Sam Hallburn
Director of Operations | Devine Consulting
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Samantha Hallburn is the driving force behind Simplified Accounting Management and PBS Accounting and Tax Solutions. With nearly a decade of entrepreneurial experience in the financial sector and a comprehensive background spanning over 20 years in finance, marketing, HR, and sales, Sam brings a wealth of expertise to the table. As the founder of Simplified Accounting Management, a QuickBooks and financial consulting firm catering to businesses of all sizes, Sam has earned a stellar reputation for her strategic insights and dedication to client success. Additionally, her role as the founder and CEO of PBS Accounting and Tax Solutions further underscores her commitment to empowering business owners on their journey toward growth and prosperity.
Sam's impressive accolades, including her alumni status with Intuit's Accountant Council, advisory board membership with Insightful Accountant, member of the Woodard Trainer/Writer Coalition, and her prior involvement as a board member of Bozeman Professional Women, attest to her unwavering dedication and leadership in the industry. Recognized as one of Insightful Accountant's 2023 Up-and-Coming ProAdvisors, Top 100 ProAdvisors of 2024, and nominated for the 2023 Ignition Top 50 Women in Accounting awards, Sam's passion for excellence and innovation is evident in every aspect of her work!
Jennifer Devine
Founder | Devine Consulting
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It’s Not QuickBook’s Fault – An Advanced Look at the Project Module
"QuickBooks doesn’t work." "It never gives me the right numbers." We hear some version of this constantly, and it’s almost never true. QuickBooks Online can do everything a contractor needs: job costing, payroll allocation, work-in-progress tracking, all of it. The software isn’t the problem. The problem is what got put into it, by someone who didn’t know what "correctly" looked like. This session is the natural next step after "The Story Your Numbers Are Telling You." Where that session showed what the numbers reveal once they’re right, this one shows why so many contractors’ numbers never get there in the first place — and exactly what to check in your own file before you blame the software.
By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:
Explain why "the software is wrong" is almost always a data-entry problem in disguise — and why that’s actually good news, because data entry is fixable.
Recognize the specific, common breakdowns that quietly wreck job costing in QuickBooks: jobs tagged as customers, income counted twice, payroll that never lands on a job, and bills that go
missing until they’re paid.
Walk away knowing what to ask the person doing their books — whether that’s themselves, an employee, or Devine Consulting.
Target audience: All Building and Construction Professionals
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