How Quickly Could The Balancing Act Pay for Itself?
A practical start for your new recruit. Less initial training time for your manager. Put your practice’s figures into the calculator to see how quickly the investment could pay back.
Free to use · Based on your figures · Takes around 2 minutes
What does getting a new trainee up to speed really cost?
The course price is only one part of the picture. Manager training time and your trainee’s progress towards chargeable work can have a much bigger effect on the overall cost.
Manager time
See the potential value of the hours your experienced staff could spend on client work instead of initial training.
Training investment
Account for the course cost and the time your trainee spends building their bookkeeping foundation.
Potential recovery
Explore what a realistic improvement in your trainee’s recovery rate could mean over their first two months.
Let’s see how the numbers add up.
Tell us a little about your new recruit and the time your manager would usually spend on initial training. The calculator will show how the cost of The Balancing Act compares with the potential value it could create for your practice.
Where could the value come from?
Your result brings together the direct training cost, the potential value of manager time released and the impact of the recovery improvement you selected.
Training investment
The course cost and your trainee’s paid time completing it.
Manager time potentially released
The training hours you expect to save, valued using your manager’s hourly charge-out rate.
Potential recovery improvement
The value indicated by your chosen improvement in the trainee’s recovery rate over the period shown.
Give your next recruit a stronger start.
The Balancing Act gives new trainees a practical bookkeeping foundation while helping your experienced staff spend less time explaining the basics from scratch.
This calculator provides an illustrative estimate based on the information you enter. Charge-out rates and recovery assumptions indicate potential value; they do not guarantee additional revenue, available client work or a particular payback period.