In the end this is what it is all about. So why is so little attention given to it?

From the outset the financial details are tracked, starting with funds requested to funds received, through to the disbursements.

Invoices can be checked against the tasks and the original estimate. The updated amounts from the invoice are updated against the job so that the Final DA can be created.

After closing the Final DA any new expenses will result in a Supplementary DA.

The beauty is that you can quicly compare the difference between the initial estimate and the Final DA allowing all disciplines to learn from variances.

All financial transactions can be viewed against each Job or against each customer to assist in reconciling the account.

Financial details can be interfaced to accounting systems.