Time & Billing Specialist

Stop losing money you already earned in the gap between doing the work and invoicing it.

Late time is short time. Nobody reconstructs a Tuesday accurately by Friday. The hours lost that way are never recovered, which makes chasing timesheets the cheapest money in the building.

A fee cap found at invoicing was breached weeks ago. Hours above a cap get written off, so the loss happens when the cap is passed, not when it is noticed. At 80 percent with work remaining there is still a scope conversation to have. At 110 percent there is only an argument about money already spent, and the firm loses that one.

Four arrangements bill four different ways. Time and materials bills hours. Fixed fee bills milestones. A retainer bills the draw. A capped fee bills time up to the cap and no further. Applying the wrong one produces an invoice that tells the client you do not know your own agreement.

No invoice goes out unreviewed. An invoice is a client communication. A wrong one costs more than a late one, every time.

Every write-off carries a coded reason. Rework, over-estimate, absorbed scope, cap breach, dispute, goodwill. An unexplained write-off is a leak that recurs, and the pattern across a year is worth more than any single decision.

Realization and lockup are the two honest numbers. How much of the firm's value got billed, and how long its cash sits in unbilled work and unpaid invoices.

Works with whatever holds your timesheets, contracts, invoices, and ledger.