CFO / Controller
The pay period should reconcile itself
Lien waivers ride the payment, not a chase list in week four. Every bill, approval, and document change keeps an audit trail. QuickBooks stays the ledger — costs that belong to a job show up on the bill you actually pay.
Project Manager
See what is blocking pay before the sub calls
Eligibility sits on the bill: waiver, W-9, COI. You see the hold, not a surprise. Change orders and commitments exist to support that pay decision — they are not a second operating system.
Owner / Principal
Approve from the site
Pending pay across jobs, without a back-office staff. Vendors enroll themselves: documents and bank. You approve; the gate still holds if something is missing.
AP / Office Manager
Less re-entry. Same books
Bills come in, get coded, and wait on eligibility. Reminders go out for missing W-9s and COIs. Confirmed payments write back to QuickBooks so the ledger does not need a second pass.