Premier is a cloud-based job costing and accounting solution by Jonas Software, designed for use by general contractors and subcontractors, home builders, design builders, and land developers. The system covers estimating and job costing, project management, purchasing, accounting, billing, time and expense tracking, subcontractor management, inventory and equipment tracking, document approvals, reporting, and more.
Premier’s accounting capabilities include accounts payable, accounts receivable, a general ledger, consolidated financials, multi-division, multi-company, and multi-currency support, bank reconciliation, accounting period activation and deactivation, AP approvals, and alerts. Users can view financial data summaries on customized dashboards, and drill down to details. Billing options include standard job invoicing, T&M (time and materials) billing, with occupation codes and cost types, and progress billing, which can be managed by amount, percentage, and units.
Premier includes various tools for project management, such as document creation and tracking, forecasting and estimating, change order management, daily job logs, meeting minutes, purchase order management, collaboration, document storage, tracking, and approvals, and integration with Microsoft Office applications including Excel and Outlook. Created documents are automatically tagged to jobs and stored in Premier, and external documents can be scanned and files uploaded, including voicemails, videos, and photos. Native iOS and Android mobile apps enable users to take photos, update job logs, and record employee hours while on-the-go.
