ROI Calculator · ETHOSystems, a Sage Intacct Construction Partner

What is manual back-office work really costing your construction company?

Answer a few questions about how your team handles payroll, month-end close, project paperwork, and job costing today. See how many hours — and how many dollars — you could get back each year by moving from QuickBooks or spreadsheets to Sage Intacct Construction.

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Tell us about your current process

Estimates are fine — you can adjust anytime.

Payroll processing 10 hrs/week Total weekly hours your team spends running payroll, certified payroll reports, and job-cost allocation by hand across QuickBooks/Excel. Sage Intacct Construction automates certified payroll, multi-state/union rates, and job-cost allocation.

Month-end close 8 days Business days it takes to close the books each month, including entity reconciliation and WIP schedules. Sage Intacct's native WIP tool and dimensional reporting pull straight from live project data, eliminating manual Excel worksheets.

Project manager paperwork 25 hrs/week Combined weekly hours across all PMs spent on change orders, RFIs, compliance docs, and status reports instead of managing projects. Automated change order tracking and real-time budget visibility cut down the paperwork loop.

Job costing & reporting rework 12 hrs/week Hours spent manually reconciling job costs between spreadsheets, QuickBooks, and field data before reports are trustworthy. In Sage Intacct Construction, AP bills, POs, and time entries post straight to the project and GL together, so there's no separate reconciliation step.

Fully-loaded hourly cost Average blended hourly cost (wages + overhead) for the accounting and PM staff above. Used to convert hours saved into dollars.

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Payroll time reduction%

Month-end close reduction%

PM paperwork reduction%

Job costing rework reduction%

Default percentages are directional planning estimates based on the process improvements construction firms typically report after moving from QuickBooks/Excel to Sage Intacct Construction — automated payroll, native WIP management, real-time job costing, and elimination of double data entry. They aren't a guaranteed benchmark; swap in your own client case studies or discovery-call findings whenever you have them.

Time & value you could get back

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Area	Hours/yr today	Hours/yr saved

How this is calculated: current hours in each category are annualized (weekly figures × 52, close days × 8-hour day × 12 months), then multiplied by the editable savings percentage for that category. Hours saved are converted to dollars using your fully-loaded hourly rate. This is a planning estimate, not a guarantee of results — actual savings depend on current processes and implementation.

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ETHOSystems has helped construction and real estate companies move from QuickBooks and Sage 300 CRE to Sage Intacct Construction for over two decades. Let's walk through your numbers together.

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