GLOBAL / 02 · Freight Forwarding & 3PL

Bookkeeping for freight forwarders and 3PLs.
Built around your operation.

Match shipment revenue to pass-through costs and understand the margin each customer, file, or service line actually creates.

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OPERATING VIEW

File-to-margin visibility

01PASS-THROUGHS
02AGENTS + CARRIERS
03SERVICE MARGIN
→File
→Vendor cost
→Customer bill
✓Margin review
✦
THE OUTCOMECleaner books. Faster answers. Better owner decisions.
Freight Forwarding & 3PLMONTH-END CONTROLCASH VISIBILITYMANAGEMENT ACTIONS
BUILT FOR THE REAL WORKFLOW

Finance that follows
the operation.

Generic bookkeeping records transactions. Balance Works organizes the financial story around how your business bills, spends, closes, and makes decisions.

01 / FRICTION

What gets in the way

01Carrier, agent, warehouse, and drayage charges arriving at different times

02Pass-through expenses obscuring gross margin

03Multiple currencies, branches, entities, or operating systems

04Customer billing and vendor accruals missing the same close period

02 / CONTROL

What you receive

✓Shipment and customer margin structure

✓Accrual and cut-off support

✓AR/AP observations and exception tracking

✓Monthly close calendar

✓Management reporting by service line

03 / SIGNALS

The questions your close should answer

01

Are revenue and related costs landing in the same period?

02

Which files, customers, or services need exception review?

03

Are pass-through expenses hiding the operating margin?

ONE ACCOUNTABLE RHYTHM

From books diagnostic
to monthly control.

Every engagement is documented around access, responsibilities, due dates, deliverables, and management questions.

01DISCOVER✓
02DIAGNOSE✓
03SCOPE✓
04ONBOARD✓
05CLEAN UP✓
06CLOSE→
07REVIEW→
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Built for Freight Forwarding & 3PL

Make your books
fit the business.

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