Finance

QuickBooks integration for staffing agencies

Push staffing invoices to QuickBooks with the right GL coding, in one click.

What QuickBooks is

QuickBooks is the accounting system most US staffing agencies run their books on. The usual problem is not QuickBooks itself — it is everything that happens before an invoice reaches it: hours approved in one system, rates kept in a spreadsheet, invoices assembled by hand, then typed in again on the accounting side.

What SG Connect does with QuickBooks

  • Generates invoices directly from approved timesheets, using the bill rates already held against each assignment
  • Pushes invoices to QuickBooks Online with service-item mapping, so revenue lands against the right accounts
  • Carries project deductions, multi-currency invoicing and reusable invoice templates through to the push
  • Records payments (ACH, wire, check) against the invoice so your aging reflects reality
  • Keeps vendor bills and commission tracking in the same ledger view as client invoicing

Why it matters

Every manual hop between timesheet, invoice and accounts is a place a number can change — and a changed number becomes a credit note, a rebill and a phone call from a client. When approved hours and bill rates feed the invoice directly, the invoice run stops being an assembly job and becomes a review.

Setting it up

  1. 1Open Settings → Integrations → QuickBooks in SG Connect
  2. 2Authorise the connection with your QuickBooks Online account
  3. 3Map your service items so each invoice line posts to the right account
  4. 4Run an invoice batch and push — the first one is worth checking line by line

QuickBooks integration FAQ

Does SG Connect work with QuickBooks Desktop or only Online?

The one-click push targets QuickBooks Online. Agencies on Desktop typically export the invoice batch from SG Connect and import it, which still removes the re-keying step even though it is not a live connection.

What happens if an invoice is wrong after it has been pushed?

Correct it in SG Connect and re-push. Because the invoice is generated from approved timesheet data rather than typed, the usual cause of a bad invoice — a transcription error between systems — does not arise in the first place.

Can we invoice in more than one currency?

Yes. Multi-currency invoicing is handled in SG Connect before the push, along with project-level deductions.

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