Consulting Firms (5–50 employees) typically run billing & invoicing as a recurring process. The pain points below are the patterns we see across this audience — not every shop, but the common shape.
What's typically painful
- Invoices ship later than they should because data lives in too many places
- Manual transfer between time-tracking, project mgmt, and accounting introduces errors
- Client-specific billing terms aren't reflected consistently
- Reconciling payments back to invoices is a recurring headache
Tools you might use
- QuickBooks Online — Accounting
- Stripe — Payments
- AccountingSuite — Accounting
- Adyen — Payments
- Afterpay — Payments
- Authorize.Net — Payments
- Bill.com — Accounting
- Braintree — Payments
How automation usually works here
- Generate invoices on a schedule from approved hours or contract milestones
- Email invoices with a payment link the moment they're issued
- Auto-match incoming payments to outstanding invoices
- Trigger reminder sequences when invoices age past terms
What you can measure
- Faster invoice issue cycle relative to the work date
- Fewer manual entry errors finding their way into final invoices
- Quicker payment match rate without manual reconciliation
- Less aging AR sitting in the 60+ day bucket
Need help automating this?
Purcell Analytics builds custom Billing & Invoicing automation for Consulting Firms. Schedule a consultation to discuss your specific stack and process.