Shift from Re-Active Reporting to Pro-Active Decision-Making

Yurra is a Pilbara Aboriginal business that delivers services across facilities management, construction and asset maintenance. It is an investment entity for the Yindjibarndi people in Western Australia. Today, Yurra runs an operation across 9 entities with 450 staff and a revenue exceeding $200m.

Overseeing all things finance is Daksh Kakkar. As the Chief Financial Officer, he implemented Calxa back in 2018 linking their MYOB AccountRight. Later, when they transitioned some of their companies to Acumatica to better serve their growing operations, they initially used Calxa Unplugged, a manual organisation, to keep their reports running across multiple entities. However, now that the direct integration is available, life is much simpler.

“Acumatica is great for data capture — but Calxa is what makes it presentable, understandable, and useful.”

Daksh Kakkar

Chief Financial Officer, Yurra

The Challenges

Working with major clients like mining giant Rio Tinto, Yurra’s biggest task is managing growth in a controlled manner.

 

Fast Reporting to Keep Up with Growth

Yurra needed fast, accurate and meaningful reporting to support the pace of the business. In addition, they didn’t want to rely on spreadsheets that would overload the finance team. Spending several days each month on formatting spreadsheets with many manual steps, there was always the risk of errors.

 

Building Robust Internal Controls

As part of his leadership, Daksh committed a strong focus on strengthening their financial governance and reporting structures to facilitate strategic planning. He sees this necessary in supporting long-term sustainability and growth.

“I wanted internal systems that align with Yurra’s operational goals and community-focused mission”.

 

The Solution

Besides saving almost 50% in reporting time, Calxa helps Yurra get visibility over their performance and enables better decision-making in the process.

 

Bridging the Gap between Acumatica and Calxa

Daksh articulates how Calxa helped bridge the gap, “Acumatica gives us the data, but Calxa transforms that into insights”. With that clearer visibility, Yurra is able to plan ahead, manage risk and support their long-term goals, both commercially and community focused.

Further to this, he outlines, “from board reports to project-level cash flow forecasting, Calxa gives us clarity we couldn’t get before.”

“It’s what turns numbers into strategy.”

As Daksh explains, “Acumatica is great for data capture — but Calxa is what makes it presentable, understandable, and useful.”

 

Helps Achieve Yurra’s Organisational Goals

Having clearer visibility, Yurra now can plan ahead, manage their risk to support their long-term goals to have both a commercial and a community focused impact.

“We shifted from reactive reporting to proactive decision-making.”

 

Reducing Reporting Time

“Since introducing Calxa, the organisation has reduced reporting time by 40-50%.”

That equates to several days each month that is now spent on real analysis instead.

Their reporting is packaged up with rolling cash flows, program-level reports and scenario plans whilst all customised to their needs and for delivery to the board.

 

Trust in the Numbers

Integrating directly with their Acumatica data has made life easier for the team at Yurra. Daksh loves the way “Calxa integrates seamlessly with Acumatica. No messy imports, no double handling.”

“That reliability builds trust in our numbers.”

When asked if he had some advice to other Acumatica users, Daksh quickly replied: “If you’re growing or you need more control over cash flow and reporting, then Calxa is a no-brainer. It delivers value from day one.”

 

About Yurra

Yurra is a proudly majority Yindjibarndi owned business providing services across civil construction, building construction and maintenance, facilities maintenance, landscape construction, surveying, and project management. Based in the Pilbara, they’re dedicated to creating real opportunities for Aboriginal people and communities through meaningful employment, partnerships, and sustainable growth.

They bring together traditional knowledge coupled with industry experience to deliver safe, reliable and innovative solutions.

Prioritising local employment and investment in people, they support strong community outcomes in the long-term.

 

 

The Organisation