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Switching / FIELD NOTES 22

Give your accountant access without sharing a login

Make permissions and ownership part of your software setup.

Illustrated field notes for Give your accountant access without sharing a login

Use named access

Invite each person using the product’s supported access mechanism. A shared owner password makes it difficult to identify who changed a record and can expose billing or bank-connection controls unnecessarily.

Define responsibilities

Write down who categorizes transactions, reconciles statements, approves adjustments and closes the period. Access alone does not establish that someone is performing the work. Agree the cadence and the documents they need from you.

Review when roles change

Remove departed users promptly and verify that the business retains administrative control. Check connected applications as well as user accounts, since an old connector may still have access after a person leaves.

YOUR NEXT STEPS

Put it into practice

  • Invite named users
  • Use the least access needed
  • Assign monthly responsibilities
  • Review users and connected apps regularly

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