We’re now entering the final quarter of the year. It’s that time when everyone tries to determine how 2027’s forecast would be in a world of uncertainty. There are always higher rising input costs than bid prices, and labor remains a binding constraint.
While everything in the world is ever changing, Sage Intacct Construction can be your finance team’s constant instead.
How can Sage Intacct Construction help?
1. Protecting margins when costs outpaced bids
When input costs rise more than twice as fast as bid prices, the controller needs to see margin erosion job-by-job and early, not at month-end close. Sage Intacct Construction tracks committed costs from purchase orders and subcontracts alongside actuals, budgets, and forecasts.
The finance team can therefore spot a job trend over budget while there is still time to act. Real-time project dashboards and WIP reporting give leadership an accurate picture of estimated cost-to-complete and over/under billings.
2. Recovering cost increases through change orders and escalation clauses
Escalation clauses and cost-plus contracts protect margins only if finance can document and bill the increases. Sage Intacct Construction manages change orders against the original contract, rolls the approved changes into budgets and billing, and ties cost-plus billing to actual job costs. The finance team gets a clean audit trail showing what changed, when, and why.
3. Staying on top of billing and cash flow
Punctual billing is a key lever. Sage Intacct Construction produces AIA-style progress billing and tracks retainage on both receivables and payables. It shortens the pay application cycle and shows how much cash sits in retainage across the portfolio. For a controller managing liquidity during a volatile year, that visibility shapes decisions such as whether to buy materials early or wait.
4. Handling compressed public procurement
Contractors, who are racing to win and deliver IIJA-funded work, face heavier compliance and reporting requirements. Sage Intacct's dimensional structure lets finance report by project, funding source, entity, location, or phase without a complex chart of accounts. Controllers can answer owner and agency reporting requests quickly and consolidate multi-entity results when joint ventures are involved.
5. Supporting documentation and risk management
Documentation, subcontractor oversight, and disciplined project controls are defenses against costly claims. Sage Intacct Construction keeps subcontracts, compliance documents, change orders, and payment history connected to each project. With these records in order, it helps support insurance renewals, surety discussions, and claims defense. Accurate project valuations and cost history also help the finance team give brokers the replacement-cost and inventory data underwriters now scrutinized, including materials stockpiled ahead of tariffs.
6. Doing more with a lean finance team
Craft labor is scarce, and experienced construction accountants are scarce too. Sage Intacct's automation of AP processing, bank reconciliation, recurring entries, and consolidations reduces manual work. The finance team can then spend its time on analysis, forecasting, and advising project managers instead of chasing data across spreadsheets.
It’s undeniable that execution discipline in contracts, procurement, billing, and documentation now decides profitability. Let Sage Intacct Construction help with that execution discipline and get the numbers to reflect the right picture. Book a demo today to see how it can support your construction business.
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