Profitable in Buildertrend but not QuickBooks? Here’s why
Financials and Buildertrend rarely match, and they’re not supposed to. Nimbl’s construction accounting expert, Dylan Dean, explains what each report tells you so you can make confident decisions on every jobhttps://youtu.be/IqOm2sSRRKQ Transcript: As a business leader, having the information necessary to understand what’s actually going on with your business is obviously extremely important, both in […]
Are you financing your customer’s projects without realizing it?
Slow draws, missed job costs, and incomplete draw packages can leave you covering payroll and subs for months. Nimbl’s construction accounting expert, Dylan Dean, lays out the common causes and solutions for closing the cash flow gap.https://youtu.be/LJQDnIAnlUs Transcript: An issue a lot of construction owners run into is that they’re financing their customers’ projects without […]
Can we afford to start more homes?
Dylan Dean, Nimbl’s Construction Accounting expert, walks home builders through what they need to know about their finances before starting new jobs.https://youtu.be/FtSxcl97UvQ?si=QxyHwCb8fq0Na8ip Transcript: If you’re a home builder, you’re likely wondering whether you can afford to start new jobs before your current ones close. Having a clear plan to know whether you can afford the […]
Why is my construction company profitable, but short on cash?
As a construction business owner, you don’t need to understand all the nuances of accounting — but when it comes to finances, most CEOs are basing strategic decisions on the wrong information. In this video, Dylan Dean, Nimbl’s Construction Accounting Lead, explains the difference between the Profit and Loss vs. Cash Flow Statements, what most […]
Job Costing Examples: Three Contractor Jobs, Costed Line by Line
TL;DR Job costing sounds straightforward on paper. Track budget against actual, watch the variance, and adjust as you go. What is harder to find is a finished job worked out step by step, with real job costing examples you can check your own numbers against. That is what this piece does. Below are three contractor […]
Job Costing in QuickBooks: Setup for Contractors Who Outgrew the Default Chart
TL;DR QuickBooks Desktop 2023 lost its last new subscriber on September 30, 2024, and its support ended entirely on May 31, 2026. That deadline pushed thousands of contractors into a QuickBooks Online migration they might not have planned for. Most of them found that job costing in QuickBooks Online works differently from how it did […]
Construction Job Costing: Cost Codes, Labor Burden, and the Numbers That Move
TL;DR For full-time private industry workers, benefits make up 31.5% of what employers actually pay for labor, according to the latest BLS data. Legally required benefits like payroll taxes and workers’ compensation are a narrower slice of that same total, about 7% of total compensation. If your construction job costing still runs on base wages, […]
Job Costing: How Contractors Know Which Jobs Actually Make Money
TL;DR If you are running more than a handful of jobs a year, you already know the feeling. Revenue looks fine on the P&L, but you cannot say with any real confidence which specific job drove it. Maybe it is the one that finished under budget. Maybe it is just the one that has not […]
Job order costing for construction: every job has its own reality
No two construction projects are the same. Different scopes. Different timelines. Different crews. And most importantly—different costs. That’s where job order costing becomes essential. It’s built for environments where every project needs to stand on its own financially. What job order costing looks like in construction At its core, job order costing tracks the full […]
What Is Accounting Automation? How It Creates Back Office Freedom
This article has since been updated with new discoveries and research in January 2026. TL;DR Accounting automation is the system that turns repeatable finance work into reliable workflows, so your team stops living in cleanup mode. The biggest wins come from automating cash-adjacent work first (AP, expenses, reconciliations, close), then expanding once controls and exception […]