Time-to-Invoice & Retainer Billing

Stop losing billable hours to manual timesheet chasing and get invoices out the door on time, every time.

63 hrs
Time saved/month
23
Companies have mapped
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About This Automation

Creating and sending invoices manually is slow and error-prone, especially when billing rules vary by client and retainer credits must be applied.

Automation extracts billable hours, applies the correct client rates and billing rules, calculates invoice amounts with retainer credits, and creates invoices in the accounting system.

Key features
Extract timesheet hours automatically by project and team member for each billing period
Look up client rates and billing rules from contracts and apply them to each invoice
Calculate invoice amounts with retainer credits, discounts, and multi-currency conversions
Create invoices in your accounting system with all line items and due dates pre-filled
Send invoices to clients automatically and log them in a tracking system
Monitor payment status and flag overdue invoices for follow-up

How The Automation Works

The full workflow, from trigger to completion.

1. Billing cycle date or timesheet approvaltrigger

Automation is triggered when the billing cycle date arrives or when timesheets are marked approved in the source system.

2. Fetch timesheet and client data

The automation pulls billable hours from the timesheet system and retrieves client billing rules, rates, and contact details.

3. Calculate invoice amounts

The automation applies rates, discounts, and retainer credits to the extracted hours and generates line items with totals.

4. Create invoice

The calculated invoice is automatically created with client details, line items, amounts, and due date.

5. Send invoice

The invoice is exported and sent automatically to the client email address with a standard message.

6. Log invoice and notify team

Invoice details are logged to a tracking sheet and a notification is sent to the finance team for visibility.

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Estimated Time Saving
63hrs/month
Process pain:8.2/10
Mapped by:23 Companies

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