Many growing businesses manage accounting operations with small business software such they buy off-the-shelf. These are a great bookkeeping solution in the early days, but as your organization grows in size and complexity, you’ll start to feel some growing pains. You might be able to limp along with the software, but you’d be missing out on the benefits that a more robust system could bring, including: Saving tens to hundreds of hours each month on manual accounting tasks. Fostering good stewardship with increased data transparency. Shortening the monthly close by 30% to 75%. In this guide, we discuss the signs that you have outgrown your entry-level accounting software.