Still guessing what each project actually costs?

This is job costing, done right.

Module 2 of the Construction Accounting Series shows you how to track project income and expenses using real cost codes. So you can turn estimates, invoices, and vendor bills into profit.
  • Pre-Recorded Videos
  • Self-Paced
  • Pre-Requisite: BK 250 - Bookkeeping Foundations or equivalent knowledge - Test Your Knowledge Here
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THIS ISN'T BANK FEEDS BOOKKEEPING.

This is bookkeeping built for: 
  • Remodelers
  • Contract engineers
  • Construction firms
  • Trade service providers
If you (or your clients) manage job sites, this class will show you how to:
  • Set up and apply cost codes correctly
  • Link every dollar to the right project
  • Track estimates, invoices, and vendor bills like a pro

You won't just "understand" job costing. You'll do it right.

WHY THIS MATTERS

Contract bookkeepers often think they know job costing. But many don't fully grasp how income and expenses tie back to specific projects—or how misapplied data hurts your client's bottom line.

This course sets you apart:

  • Deliver accurate, project-specific financials

  • Gain the trust of higher-end construction clients

  • Stop guessing what your bookkeeping is really worth


Module 2: What You'll Learn

  • How to use cost codes to track revenue + expenses

  • How to map cost codes into QuickBooks

  • How to apply codes to estimates, invoices, and bills

  • The right way to structure projects for visibility + reporting


ALSO IN THIS SERIES:

Introduction to Construction Accounting
Foundational concepts, key terminology, mark-up vs margin, and how to calculate labor burden.

Job Costing Payroll
Fully burdened hourly rates, setting up third-party apps, and ensuring payroll accuracy.

Advanced Construction Accounting
Month-end close, reconciliations, reporting systems, and how to validate your books.

Student Feedback

This course really connected everything for me. I gained knowledge in areas I thought I already understood. This class is a great course, and you even walk away with materials to reference.  
Jena Catts
Douglas and Company Renovations Inc

The ROI of Training Your Team

It costs less to train than to replace.

Experts estimate that it costs around 1/3 of an employee's salary to replace them. However, it may cost up to even 3 or 4 times an employee's salary to replace them. 

While the experts may disagree on the exact cost, training your current bookkeeper is far more cost effective than hiring a new one. 

It keeps your best people.

Your bookkeeper wants to do their job well.  Untrained employees get frustrated. Empowered ones stay longer and do better work.

It improves your bottom line.

Accurate bookkeeping isn't overhead. It's leverage.

Meet Your Teacher...

Jackie Shaw 
industry expert
Co-author of The Remodelers Ultimate Guide to QuickBooks, and nationally recognized expert in job cost accounting.

Jackie has worked in accounting since 2007, taught QuickBooks since 2012, and apprenticed under industry icon Judith Miller. She’s taught hundreds of construction-focused bookkeepers how to sharpen their skills and deliver real results.

And yes—she actually loves teaching this stuff.

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Our mission is to educate people to become highly skilled bookkeepers and to connect companies to highly qualified bookkeepers. 

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