Professional Services — BusinessMade
USE CASE · 05 / 06

For professional services firms.

Retainer + milestone billing, time-to-project tracking, contractor 1099 payroll, project-level P&L. Agencies, consultancies, law firms, dev shops, accounting practices — billable by the hour or the deliverable.

REALIZED RATE OVER UTILIZATION

Know which projects make money. And which don't.

[01] BILLING

Retainer · milestone · T&M

Recurring monthly retainers. Fixed-fee milestones with deliverable acceptance. Time-and-materials with WIP/billed reconciliation.

[02] TIME

Time-to-project codes

Track time against project + phase + activity. Mobile timer or after-the-fact entry. Approve at the end of the week, send invoices Monday.

[03] CONTRACTORS

1099 contractor payroll

Same flow as W-2 staff. Year-end 1099-NEC + 1096 auto-filed. Contractor portals for self-serve payment history.

[04] PROJECT P&L

Margin per engagement

Revenue recognized to project, hours costed to project, subcontractor spend tagged to project. Net margin on the project dashboard.

[05] WIP

WIP balance + AR aging

Unbilled work-in-progress visible at a glance. AR aging buckets with auto-reminder cadence. Collections without the awkward email.

[06] CONTRACTS

SOWs & e-signature

SOWs and MSAs in the Documents module. E-signature. Auto-fill from project records. Renewal reminders.

MODULES LIT UP FOR YOU

Books, time, and HR — heavy.

Books
[01]
Invoicing
[02]
Payroll
[03]
HR
[04]
Time
[05]
Scheduling
[06]
Operations
[07]
Pipelines
[08]
Documents
[09]
Vendors & Bills
[10]
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Our realized rate jumped 14% in two months. Not because we raised rates — because we finally saw which clients we were under-billing.

Strategy consultancy
8-person team · Austin

Bill the work. Know the margin.

Free to start. Import from QuickBooks, Harvest, or Toggl.

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