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Project accounting software

Access project accounting software brings together your financial, project and resource management, for a full 360 view of your projects and business.

Get clear, accurate data to drive better management decision-making with project based accounting.

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Integrated project accounting software for improved accuracy and efficiency

Our project accounting software for project-based businesses gives your team the tools to plan and manage projects easily and profitably. At the same time, giving finance functions improved control of costs and revenue management. Plus, transactions feed straight into your project accounting system for improved accuracy and efficiency.

Our project-based accounting business packages are tailored to your needs. Contact us to discuss your requirements.

Benefits of project accounting software

Project-based businesses can use project accounting software to get real-time project costings, resource scheduling, expense tracking, accounting, and so much more to improve their end-to-end project and financial management.

Access Financials is helping you become technically agile and ready to deliver future projects confidently, even as your business grows.

Project accounting software gives Brown & Co tangible information

We can review the business not just based on gut feeling, but based on tangible information. When it comes to project management and looking at how people manage our projects and how effective they are with those projects, there’s no doubt in the data because it’s in one place.

Alton Nutile, Commercial Operations Director at Brown & Co

You're in safe hands

Designed, developed and hosted on our UK-based industry-leading cloud, our accounting software complies with the latest UK regulations, including IPO, GDPR, Digital tax, Open banking and UK statutory reporting requirements.

Enterprise-level security keeps your data safe from threats, data loss and leaks. And because it’s cloud-based, you and your team can access your project accounting software anywhere, on any device – safe in the knowledge that you’re always working on the latest version, have the latest data to hand, and have 24/7 UK-based support on hand.

What’s more, the project accounting software feature in Access Financials is available through Access Workspace, so all your software, data and processes are in one place for greater productivity.

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Project accounting software FAQs

What is the difference between project accounting and financial accounting?

Project accounting, also known as project cost accounting, is the process of tracking, reporting and analysing the financial transactions of each project. Standard business accounting is focused on tracking the financials by department or revenue stream. While general financial accounting covers revenues and expenses, project accounting includes more specific financial details as well as project progress.

What is project accounting?

Project accounting refers to the accurate tracking of costs incurred throughout a project’s lifespan, managing billing and reporting on revenue.

Managing project finances effectively means keeping costs under control and optimising revenue.  

Good project finance software, such as Access Financials, gives your team the tools to plan and manage projects easily and profitably. Our project finance software provides real-time project costings, resource scheduling, expense tracking and accounting; you can quickly identify if a project is on budget and adjust to avoid any overspending.  

Interested in finding out more? Read our article on "What is project accounting?" and get our guide on how to optimise project management, reduce costs and improve profitability. 

What is project accounting software?

With online project accounting software, you can generate financial reports that include revenues and costs broken down by project and down to a project phases, tasks or cost centres. And because costs and revenues are recorded day-to-day, project costing and accounting software can show, in real time, if projects are within budget, under-running or over-running.

Take a look at the features of our project based accounting software.

What is the best project accounting software?

There are many project accounting software’s out in the market but the best project accounting software for your business depends on your business needs. When looking at project accounting software, you need to consider: 

  • Number of active projects
  • Value of projects
  • Stakeholders involved
  • Cost of internal employees time
  • Integration with main finance system
  • Accessibility 

Our article 'Best project accounting software' goes into detail about the considerations above.

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