Job Costing Services for construction companies
Job costing is an accounting method and process used to track income and expenses for each job that your company completes.
Construction Companies Job Costing Services
In most cases, expenses are directly related to materials, labor, and overhead. This information needs to be tracked on an individual job basis to know if your company is making money off the projects you are completing for clients.
What do job costing services do for my construction business?
Using job costing in your construction company helps you keep track of the profit margin on each project. These profit margins tell you exactly how much you make on each project and indicate how your business performs. Job costing also helps you keep all the financial information for each job organized for you and if your client ever needs information.
Why do I need job costing services for my construction business?
We prefer to use job costing in the construction industry because this method of accounting helps you keep all of the transactions for each job organized in one area. When this information is organized, you can sit down and review each job individually.
Job Costing services for your construction company
In doing this, you are provided with valuable information on if you need to raise prices, change material suppliers because of pricing, change your labor rate, and other information that will help your business grow.
Accounting & Bookkeeping Services
Clean Up & Foundation
If you want to increase your profits and cashflow, we need to first set your foundations. Here we clean up your processes and procedures. If needed, we implement new processes to ensure you are getting the best data possible.
Let’s Keep You Informed
Now that we have your foundations in place, we can provide you with information rich data and reports. We provide you with up-to-date and comprehensive reports. Giving you clarity on the performance of your business.
Let’s Build The Dream
It’s time to take your business to the next level! With your foundations and reporting set, we can now advise you on what is needed to increase your company’s profits and performance. We manage everything and give you specific action steps to stay on track and help your business grow.
Additional Services
If needed, we can add these additional services to meet your needs:
Need help filing taxes or advice from a CPA? We can help. We can connect you with or CPA partner to help you answer your questions.
Need help making a budget for your business? We can help. We can review your financial information during our monthly bookkeeping services and work with you to ensure you are within budget.
Budgeting
Not sure what you spend your money on each month? We can help. We can sit down and review your personal expenses. This will allow us to setup a budget and help you stick to it to expand your savings.
Do you need to purchase accounting software? We have partners that can help get you discounts.
Partnerships
Job costing is an accounting method and process used to track income and expenses for each job that your company completes. In most cases, expenses are directly related to materials, labor, and overhead. This information needs to be tracked on an individual job basis to know if your company is making money off the projects you are completing for clients.
Payroll services are the process of recording, tracking, and issuing payments to employees or contractors. If you are a small business, you will likely have an employee or a contractor working for you, or you need to pay yourself depending on your business structure.
Accounts receivable refers to the invoices or funds due to a business from sales or services provided to a client. These invoices and funds are usually issued by invoice. They are due on receipt or a specified amount of time after a sale or a service has been contracted. Accounts payable refers to the bills or payments due to the debtors of a business from conducting business. Like accounts receivable, these bills and payments are due after your business has conducted business with another company.
As a business owner, we understand that time can be your greatest asset or liability! Sometimes, a specific part of your business can get behind because you may not have the time to handle it. If you focus your time on one aspect, other areas become affected. Being in the construction industry, we know most of your time as the company's owner is spent on site. When this happens, Heritage is here to help pick up the pieces offsite to move your company forward.
Do you need to purchase accounting software? We have partners that can help get you discounts.
Discounted Service
Why it works
Our three step methodology works because it takes a holistic approach to your business. Since we focus on helping Construction Companies, we know the ins and outs of what is needed to strengthen your business. We have seen the bumps that come up along the way and are ready to get your business over them and to the next level.
See What Our Construction Owners Clients Have Said
Matthew helped me get my new business set up properly and running smoothly when I had no idea what I was doing. He has maintained my books and kept me on track ever since! I truly appreciate his professionalism, knowledge, and demeanor, especially when it comes to such tedious work.
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I’d like to recommend Heritage Analysis & Innovation. Matthew and his team are reliable, responsive, and courteous. This company communicates very well. I’ve not had this experience with accountants being so nice and attentive to details as these guys are!
We met a few months ago and worked out the details of what I needed and what they would do. Matthew has done over and above what he said he’d do for my business accounting needs.
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Michael Hawkins
Been having a wonderful experience with Matthew. I was super behind and he has been a tremendous help! So glad I don’t have to carry the weight on my shoulders anymore. Now I can focus more of my team to other things that need my attention. Def recommend his service. He has been a huge help
Vanessa Munoz
Matthew is great to work with for your accounting needs. Stays on task and in communication. Starting under his job costing service and feel this will be a smooth experience as well
Jason Christensen
He cares about the health of your Business and coaching you through making data-driven decisions.
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Frequently Ask Questions
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Why do I need a bookkeeper for my construction business?
As the owner of a construction company, you need to be tracking the financial side of your company! In many cases, business owners do not always have the time or know-how to do the accounting for their business. Having a bookkeeper can help you keep track of your finances and grow your business by staying informed.
How is accounting used in my construction company?
Generally, accounting in a construction business is keeping track of the income and expenses on jobs instead of lines of products to be sold. This can be different as each project your company does is going to have different pricing and expenses each time.
How is construction accounting different from other business accounting?
Construction accounting is a very dynamic type of accounting in that there are many other factors that need to be tracked. In construction accounting, you have to track job costing, change orders, retention, and progress billing. These aspects are not found in other types of business accounting. These aspects are not something that is negotiable to do or not do in your construction company. These should be common practices that you or your bookkeeper should be tracking on a regular basis.
Should I be using job costing in my construction business?
Yes! We recommend in the construction industry that you use job costing on each of your jobs. The constant change in the price of materials, fluctuation in labor rates, and managing overhead costs directly affect the performance of your company. You need to be able to track when to make adjustments to your bids and budgets.
What systems should I use to track the accounting side of my business?
We recommend that you use an online-based accounting system such as Quickbooks online. This system can help your company keep track of all the transactions for your company. At the end of the year, it brings all the information together for you in a profit and loss statement and a balance sheet which are two of the major documents you need to file taxes for a business.
What systems should I use for job costing?
There are a ton of web-based platforms that can help you track job costing. If you are already using Quickbooks and are managing projects yourself, we recommend starting off with Quickbooks projects. This tool is available in the Quickbooks Plus and Advanced subscriptions and is well worth the investment to track the job costing for your company!
How much does having a bookkeeper cost?
If you need help with the accounting side of your business we recommend outsourcing this division of your company. There are different factors that go into the monthly pricing of our services and that of other bookkeepers. Prices can vary depending on how many accounts you have, the services you need help with, and the amount of time required to complete the tasks. We recommend spending time speaking with us or a bookkeeper to work together on a custom plan for your business!
Does a bookkeeper do taxes?
A bookkeeper will help you prepare the financial side of your business to be able to have a tax professional file your taxes. There are cases where some bookkeepers do help their client file taxes. In our business, we do not file taxes but we partner with a network of tax professionals that can help!
Don’t you have to be local?
No! We are virtual bookkeepers. We set up meetings at times that work for both of us. We are able to access Quickbooks and associated accounts via the internet. We use other web based platforms to communicate and send documents securely. We support local businesses, but we have clients across the country. We are based out of a suburb of Chicago, and our hometown is Frankenmuth, Michigan.