Architects

Bookkeeping & Financial Systems for Architecture Firms

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How I Help:
  • Project & phase tracking

  • Clean income categorization

  • Expense alignment by project

  • Financial reporting for firm leadership

Outcomes:

Architecture firms gain:

Pain Points:
  • Phase-based billing not reflected in books

  • Time & expenses difficult to analyze

  • Project profitability unclear

  • Reports not useful for decision-making

  • Clear financial visibility by project and phase

  • Better alignment between billing and expenses

  • Insight into project profitability

  • Reports that support firm leadership and planning

  • Reduced friction at year-end and during CPA review

Architecture firms operate through projects and phases, not simple monthly cycles. When financial systems aren’t structured around that reality, profitability and clarity suffer.

Project-Based Bookkeeping & Job Costing

Tier 1 — Light Cleanup

Starting at: $750–$1,500

Best for businesses that:

  • Are only a few months behind

  • Have consistent transaction volume

  • Need reconciliations and basic corrections


Typical outcomes:

  • Accounts reconciled

  • Misclassified transactions corrected

  • Books ready for ongoing support


Tier 2 — Standard Cleanup

Starting at: $1,500–$3,000

Best for businesses that:

  • Are 6–12 months behind

  • Have project-related transactions

  • Need restructuring of accounts or reports


Typical outcomes:

  • Clean, reconciled books

  • Improved chart of accounts

  • Clearer project or program visibility


Tier 3 — Advanced Cleanup

Starting at: $3,000+

Best for businesses that:

  • Are multiple years behind

  • Have inventory, job costing, or compliance needs

  • Need a full financial reset


Typical outcomes:

  • Fully reset financial system

  • Correct historical reporting

  • CPA-ready books


**Businesses with job costing, project-level reporting, inventory, or historical corrections typically require a higher level of cleanup, regardless of transaction volume.

Tier 1 — Foundational Setup

Starting at: $750–$1,500

Includes:

  • Chart of Accounts review

  • Basic project or program structure

  • Reporting setup


Best for newer or simpler operations.


Tier 2 - Project-Based Optimization

Starting at: $2,000–$4,000

Includes:

  • Project / job / phase setup

  • Revenue & expense mapping

  • Workflow recommendations

  • Reporting aligned to operations


This will likely become your most popular tier.


Tier 3 — Advanced Financial Structure

Starting at: $4,000+

Includes:

  • Complex project or program tracking

  • Inventory or COGS structuring (where applicable)

  • Multi-revenue stream clarity

  • Custom reporting


This tier quietly signals expert-level work.

**Project-based, job-costing, or multi-revenue businesses require more advanced setup to ensure ongoing accuracy and usable reporting.

Tier 1 — Project Foundations

Starting at: $750 – $1,200 / month

Best for businesses with active projects that need reliable structure and consistency.

Includes:

  • Monthly bookkeeping and reconciliations

  • Projects or jobs enabled and maintained in QuickBooks

  • Income and expenses consistently assigned by project

  • Standard project-level financial reports

  • Ongoing checks for proper coding and allocation

This tier establishes and maintains a clean project-based foundation.


Tier 2 - Active Job Costing

Starting at: $1,200 – $2,000 / month

Best for businesses that rely on job profitability to make decisions.

Includes everything in Tier 1, plus:

  • Detailed job cost categories (labor, materials, subs, etc.)

  • Ongoing job cost accuracy review

  • Monthly job profitability analysis

  • Support for operational questions and decisions

  • Adjustments as projects evolve

This is the most common tier for builders, designers, and other project-based businesses.


Tier 3 — Advanced Project & Advisory

Starting at: $2,000 – $3,500+ / month

Best for complex, high-volume, or multi-project operations.

Includes everything in Tier 2, plus:

  • Advanced project structures (phases, classes, programs, or batches)

  • Multi-revenue stream alignment

  • Inventory or COGS oversight (where applicable)

  • Sales tax and compliance support (reporting & reconciliation)

  • Deeper monthly review and ongoing optimization

  • Priority support

This tier supports businesses where financial clarity directly impacts profitability.



**All monthly services assume active project, job, phase, or program tracking. These services are designed for businesses that need ongoing visibility into profitability — not basic bookkeeping.

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