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About Glints
Glints is a career discovery and development platform with a mission to help millions of young professionals in South East Asia to grow meaningfully in their careers. Glints’ platform helps young people discover their career passions and develop the relevant skills, while empowering employers to find the right talent more effectively.

Industry: Human resources

AT A GLANCE

Recruitment Platform

Company Info

200-500

Employees Supported

Xero

Accounting Software
Before Spenmo
  • Rapid increase in company expenses
  • Sharing one founder's card poses security and compliance risks
  • Lack of real-time visibility over expenses
 
Solutions
  • Physical and Virtual Employee Cards 
  • Accounting software integration
  • Dedicated customer support
 
After Spenmo
  • Gained visibility while maintaining control over SaaS and marketing expenses 
  • Provided Corporate Cards to employees, maintaining spending policy compliance through merchant locks and predefined budgets
  • Streamlined reconciliation processes by seamlessly integrating with the existing accounting software, reducing the need for manual work
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"As the company continues to grow in size, it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep track of each payment made"

Glints has been growing at a high-speed and so have their expenses. William Chong, their Finance Head, wanted to avoid using one founder's card for all SaaS and marketing spends. He understood the security risk this method carried, along with the lack of efficiency and control. As such, William was looking for a solution that could address his concerns and provide a consolidated payments platform for all company expenses.
 
Glints decided to onboard with Spenmo primarily due to three main reasons:

1. Assign Employee Corporate Cards for clear ownership of expenses

Before Spenmo, William faced time-consuming challenges in tracking employee payments through the founder's card, monitoring budget compliance, and reminding employees to upload receipts. This process urgently required improvement.

Spenmo provides designated employees with physical and virtual cards, ensuring clear ownership of expenses. The system includes team and company-level approval processes, pre-assigned budgets for team managers, and automatic receipt notifications for employees.

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2. Seamless integration to existing accounting software

Managing accounting had become a cumbersome process for Glints due to multiple manual steps. Initially, data had to be manually input into Xero, followed by uploading corresponding receipts and categorizing expenses according to the company's chart of accounts.

Spenmo simplifies this process by allowing companies to easily customize their chart of accounts within the platform. This enables employees to accurately categorize expenses while uploading receipts. Transaction data, along with receipts and expense ownership, is stored in a list format on the platform.

For a seamless transfer of transaction data to Xero, accountants should start by categorizing expenses for each card. After completing this step, they can monitor the synchronization status of each transaction within Spenmo. As soon as the status changes to "synced," accountants will find the card transactions reconciled in their Xero account.

2. Seamless integration to existing accounting software

Managing accounting had become a cumbersome process for Glints due to multiple manual steps. Initially, data had to be manually input into Xero, followed by uploading corresponding receipts and categorizing expenses according to the company's chart of accounts.

Spenmo simplifies this process by allowing companies to easily customize their chart of accounts within the platform. This enables employees to accurately categorize expenses while uploading receipts. Transaction data, along with receipts and expense ownership, is stored in a list format on the platform.

For a seamless transfer of transaction data to Xero, accountants should start by categorizing expenses for each card. After completing this step, they can monitor the synchronization status of each transaction within Spenmo. As soon as the status changes to "synced," accountants will find the card transactions reconciled in their Xero account.

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3. Dedicated customer support

Even after the onboarding process, our dedicated support team remains available to assist Glints, whether it's technical support or inquiries about FX rates. Spenmo is always receptive to our clients' requests, regardless of their size or complexity.

"SaaS products are not just about the tech but also customer support, and Spenmo is involved in their clients journey from the get go," William adds.

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3. Dedicated customer support

Even after the onboarding process, our dedicated support team remains available to assist Glints, whether it's technical support or inquiries about FX rates. Spenmo is always receptive to our clients' requests, regardless of their size or complexity.

"SaaS products are not just about the tech but also customer support, and Spenmo is involved in their clients journey from the get go," William adds.

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William initially rolled out Spenmo by issuing Corporate Cards to a select group of employees in Singapore. Thanks to its convenience, improved visibility, and time-saving benefits, it didn't take long for most of Glints' leadership team to come on board. Subsequently, Spenmo cards were extended to some employees based in Jakarta. More recently, Glints has started using Spenmo for their invoice payments, bringing all their card and non-card expenses into the Spenmo system.
"Spenmo is a welcome change. Now, each employee has access to their own company card, which brings visibility to the finance department and makes spend tracking easy"

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