Software

Construction Accounting Software We Work In

Sage, Foundation, QuickBooks and more. We work in the system you already have, keep it current and get reliable job reports out of it, from a team led by a former construction CFO.

Sound Familiar?

If two or more of these sound familiar, let’s talk.

What We Do

What We Do in Your Accounting Software

Most of our clients run Sage 100 Contractor or Sage 300 CRE. Others use Sage Intacct, Foundation, Viewpoint Vista, Plexxis, or QuickBooks Online or Desktop. Whatever you run, we work in it: entering payables and receivables, posting journal entries, reconciling bank and card accounts and running the reports you need.

Every month

  • Payables and receivables entered
  • Journal entries posted
  • Bank and credit card accounts reconciled
  • Job cost reports run from your system
  • A WIP schedule built from your system’s data
  • Monthly financial statements

When you need it

  • Cleanup of books that are behind
  • Job costing set up the same way on every job
  • Training for your office staff
  • Internal controls and written procedures
  • Working with your outside accountants
See how we handle WIP and job costing, read our guide to construction accounting, or see all our services.

Why It Matters

Why the WIP Lives Outside the System

Every one of these systems tracks costs and billings by job. But the WIP schedule your bank and surety rely on needs one more number the software doesn’t have: what it will really cost to finish each job. That comes from your project managers, not the system.
So we build the WIP outside the system, from its job cost and billing data, check cost to complete with your PMs, and tie the result back to your financial statements. The system stays the record, and the WIP becomes something you can trust.

Systems We Work In

Sage 300 CRE and Sage 100 Contractor

What most of our construction clients run.

Sage Intacct

Cloud accounting some clients have moved to as they grow.

Foundation

Construction accounting some clients have moved to.

QuickBooks Online and Desktop

For smaller contractors, with job costing set up right.

Viewpoint Vista

Job cost and billing kept current, with a monthly close you can rely on.

Plexxis

Job costing set up the same way on every job, and reports that tie out.

Results

Results for Contractors

Rebuilt the financials and reestablished the bonding and bank lines for a company that had gone more than 2 years without financial statements.

Meet Alan

Led by a Former Construction CFO

Alan G. Lefkowitz, CPA, founded CFO Strategies in 2009 and has more than 30 years of financial leadership experience. For over 10 years he was CFO of mid-sized construction and real estate companies, overseeing the financial performance of major New York projects, including the Yankee Stadium and the Goldman Sachs office tower. Today he and his team bring that experience to contractors who need CFO-level help without a full-time hire.

From First Call to Monthly Reporting

1. Book a Call

Tell us about your company, your software and what isn’t working.

2. Free Cash Flow Review

We look at your books, WIP and cash position and tell you what we’d fix first.

3. Cleanup and Setup

We clean up what needs fixing and set up job costing and monthly reporting.

4. Monthly Reporting

Every month you get clear reports on job profitability, WIP and cash.

We can usually start within a couple of weeks, after a short review of your books. See how it works or view our pricing.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers about the software we work in.

QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Sage 100 Contractor, Sage 300 CRE, Foundation, Sage Intacct, Viewpoint Vista and Plexxis. For architecture and engineering firms, Deltek Ajera.

No. We work in the system you already use, remotely through secure access, or in your office in New Jersey and New York.

Usually we build it outside the system, from its job cost and billing data, so cost to complete can be checked with your project managers before the WIP goes to your bank or surety.

Yes. We catch up books that are behind, fix job cost coding so job reports can be trusted, and set up monthly reporting.

Yes. We help recruit and train office staff, so the day-to-day work in your system is done the right way.

No. We work at will and ask for 30 days’ notice.

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