If you’re a contractor, you already know the drill, each day brings a new challenge. One minute you’re juggling job costing, the next you’re submitting CIS returns, and somewhere in between, you’re trying to make sure projects are turning a profit.
Sage Intacct Construction sets you up with the tools you need to keep projects on track and grow your business, without the usual stress and spreadsheets.
Here are the 6 reasons why over 50,000 construction customers trust Sage.
1. Born in the Cloud
Rather than taking on-premises software and making it cloud, Sage Intacct Construction was built for the cloud from the ground up. This gives it a robust and reliable foundation for AI, security and integration technologies.
What this means for you:
- Automatic updates without downtime
- No more server maintenance and hardware costs
- Grows with you as your business and technology evolves
- Secured with 24/7 monitoring, encryption & cyber experts
- Collaborate in real-time, with up-to-date information
- Easily add new entities, users or modules anytime
Plus, it can be accessed anywhere via browser or mobile app, all you need is an internet connection and a laptop, tablet or smartphone. Whether it’s submitting timesheets on-site, approving expenses while travelling or pulling up reports at meetings, Sage Intacct Construction is always accessible, whenever you need it.
2. Integrations With Industry Solutions
Software isn’t a ‘one size fits all’ – that’s why Sage Intacct Construction is an open platform with integrated partner solutions, like Procore and Autodesk Navisworks.
The open API (Application Programming Interface) technology provides connection points that work with a variety of different software solutions. Having data flowing between your systems encourages better collaboration and reduces the need to re-enter data, saving time and reducing mistakes.
It also includes Sage Construction Management, a cloud solution for estimating, bidding and applications, with seamless integration between the two.
There are even more pre-built integrations available on Sage Intacct Marketplace. If you can’t find the one you’re looking for, integrations can also be custom-built using the open API.
3. Flexible Project-Based Reporting
Sage Intacct Construction gives you the flexibility to track, organise and report on your data in whichever way suits you, through its reporting, dashboard and dimension features.
Reports
Start with pre-built reports or build your own from scratch, combining any of the system fields into reports, which can be sorted and organised how you like.
E.g. – You could create a report to track budget vs actuals for each project and share it with non-Sage users each week.
Dashboards
The real-time dashboards can be customised or built from scratch, using a combination of visual KPI cards, charts, lists of records, interactive reports and more.
E.g. – You could create a dashboard to track project performance, with restricted access for Project Managers, so they only see their own projects.
Dimensions
Every transaction entered in the system can be tagged with out-of-the-box or custom dimensions, so you can sort, view, filter and report on specific information.
E.g. – You could tag each transaction against a project, job, location and/or customer, giving you granular insights into profitability.
4. Speaks The Language of Construction
Sage Intacct Construction isn’t generic finance software with a hard hat on, it’s purpose-built for the way you work.
Here are just a few of the capabilities:
- Job costing: Get real-time visibility of actual and committed costs and track direct and indirect costs.
- WIP management: Track overbilling and underbilling, plus predict the final cost and revenue of your projects.
- Revenue recognition: Automatically calculates and recognises revenue based on project progress.
- Retentions: Helps you calculate how much to withhold from a subcontractor before a job is fully complete.
- Supplier compliance: Keep track of insurance details and set up alerts for those with outdated insurance.
- Forecasting and cash flow modelling: Model projected costs, labour needs and cash requirements based on current job performance.
These tools speak your language and help you make informed decisions for budgets, job progress, staffing, subcontractors and more.
5. Backed by 50 Years of Construction Expertise
Through developing products such as Timberline, Master Builder, MyAssistant and Paperless Construction, Sage has gained more than 50 years of experience delivering solutions for the construction industry.
The experience shows in customer results:
- Reduce the amount of time spent reconciling bank accounts by 90%
- Cut monthly close processing time by 5 days
- Reduce the time spent on tax reporting by 90%
- Generate estimates in 92% less time
“We chose Sage Intacct Construction because it […] streamlines spend and can track profit and loss per project, it consolidates documents and eliminates the need for multiple spreadsheets. We also have real-time, integrated data at our fingertips, which means we can now generate reports in minutes instead of hours.”
Debbie Mitchell-Ball, Group Finance Manager, 3R Group.
6. The Largest Partner Network in the Industry
Sage has built the largest and most experienced partner network in the construction industry. Meaning you get a Sage Business Partner (like us!) by your side every step of the way, through implementation, training, day-to-day support and everything else you need.
As the network covers the whole of the UK, you get to choose from local partners who can spend time with you on-site or online, getting to know your business and its people inside out. This approach gives you the best of both worlds – big brand technology, with the personal touch of a local business.
Sage Intacct Construction Accredited Partner
If you’re a contractor looking for a modern accounting system that truly understands your business, we’re here to help. We have expertise in-house, with 4 members of our team Sage Intacct Construction accredited and ready to guide you, whether you’re just researching or ready to take the next step.
We implement and support a few different accounting solutions for the construction industry to suit a range of budgets. Just tell us a bit about your business via the form on this page and we’ll do the rest.
