SMB pre-accounting: invoicing, integrated business bank, expenses, expert collab.
Before starting, we run a 1-minute tech check — microphone, ambient noise, connection. If your setup isn't good enough, the test is fully refunded.
Prove in 15 minutes that you genuinely know Tiime: from setting up a pro account to nailing a bank reconciliation, an AI examiner cuts through the resume noise.
The Tiime badge certifies your hands-on mastery of the full Tiime suite: Tiime Business pro account, Tiime Invoice for billing, expense management with automatic receipt recognition, and accountant collaboration through Tiime Expert. The 15-minute AI-led oral exam tests your ability to configure, operate, and advise on Tiime in real SMB pre-accounting scenarios, not just recite feature lists.
A self-declared Tiime skill on LinkedIn tells employers and clients nothing about your actual depth. The Plume badge is different: your oral is transcribed and scored by Claude Opus on 100 points, across dimensions like automatic categorization rules, ledger lettering, the full receipt-to-FEC pipeline, and how you position Tiime against competitors like Pennylane or Qonto. The AI also probes your critical judgment: when would you recommend Tiime, and when would you steer a client elsewhere? That level of nuance cannot be faked.
This badge is built for entrepreneurs who run their own pre-accounting in Tiime, accountants and firm staff managing client portfolios on Tiime Expert, freelancers and consultants helping SMBs digitize their financial workflows, and finance teams evaluating Tiime as part of a stack migration. Whether you're gunning for a new role, pitching a consulting contract, or just putting a verifiable number next to a skill you've earned, this badge delivers.
Here are the concrete dimensions the AI examines during the 15-minute oral.
Opening and configuring the Tiime Business pro account, managing user permissions, issuing Tiime Business cards, and handling SEPA instant transfers for the everyday needs of a small business.
Creating quotes and recurring invoices, setting up automated payment reminders, applying mandatory legal mentions, and preparing for the upcoming e-invoicing mandate (Factur-X format, Chorus Pro portal).
Building and maintaining automatic categorization rules, lettering accounting entries, handling unrecognized transactions, and correcting allocations in coordination with the accountant via Tiime Expert.
Capturing receipts through the mobile app, leveraging automatic OCR recognition, assigning expenses to the right ledger accounts, and pushing clean data to the accounting firm for FEC integration without re-entry.
Structuring the workflow between entrepreneur and accountant: approving documents, commenting on entries, managing alerts, and coordinating the monthly close inside the shared Tiime Expert interface.
Connecting Tiime with Stripe for e-commerce payments, Silae for payroll, or a CRM; managing inbound and outbound data flows and making the right call when a client already has an established financial stack.
Critically comparing Tiime's strengths and weaknesses against Pennylane, Qonto + Sellsy, and Dougs; identifying which client profiles are a natural fit for Tiime and which are better served elsewhere.
Understanding what the Sage acquisition changed for Tiime: product roadmap shifts, interface updates, pricing positioning, and what it means for firms and entrepreneurs who built their workflow around the tool.
Final scoring is performed by Claude (Anthropic), which reads back the full transcript and applies this weighted criteria grid.
Your ability to describe precise, real workflows inside Tiime Business, Tiime Invoice, and Tiime Expert: setup, transactions, lettering, receipts. Vague or generic answers bring this score down fast.
The quality of the real situations you share: how complex the context was, what specific actions you took inside the tool, and what outcome you got. The AI rewards factual storytelling over general statements.
How well you understand each party's role in the pre-accounting chain, your command of the receipt-to-FEC pipeline, and your ability to streamline collaboration with the accounting firm through Tiime Expert.
Your ability to identify Tiime's limits, compare it objectively with market alternatives (Pennylane, Qonto, Dougs), and give honest advice to a prospect based on their actual situation and needs.
Your knowledge of available connectors, your ability to fit Tiime into an existing stack (Stripe, Silae, CRM), and your awareness of the changes brought by the Sage acquisition.
A Plume session takes about 20 minutes, from tech check to badge delivery.
The AI verifies your microphone quality and connection. You confirm you're in a quiet environment and ready to start. No software to install, everything runs in the browser.
You give a quick intro: your role (entrepreneur, firm staff, consultant), the type of structures you work with, and how Tiime fits into your day-to-day. The AI uses this to calibrate the rest of the session to your profile.
