side with accounting and finance teams across our customer base and has for years listened to their frustrations with the options available to them,” said Navan Expense CEO Michael Sindicich in a statement. “Most expenses come from travel, and with the breakthrough tech of Navan Connect, CPAs and accounting firms can now automate expense reconciliation across their clients’ various banking and corporate card programs using a single dashboard, saving days of work.”

Navan Accountant Console, as part of Navan Connect, is currently available in 140 countries across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. The technology supports 100 different currencies and more than 250 global banks, including Citi, regional banks like Citizens, and fintechs such as Brex and Rho. For more information, click here.