Custom Enterprise Accounting Software
Features, Integrations, ROI factors, Costs
ScienceSoft relies on 17 years of experience in accounting software development and practical knowledge of 30+ industries to help enterprises create reliable accounting solutions.
Enterprise Accounting Software: the Essence
Enterprise accounting software covers general ledger capabilities, the management of payables, receivables, taxes and payroll, asset and inventory accounting, automated invoicing and reconciliation, and more. Custom enterprise accounting software is aimed to help large organizations with unique financial management needs digitally transform their complex accounting operations.
An enterprise accounting solution should integrate with CRM, HRMS, asset management software, treasury software, financial planning and analysis solution, etc.
The implementation of custom enterprise accounting software takes 10+ months. Enterprise accounting software development costs $400,000–$600,000, depending on the solution complexity. You're welcome to use our free calculator to estimate the cost for your case.
Despite the substantial investments, the annual ROI for a custom enterprise accounting system may reach up to 290%.
Enterprise Accounting Software: Key Features
Based on ScienceSoft’s experience in enterprise accounting software projects, we have summarized features that form the core of the solution. However, as each real-life use case for such software is unique, functionality should be elaborated on and tailored to the business specifics accordingly.
Essential Integrations for Enterprise Accounting Software
To ensure timely and accurate aggregation, recording and reporting of enterprise-wide financial data, ScienceSoft recommends setting up the following integrations:
- CRM: importing sales orders and quotes from CRM to enterprise accounting software to use relevant data for invoice generation and recording the invoice amount in the GL.
- Procurement system: importing purchase orders from a procurement system to enterprise accounting software for the automated data input in the A/P ledger.
- Treasury software: importing real-time data on financial transactions across operating, investment, financing activities from treasury software to enterprise accounting software for automated creation of entries in the general ledger, A/P and A/R ledgers.
- Asset management software: importing data on fixed asset utilization and maintenance from asset management software to enterprise accounting software for accurate calculation of asset depreciation.
- Inventory management software: importing data on inventory purchasing and utilization from inventory management software to enterprise accounting software for accurate calculation of current inventory value.
- HR management software: importing data on the employee working schedules and pay rates from HR management software to enterprise accounting software for accurate payroll calculation.
- Financial planning and analysis software: importing data on revenue, expenses, fixed assets, liabilities from enterprise accounting software to financial planning and analysis software for accurate financial performance analysis, financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Bank accounts: importing real-time data on financial transactions across multiple domestic and international bank accounts to enterprise accounting software for faster reconciliation.
Success Factors for Enterprise Accounting Software
Drawing on 17 years of experience in accounting software design and development, ScienceSoft’s experts have defined important factors, which help bring the customer additional value across enterprise accounting processes.
Maximized automation
To eliminate repetitive, time-consuming manual accounting tasks, such as financial transactions recording and reconciliation, payroll, taxes and depreciation calculation, and free up the accounting team for high-value, strategic enterprise accounting activities.
Embedded BI tool
To enable advanced visualization of complex analytics on receivables and payables turnover, recognized and deferred revenue, accumulated depreciation, etc.
OCR capabilities
To capture and extract relevant data from paper financial documents (invoices, receipts, remittances, etc.).
AI-enabled fraud protection
To ensure timely detection and alerting on fraudulent financial transactions with real-time transaction analysis.
Cloud deployment
To reduce software maintenance costs, enable faster updates, and provide easily accessible, secure workspace for global collaboration.
Easy-to-use APIs
To provide streamlined connection of enterprise accounting software to the business-critical systems and ensure real-time data sync.
Enterprise Accounting Software Development: Success Stories by ScienceSoft
Enterprise Accounting Software Development Steps
Enterprise accounting software development is a complex process that involves business analysis, solution planning and design, coding, testing, enterprise integration, software maintenance and upgrading with new capabilities. Implementation of enterprise accounting systems with ScienceSoft covers the following important steps:
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Enterprise needs analysis and eliciting requirements for the accounting system.
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Introducing the optimal feature set, architecture design, and tech stack.
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Project planning: scope, deliverables, schedule, budget, etc.
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Enterprise accounting software development.
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Quality assurance in parallel with coding.
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Accounting data migration (from spreadsheets or a previously used accounting tool).
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Integration with other enterprise solutions and relevant third-party systems.
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User training.
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Support and evolution of the enterprise accounting solution (optional).
Enterprise Accounting Software Implementation Costs and Financial Outcomes
Costs for building the enterprise accounting solution vary between $400,000 and $600,000, depending on the software complexity.
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The annual ROI for custom enterprise accounting software may reach up to 290%.
Benefits of enterprise accounting software
Off-the-Shelf Enterprise Accounting Software ScienceSoft Recommends
FinancialForce Accounting
Best for
Enterprise-wide accounting and complex financial analysis.