The AI digs into 3-4 core themes: a concrete Tiime Business deployment case, a bank reconciliation or expense flow challenge, a Tiime Expert collaboration scenario, and your take on Tiime versus the competition. It follows up on details to probe your real depth.
You share when you'd advise against Tiime, what's changed since the Sage acquisition, and how you see the tool evolving. This part tests advisory maturity, not just technical knowledge.
Claude Opus analyzes the full transcript and generates a score out of 100, a proficiency level (Novice / Proficient / Advanced / Expert), and a detailed feedback report. Your Tiime badge is live on your Plume profile within 24 hours.
Your score out of 100 translates into a level a recruiter can grasp at a glance.
You've recently discovered Tiime or only used it on the surface. You can create an invoice in Tiime Invoice and check your Tiime Business balance, but ledger lettering, categorization rules, and accountant collaboration through Tiime Expert are still unfamiliar territory.
You use Tiime regularly for invoicing, expenses, and bank tracking across one or more structures. You interact with the accountant via Tiime Expert but still have blind spots on advanced integrations and edge-case handling.
You're comfortable across the full Tiime suite: Tiime Business deployment, categorization rule setup, the complete receipt-to-FEC pipeline, and tight coordination with the accounting firm. You can benchmark Tiime against alternatives and advise a prospect with confidence.
You manage multi-client or multi-entity Tiime deployments, integrate Tiime into complex stacks (Stripe, Silae, CRM), and have a grounded view on the post-Sage acquisition roadmap. You train others and make strategic calls between Tiime and its competitors.
No degree or years of experience required to take the badge. Here are the profiles it makes the most sense for.
You manage your invoicing, expenses, and pro account in Tiime yourself. The badge signals to partners, investors, or banks that you're on top of your financial flows without depending entirely on your accountant.
You handle a portfolio of small business clients on Tiime Expert and need to demonstrate your expertise to take on more complex files or move into a digital tools lead role at your firm.
You want to stand out for internships or graduate positions by proving hands-on command of the pre-accounting tools firms actually use, beyond academic software like Sage 100 or Cador.
You guide SMBs through financial stack migrations and need to back your Tiime expertise with something more solid than a LinkedIn endorsement when competing for advisory contracts.
You use Tiime to centralize invoicing, expenses, and your pro account, and you want to show that financial discipline to prospective clients or a future business partner.
Where and how your Tiime badge will help you day to day.
Two candidates with identical academic profiles apply for a digital practice role. The one with a Tiime Advanced badge on their profile lands a second interview, because the firm uses Tiime Expert for 40% of its SMB client base.
A consultant responding to an SMB's request to migrate their banking setup to Tiime Business includes a Tiime Expert badge in their proposal. It replaces two pages of references and shortens the client's decision cycle significantly.
A founder shares their Tiime Proficient badge with an investor during financial due diligence, demonstrating that they actively manage their invoicing and cash flow in Tiime without needing hand-holding on day-to-day transactions.
A junior accountant looking to step into a digital tools referent role uses their Tiime Advanced badge to make the case for a salary review, giving their manager an objective data point to bring to the partners.
An independent CPA adds their Tiime Expert badge to their email signature and LinkedIn profile. Prospects immediately understand they can be onboarded on Tiime with zero ramp-up time, which is often the deciding factor.
A firm decides to roll out Tiime across its entire SMB client portfolio. Before launching training, it uses Plume badges to map each collaborator's current level, then tailors the upskilling plan to the gaps the scores reveal.
A few minutes to check you have everything you need.
At the end of your session you don't just get a score — here's everything that awaits you.
You get a precise score out of 100 and a proficiency level (Novice / Proficient / Advanced / Expert) that reflects your actual command of Tiime, from invoicing to accountant collaboration.
Claude Opus produces a structured report highlighting your strengths on Tiime (lettering, expense flows, client onboarding) and your priority development areas, useful whether you're growing in your current role or job hunting.
Your full oral session is stored securely and privately. You can replay it to improve, and you choose whether to share it with a recruiter, a client, or no one at all.
Your Tiime badge comes with a verifiable public URL you can drop on your LinkedIn profile, email signature, or client proposal deck. Anyone clicking it sees your level and score instantly.
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