Real-time Financial Reporting Transformation
How Watts of Love automated their financial reporting and gained real-time insight through an integrated Zoho–Skyvia–Microsoft solution.
Client Introduction
Watts of Love is a nonprofit organization that provides solar lighting solutions to communities living without electricity. Their mission — to empower people through light — depends heavily on transparent, timely, and accurate financial reporting for donors, board members, and internal stakeholders.
The Challenge
Zoho Books built-in reporting capabilities fell short of their reporting needs.
Limited customization: The board and finance department required reports in specific formats that Zoho Books couldn’t produce natively.
Time-consuming manual process: Each month, the finance team spent 4 hours copying, pasting, and formatting data in Excel to prepare board-ready reports.
Delayed financial visibility: Because reports were generated only once per month, strategic and operational decisions were often made with outdated information. The result was a reactive reporting process that slowed decision-making and hindered long-term planning.
The Solution
As Zoho, Skyvia, and Microsoft partners, we developed a real-time financial reporting system tailored to Watts of Love’s needs.
- Redesigned Chart of Accounts for scalability and easier analysis.
- Automated data sync between Zoho Books, Zoho Analytics, and Excel using Skyvia.
- 6 custom Excel reports in a single workbook, refreshed hourly with live data.
- View-only reports, ensuring no risk of accidental edits or data compromise.
The system launched at the start of their new fiscal year (July 1, 2025), following careful preparation and testing.
The Impact
| Metric | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Insight Frequency | Monthly | Hourly |
| Reporting Effort per Month | 4 Hours | 0 Hours |
| Data Source | Manual Excel Files | Automated, Live Data |
| Chart of Accounts | Static | Scalable and Structured |
Key Outcomes
- Real-time financial visibility
- Manual reporting fully eliminated
- Consistent, single source of truth
- Scalable framework for future growth
Graffeo Cloud Solutions transformed the way we see and steward our finances. What once required hours of manual reporting each month is now automated, accurate, and updated in real time. Our team and board finally have a single source of truth for financial data, allowing us to make faster, more confident decisions in support of our mission. Graffeo didn’t just build a system—they built a scalable solution that truly understands and supports the needs of a growing nonprofit.
— Connor Economou, Chief of Staff at Watts of Love
Conclusion
Watts of Love now operates with real-time, automated financial reporting, empowering faster, more confident decision-making. The transformation replaced manual, monthly processes with a live data ecosystem — allowing the team to focus on their mission: bringing light to communities in need.
To learn more about Watts of Love and support their mission, visit their website.
About Us
Graffeo Cloud Solutions is a multinational systems and technology consultancy that helps growing organizations build momentum through clear strategy, repeatable systems, and hands-on execution. Through our Momentum Consulting approach, we design and implement scalable operating systems that simplify complexity, unify data, and turn day-to-day work into measurable progress. Our mission is to give leaders clarity, control, and confidence—so they can focus on what matters most: moving the business forward.