Description
Rating: Key player on the global market for enterprise accounting software (as per Global Enterprise Accounting Software Market Report).
Key strengths:
- Native integration with Salesforce CRM for end-to-end order-to-cash management.
- Intelligent analytics on financial performance and profitability powered by Salesforce Einstein.
- Automated revenue recognition.
Features:
- Multi-dimensional chart of accounts.
- Automated workflows for invoice and payment approvals.
- One-time and recurring invoicing.
- Scheduled customer notifications on A/R collection.
- Automated bank and intercompany reconciliation.
- Tracking fixed asset costs, warranties, and depreciation.
- Pre-built financial report templates.
- Compliance with ASC 606, IFRS 15, SOC 1, Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT (for the UK), and more.
Pricing
- $175 user/month – access to all features for core users.
- $125 user/month – read-only access for executive users.
- $10 user/month – limited read-only access for sales users.
QuickBooks Enterprise
Best for
Advanced inventory and payroll accounting for enterprises operating in manufacturing, retail, or construction industries.
Description
Rating: Key player on the global market for enterprise accounting software (as per Global Enterprise Accounting Software Market Report).
Key strengths:
- Automated creation of entries in the inventory subledger and general ledger with inventory barcode scanning.
- 150+ built-in financial report templates, including industry-specific (for manufacturing, wholesale, retail, construction, etc.).
Features:
- Full audit trail of accounting data entries.
- Consolidated invoicing.
- Automated categorization of payment transactions for faster payment-to-invoice matching.
- Payroll calculation and payment with printed checks or direct deposit.
- Federal and state payroll tax calculation and filing.
- Calculating and tracking costs of inventory items required for product manufacturing.
- Calculating depreciation based on the IRS standards.
- Access control based on 13 predefined user roles.
Pricing
From $380/month for 5 users (basic Desktop Enterprise package) to $2,783/month for 30 users (Cloud Enterprise package with advanced inventory and pricing capabilities).
AccountsIQ
Best for
Accounting for enterprises operating internationally or managing multiple subsidiaries.
Description
Rating: Key player on the global market for enterprise accounting software (as per Global Enterprise Accounting Software Market Report).
Key strengths:
- Advanced multi-entity accounting.
- 3-level general ledger structure (category, sub-category for summary, and account for detail).
- In-built BI tool providing advanced analysis and reporting on financial performance (company-wide, by location, department, project, etc.)
Features:
- Subsidiary-level coding of ledger transactions.
- Budget creation and variance tracking.
- One-time and recurring invoicing.
- Automated allocation of received payments.
- Centralized storage of source documents.
- Automated bank reconciliation.
- Calculating, paying, and reporting taxes across multiple business entities based on the region-specific regulations.
- Product pricing and discount management.
- Creating custom fixed asset categories to apply various depreciation methods.
Pricing
- Essential plan – €250/month (a basic feature set).
- Growth plan – €450/month (an advanced feature set).
- Enterprise plan – pricing info is available upon request to a vendor (for highly complex needs).
When to Choose Custom Enterprise Accounting Software
ScienceSoft recommends building a custom enterprise accounting solution in the following cases:
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You need an enterprise accounting solution with modular multi-tier architecture that allows easy functionality extension when needed. |
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You need corporate accounting software providing specific features, for example, custom payroll and employee reimbursement calculations, or creating tailored priority rules for payment and debt collection queues. |
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Ready-made enterprise accounting software requires costly and effort-consuming integration with your back-office systems (asset management software, inventory management software, treasury software, etc.). |
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Off-the-shelf enterprise accounting solutions do not provide compliance with the regulations in the regions your company operates. |
Implementation of Enterprise Accounting Software with ScienceSoft
In financial software development since 2007, ScienceSoft helps enterprises build effective accounting solutions.
Enterprise accounting software consulting
- Analysis of your complex enterprise-wide accounting needs.
- Assessment of the existing enterprise-wide accounting processes and tools.
- Suggesting optimal features, architecture, and tech stack for the enterprise accounting solution.
- Preparing an integration plan (with CRM, asset management system, treasury software, etc.).
- Implementation cost & time estimates, expected ROI calculation.
Enterprise accounting software implementation
- Enterprise-wide accounting needs analysis.
- Enterprise accounting solution conceptualization.
- Architecture design.
- Enterprise accounting software development.
- Integrating the solution with other enterprise systems (CRM, asset management system, treasury software, etc.).
- Quality assurance.
- User training.
- Continuous support and evolution of enterprise accounting software (if required).
About ScienceSoft
ScienceSoft is a global IT consulting and software development company headquartered in McKinney, Texas. We provide full-cycle consultancy and development services to help businesses build reliable enterprise accounting software tailored to their needs. Being ISO 9001- and ISO 27001-certified, we apply a mature quality management system and guarantee that cooperation with us does not pose any risks to our clients’ data security.