Projects and resources
Deliver on time, on budget and at a healthy margin
Manage projects from proposal to completion, allocate people by availability, plan capacity against demand and control scope with change orders.
One platform for projects,people and profitability
Turn project work into predictable, profitable revenue, with delivery, billing and finance running in one cloud system.
Why services firms lose margin
Most professional services firms run projects, timesheets, billing and finance in separate tools. Each one works on its own, but the gaps between them cost money:
- Invoices go out late because time has to be pulled from one system and billed in another.
- Unbilled hours and scope creep slip through, and margin leaks without anyone noticing.
- Nobody has a reliable view of utilisation until the month is over.
To grow profitably, you need projects, people and financials in one system, so every hour worked shows up in billing, revenue and margin straight away.
CAPABILITIES
Run the whole services lifecycle in NetSuite
From proposal to final invoice, every step feeds the same ledger.
Time and expenses
Capture every billable hour
Time and expenses entered once, against the right project, ready to bill.
Billing
Any billing model
Time and materials, fixed fee or milestones, with automated invoicing schedules.
Revenue
Revenue recognised correctly
Revenue schedules aligned to IFRS 15 and ASC 606, and a faster month-end close.
Financials
Multi-entity, multi-currency
Run several offices and currencies in one system, with audit-ready records.
Analytics
Profitability by client, project, consultant or service line
Live dashboards for utilisation, margin and revenue, plus cash flow and revenue forecasts for the leadership team.
New in NetSuite 2026.2: labour cost and margin insight
The latest release brings labour cost data together with NetSuite financials, so you can see where staffing costs are rising, how that's affecting margin, and which resourcing decisions are moving the numbers. For a firm that sells people's time, that's the view that matters most.
COMMON QUESTIONS
NetSuite for professional services: FAQs
What services firms usually ask us before a demo.