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What is NetSuite Accounting Software for Advertising & Marketing Agencies?

Juggling project management, media buying, and financial data across disparate tools can obscure agency performance. NetSuite Accounting Software for Advertising & Marketing Agencies brings it all into one system, where fixed-fee projects, T&M work, commission revenue, media costs, retainer drawdowns, and other core financial data post automatically.

Track job profitability and cash flow with total precision

Fast, clean numbers

Replace days of manual reporting and month-end scrambles with auditable numbers delivered in hours, allowing teams to adjust scope, staffing, and media allocations before profits slip.

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NetSuite Accounting Software for Advertising & Marketing Agencies features

Track every dollar—earned or spent—across clients, jobs, and channels with tools built for the financial realities of advertising and marketing agencies.

General ledger

Create agency-specific charts of accounts—GAAP, IFRS, and 4A’s reporting—and auto-post daily project, media, and expense journals. Tag transactions by client, brand, job, channel, or office for razor-sharp profitability analysis.

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Cash management

Forecast cash by job phase and media spend. Reconcile multiple operating and client-trust accounts with automated bank feeds so you always know if tomorrow’s freelancer, DSP, or media outlet invoices are covered.

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Accounts receivable

Create invoices that fit how you bill clients, whether it’s by the hour, fixed-project fees, or for media placements. Embedded payment links and automated billing rules can speed payment collections and stop revenue leakage.

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Accounts payable

Effortlessly capture bills from talent, production houses, and media vendors, then automatically route approvals to account or traffic managers. Schedule payments to match cash flow or take advantage of early-payment discounts.

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Account reconciliation

NetSuite automatically matches card feeds, ACHs, media payments, and reimbursements to bank transactions. Reduce reconciliation time while keeping WIP balances, AR reserves, and media accruals accurate across accounts and reporting periods.

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Tax management

Manage sales tax on pass-through media and VAT/GST for global campaigns. Apply state-by-state tax rules based on clients’ locations or where your team works. NetSuite handles tax calculation, rate updates, and reporting without manual spreadsheets.

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Close management

Speed the financial close with NetSuite’s task-driven workflows and checklists. Automatically identify intercompany eliminations and defer prepaid revenue—even across borders and currencies—to save time and minimize manual errors.

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Fixed assets management

Track and depreciate studio gear, camera kits, IT hardware, and other owned and leased assets across locations and departments. Generate audit-ready reports and plan replacements before downtime jeopardizes deadlines.

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Payment management

Accept ACH, card, and digital wallet payments in clients’ preferred currencies. PCI-compliant tokenization speeds settlement, simplifies audits, and helps secure sensitive payment data.

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NetSuite Accounting Software for Advertising & Marketing Agencies benefits

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  • Greater profitability. Live dashboards highlight metrics and KPIs, including job burn, utilization, and media markup, so teams can course correct before overruns hit the P&L.
  • Faster closes. Built-in consolidations, accruals, and reconciliations cut days off the monthly close, even across multicurrency, multi-entity portfolios.
  • Stronger controls. Always-on audit trails, real-time posting, role-based approvals, and exception alerts reduce manual errors and improve accuracy across jobs, clients, and reporting periods.
  • Better decisions, sooner. Drill from consolidated P&L to a single talent invoice or media IO in seconds to resolve issues and bring clarity to client conversations.

Challenges NetSuite Accounting Software for Advertising & Marketing Agencies solves

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  • Volatile project cash flow. Rolling forecasts and WIP analytics help agencies ride out long approval cycles and seasonality constraints.
  • Multi-entity complexity. A unified GL with one-click consolidations replaces a patchwork of siloed files.
  • Manual, error-prone billing cycles. Automated time, expense, and media data imports eliminate hours of spreadsheet work and invoice disputes.
  • Fragmented compliance. Built-in support a wide range of financial standards, tax compliance, and industry reporting keeps auditors, clients, and owners of holding companies satisfied.

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How much does NetSuite Accounting Software for Advertising & Marketing Agencies cost?

Companies of every size, from prerevenue startups to fast-growing businesses, have made the move to NetSuite. Looking for a better way to run your business but wondering about the cost?

Users subscribe to NetSuite for an annual fee. Your license is made up of three main components: core platform, optional modules, and number of users. There is also a one-time implementation fee for initial setup. As your business grows, you can easily activate new modules and add users — that’s the beauty of cloud software.

NetSuite Accounting for Advertising & Marketing Agencies Software is available as an add-on module.

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