Three services. One focus.
Each service addresses a distinct aspect of agency finance. Some clients begin with one and add others. Some use all three. It depends on where you are and what your studio needs most.
Return HomeBuilt for how agencies work
All three services share a common foundation: they're structured around the financial realities of project-based creative work, not adapted from general-purpose tools. Project tracking, contractor relationships, and overhead allocation across client engagements are treated as core parts of the work — not edge cases to be handled separately.
Pricing is transparent and monthly. There are no hidden setup fees, no annual contract requirements discussed here. A conversation about your studio's specific situation is the appropriate place to discuss what a working arrangement would actually look like.
Creative Agency Accounting
Financial management designed specifically for advertising agencies, design studios, and creative consultancies. This is the full accounting layer — covering everything from how project revenue is recognized to how overhead gets allocated across teams.
Project-based revenue recognition and time-and-materials billing reconciliation
Overhead allocation by creative team and client engagement
Complete monthly financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow)
Monthly project profitability summaries alongside standard financials
Contractor payment tracking integrated into overall cost management
Agencies with five to fifty team members, billing on projects or retainers, with a need for financial reporting that reflects how the business actually works.
Project Profitability Tracking
Ongoing monitoring of revenue and costs at the project level, giving leadership current visibility into margins across all active client engagements. Designed for agencies where knowing whether a project is on track financially — right now, not at month-end — changes how decisions get made.
Real-time tracking of billable hours, direct costs, and allocated overhead per project
Weekly or bi-weekly project status reports for all active engagements
Budget threshold alerts — flagged before they become documented problems
Revenue tracked against project budgets across both project and retainer billing structures
Historical margin data by engagement type, building a reference for future pricing
Agencies billing on a project or retainer basis where project margins are a regular decision variable — and where current information is more useful than historical summaries.
Contractor & Vendor Payment Management
Organization and processing of payments to freelance contractors, production vendors, and media partners. For agencies working with ten or more external contributors monthly, contractor finance is an operational layer that benefits from dedicated attention — not something handled in the margins of other work.
Invoice review, approval workflow support, and payment scheduling
Contractor file maintenance — engagement records, payment history, documentation
Year-end tax form preparation (1099s and equivalent documentation for international arrangements)
Outsourced costs tracked and allocated by project for accurate margin reporting
Ongoing records that eliminate the year-end assembly process entirely
Agencies working with ten or more external contributors monthly — freelancers, production vendors, media partners — where contractor payment management has become a recurring operational burden.
Services side by side
A quick reference for comparing scope and pricing across the three services.
Full bookkeeping + project P&L + overhead allocation
Project-level margins + weekly reports + budget alerts
Invoice processing + contractor files + year-end docs
Where to begin
Different agencies have different starting points. Here's a way to think about which service addresses your most pressing need.
If you need solid financial foundations first
Start with Creative Agency Accounting ($650/mo). This is the full financial infrastructure — reporting, reconciliation, overhead allocation, and project summaries. The other services work best on top of this foundation.
If project margins are your most urgent gap
Start with Project Profitability Tracking ($400/mo). Weekly reports and budget alerts give leadership current margin data without waiting for month-end statements.
If contractor management is your current burden
Start with Contractor & Vendor Payment Management ($300/mo). If your studio works with ten or more external contributors monthly and the administrative overhead is significant, this addresses it directly.
Not sure which service fits your studio?
A conversation helps. Tell us how your agency operates and what your current financial setup looks like, and we can discuss which service — or combination of services — would be a useful fit.
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