Current ZA Engagement

Aterna Advisors

Digital Workplace, Business Systems & AI Enablement

Modernizing the technology environment supporting an accounting firm serving more than 300 clients.

Client since 2025

Professional Services / Accounting / Enterprise Technology

  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • QuickBooks
  • Carbon accounting management technology
  • AI productivity tools
  • Business applications
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Current ZA Engagement

Aterna Advisors

Client since 2025

Context

The situation

Aterna Advisors operates an accounting and professional-services environment supporting more than 300 clients.

As the firm develops its technology environment, different systems and tools need to support:

  • Internal collaboration
  • Information management
  • Accounting operations
  • Client-related workflows
  • Carbon accounting management
  • Day-to-day business operations
  • AI-enabled productivity

The work

What the work involved

Modernization does not always begin with replacing the core platform. For Aterna, the engagement spans collaboration, business applications, accounting operations, carbon accounting technology and practical AI adoption. The common requirement is making technology useful inside the actual operating environment.

  • Digital workplaceSharePoint implementation.
  • Carbon accountingSupport for implementation of a carbon accounting management system serving the firm's client environment.
  • Accounting operationsDay-to-day technology support involving QuickBooks.
  • Business applicationsSupport for other operational business applications.
  • AI enablementEvaluation and practical support for AI tools used within the organization.
  • Ongoing supportTechnology support across the firm's operating environment.

Technology environment

Systems and practices in scope

Professional Services / Accounting / Enterprise Technology

  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • QuickBooks
  • Carbon accounting management technology
  • AI productivity tools
  • Business applications

Outcomes

Verified proof points

300+

Clients served by the firm

What this experience demonstrates

Where the experience applies

  • Digital Transformation
  • Technology & Process Modernization
  • Business Systems Enablement
  • Digital Workplace Improvement
  • AI Enablement
  • Technology Delivery
  • Ongoing Technology Support

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