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Accounts Receivable · Pacific Northwest Trades
Accounts Receivable Management for Contractors in Oregon, Washington & Idaho
Money owed is money at risk. We manage the accounts receivable process so you know exactly what's outstanding, what's overdue, and when it's coming in.
The problem
What accounts receivable management means for a trades business.
Accounts receivable management for a trades business means tracking every outstanding invoice from the moment it's generated to the moment payment is received, and actively managing the collection process for anything that goes past due. For businesses doing $3M or more, the A/R balance at any point can represent weeks of revenue. Letting it drift creates real cash flow risk. We serve HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and roofing contractors across the Pacific Northwest.
Most trades businesses manage A/R reactively, which means they collect when customers pay and chase when it gets bad enough that someone notices. A managed A/R process runs proactively with defined follow-up schedules, escalation protocols, and regular reporting. ---
Every invoice has a follow-up schedule from the moment it's generated
Past-due accounts move through a consistent escalation process with professional communication
A/R aging is visible weekly and reported without anyone pulling data manually
Collection is faster on average because the follow-up process is consistent and starts immediately
Cash flow projections are more accurate because every receivable is tracked and followed up on
The total outstanding balance decreases over time as active management replaces reactive collection
Signals you need this
Who needs this.
Trades businesses doing
Three or more and there's real money sitting in the gap. Usually it's not one big leak. It's a few small ones that compound every month.
Before and after
Without managed accounts receivable vs. With Sentric managing A/R
What we build
Money owed, managed like it matters.
A/R in the weekly review
What's outstanding, what's aging, and what needs a call, visible without running a report.
Collections on a schedule
Follow-up driven by invoice age, not by how tight cash feels this week. The oldest money gets chased first.
Disputes with owners and deadlines
Every disputed invoice has a person on it and a documented path to resolution.
We build it inside the tools you already pay for. If your field service platform and your accounting software can talk to each other, we make them. If something genuinely has to change, we'll say so and tell you why, but the tool was rarely the problem.
How it works
Three steps. No homework.
Walk one job
Thirty minutes. We take a real job, warts and all, and follow it from the day you sold it to the day the money hit the account. Every place it catches gets written down. You keep what we find whether you ever hire us or not.
Rank the friction
Accounts Receivable might not even be your biggest leak. If something else is costing you more, we'll tell you and start there instead.
Build it and run it
We build the fix, train your people on it, and stay on it until it holds. Then we take the next one. Everything we build is documented and yours, whether you keep us for a year or just a month.
Questions
What owners ask us first.
Do you require long-term contracts?
No. Month to month. You stay because the work is delivering.
What cities do you serve?
We serve trades contractors throughout Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. See the full city list below.
How long does implementation take?
Most system builds run 30 to 60 days depending on the state of your current setup. The free audit tells us what we are working with before we scope the build.
Can you work with our existing bookkeeper or CPA?
Yes. Our work is on the operational and technology side. We make sure your financial partners get clean, accurate data to work with.
How is this different from hiring an office manager?
An office manager executes inside whatever systems exist. We build the architecture and manage it so the systems stay current as the business grows.
What trades do you work with?
HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and roofing contractors doing $2M to $8M in annual revenue across Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
What does the free 30-minute audit cover?
We review your current systems, find where margin or time is leaking, and tell you what it is costing. No pitch and no commitment.
Do you implement or only advise?
We implement and manage. We configure your tools, document your processes, and run the systems ongoing.
Where we work
Accounts Receivable across the Northwest.
All work is remote, so location never changes what we can do. These pages cover the market specifics for each city.
Portland, ORSalem, OREugene, ORBend, ORMedford, ORHillsboro, ORGresham, ORCorvallis, ORAlbany, ORGrants Pass, ORRoseburg, ORKlamath Falls, OR
Seattle, WASpokane, WATacoma, WAVancouver, WABellevue, WAKennewick, WAYakima, WABellingham, WAOlympia, WAEverett, WA
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Thirty minutes is enough to find out if this is a problem in your operation.
The audit is free. No pitch. No commitment. A straight read on where your systems stand.
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