Bookkeeping & Job Costing

Accurate, up-to-date books with costs tracked by job, not just by month, so you know which contracts are actually profitable.

What's included

  • Cloud bookkeeping software set-up
  • Job-by-job cost tracking
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Monthly management reports

Who this is for

Contractors who want to know which jobs are actually making money, not just what the bank balance says at the end of the month. If your bookkeeping currently treats every job as one big pot, job costing separates it out so a loss-making contract can't hide behind a profitable one.

How we handle it

We set your bookkeeping software up so every transaction is tagged to the job it belongs to, not just recorded and left in one pot. Bank feeds are reconciled regularly rather than left to pile up, so the numbers you're looking at are current, not months stale. Each month you get a report showing cost against budget, job by job, so a contract quietly running over becomes obvious early, while there's still time to do something about it, rather than at year-end when the job's already finished.

Don't know which jobs are actually profitable?

Book a free discovery call and we'll show you what job costing would look like for your business.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What software do you use for job costing?

We typically work in Xero with a job or project tracking add-on, matched to how your business actually operates. The important part is the costing discipline behind it, not any one specific tool.

Can you take over bookkeeping I've already started myself?

Yes. We'll review what's there, tidy up anything that's drifted, and set up proper job costing going forward rather than starting from scratch unnecessarily.

How often will I actually see the numbers?

Monthly as standard, with real-time access to your bookkeeping software in between if you want to check a job's running costs yourself at any point.