Getting home on time; a clean, straightforward closing process; less cutting and pasting. These are the experiences construction controllers tell me they’re looking for to help ride herd over the complexities of construction accounting. Tired of trying to tie out numbers from multiple systems, they want an integrated process that makes their job simpler.

When I’m working with construction controllers it’s typically about fundamentals. Reconciling WIP, getting invoices out faster, allocating costs to the proper jobs. We walk through tying out change orders, schedule of values, and subcontractor payments. There are a lot of moving parts here. Life as a construction controller isn’t easy and my clients expect me to work around their schedules, speak their language, and understand their culture. Being a CPA myself we comfortably speak about issues like revenue recognition and estimates to complete. Working with them, I provide the tools to confidently pull the numbers together supporting virtually any query they receive. I understand the controller’s task of providing answers to management – sometimes without anyone appreciating the effort it takes to do so.

My job is to make it less stressful. Interfacing with IT is another area they look to us for help. While they may be very comfortable with technology, the back end isn’t their forte. Servers, networks, firewalls --being able to work with their IT teams to get the systems configured properly enables us to maximize our time and value. It also means less finger pointing, and unnecessary meetings.

An integrated construction management system can allow your firm to run more efficiently and profitably. Here are some of the issues we’ve tackled:

• Reduce time to invoice
• Analyze cost-revenue matches to quickly determine project profitability and whether you’re trending to budget
• Gain control over your margin fade or gain using active dashboards for continual monitoring
• Manage and simplify the processing of multiple contract types
• Eliminate redundant data entry via the SBS Best Practice Advisory
• Go ‘live’ quickly and on-schedule via our PMI Methodology and PM training
• Meet your compliance requirements with guidance from our trained and certified consultants

By delivering a software solution that improves your firm’s efficiency and productivity – and doing so in a way that allows for fast adoption by your existing staff – SBS Group can help your firm to cut costs, expand profits, and achieve growth.