Professional Services

Billable time that actually gets billed.

Time tracked in one tool, projects costed in a spreadsheet, invoices raised in a third. Centy runs the whole billing cycle off one record.

Make billable time your competitive edge.

Consultancies, law firms, and agencies sell time and expertise, but the tools they use to track it rarely agree with each other. Time gets logged in one app, project budgets sit in a spreadsheet that's out of date by the time anyone checks it, and reimbursable client expenses get lost between the expense system and the final invoice.

Clients expect transparent, accurate billing

Every hour logged and expense incurred should show up on the invoice — not get lost between a time tracker, a spreadsheet, and an expense form.

Firms need real-time visibility into project margin

Budgets should update as time and costs are incurred, so a project's profitability is known before it closes, not after.

Built for how professional services actually runs.

Centy ties staff time, project budgets, disbursements, and client invoicing to the same record, so nothing billable falls through the cracks between systems.

Time tied to the invoice

Logged hours flow directly into client billing at the right role-based rate or retainer.

Real-time project costing

Budgets update as time and costs are incurred, not at the next spreadsheet refresh.

WHT tracked both ways

Withholding tax on services paid to and received from other registered businesses is recorded against the transaction.

How it works

One operational record from the first step to close — not three tools reconciled at month-end.

  1. Time is logged

    Staff log hours by client and project, at role-based rates or against a fixed retainer.

  2. Costs roll up

    Time, disbursements, and subcontractor fees post against the project budget as they're incurred.

  3. Expenses attach

    Client-recoverable costs are tagged to the project at the point of expense, ready for the invoice.

  4. Invoice goes out

    Logged time and recharges become the client invoice — nothing sits unbilled in work-in-progress.

Where Centy fits in professional services.

01
Consultancies & advisory firms

Retainer and project billing generated from the same underlying time record.

02
Law firms

Matter-level costing with disbursements recharged to the client automatically.

03
Creative & marketing agencies

Multi-client utilization reporting per staff member, not reconstructed at month-end.

04
Engineering & technical firms

Subcontractor WHT tracked across every project, ready for filing.

Runs on Centy Books.

The core accounting engine behind Centy — sales invoicing, purchases, journalling, VAT, and reporting, with eTIMS built into every invoice for KRA compliance.

Centy Books

Accounting that's built into the ERP, not bolted onto it

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See how Centy fits your professional services operations and entities.