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Cherry Bekaert’s Unanet GovCon ERP support services help government contractors streamline project accounting, time and expense management, resource planning, and compliance in a modern platform.

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Unanet GovCon Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): A Project-based Government Contracting Solution

Unanet GovCon ERP gives small to mid-sized, project-driven government contractors a modern platform for connecting project accounting, time and expense, resource planning, contract management, billing, reporting, and compliance in one interface. Its unified workflow structure and approachable user experience can help teams move away from disconnected tools without adding unnecessary complexity.

As a Unanet partner with deep government contracting advisory experience, Cherry Bekaert helps government contractors implement and optimize Unanet GovCon ERP around how they manage contracts, indirect rates, project accounting, billing, timekeeping and compliance. Our team pairs technology implementation with government contracting and accounting advisory insight to develop reporting and controls that support adoption, DCAA-readiness, and scalable growth.

Beyond go-live, Cherry Bekaert helps organizations improve processes and visibility to gain long-term value from their Unanet investment.

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Strengthen your Unanet GovCon ERP environment with advisory and support services that help government contractors improve financial processes, gain clearer project and contract insight, simplify daily operations, and prepare for sustainable, compliance-focused growth.

Unanet System Assessment and Optimization

Understand how well your Unanet GovCon ERP environment supports your government contracting requirements through a focused system review. Cherry Bekaert evaluates configuration, workflows, module use, and reporting, along with core finance cycles such as opportunity-to-project, time-to-bill, contract-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and record-to-report, to uncover improvement areas and better connect your processes with Unanet functionality. 

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Unanet Data and Compliance Review

Improve trust in the data that drives financial reporting and compliance decisions. Cherry Bekaert reviews general ledger design, project setup, indirect cost pools, timekeeping controls, reconciliations, and cost allocation practices to help support accurate reporting, audit readiness and compliant financial management. 

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Unanet Finance and Operations Advisory

Create a stronger connection between your finance team, business processes and Unanet GovCon ERP. We review team structure, responsibilities, approval paths, reporting needs, and system adoption to identify training priorities and develop practical recommendations for more efficient, scalable operations. 

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Government Contracting Outsourced Accounting Services

For growth-focused government contractors, Cherry Bekaert’s Outsourced Accounting Services team can help manage day-to-day Unanet activity, month-end close, billing, reporting and compliance-related accounting tasks. This gives organizations access to government contracting and Unanet experience without the need to build every capability internally. 

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Unanet System Assessment and Optimization

Understand how well your Unanet GovCon ERP environment supports your government contracting requirements through a focused system review. Cherry Bekaert evaluates configuration, workflows, module use, and reporting, along with core finance cycles such as opportunity-to-project, time-to-bill, contract-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and record-to-report, to uncover improvement areas and better connect your processes with Unanet functionality. 

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Unanet Data and Compliance Review

Improve trust in the data that drives financial reporting and compliance decisions. Cherry Bekaert reviews general ledger design, project setup, indirect cost pools, timekeeping controls, reconciliations, and cost allocation practices to help support accurate reporting, audit readiness and compliant financial management. 

Start Your Unanet Implementation

Unanet Finance and Operations Advisory

Create a stronger connection between your finance team, business processes and Unanet GovCon ERP. We review team structure, responsibilities, approval paths, reporting needs, and system adoption to identify training priorities and develop practical recommendations for more efficient, scalable operations. 

Start Your Unanet Implementation

Government Contracting Outsourced Accounting Services

For growth-focused government contractors, Cherry Bekaert’s Outsourced Accounting Services team can help manage day-to-day Unanet activity, month-end close, billing, reporting and compliance-related accounting tasks. This gives organizations access to government contracting and Unanet experience without the need to build every capability internally. 

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Benefits of Unanet ERP Software for Government Contractors

  • Practical Compliance for Growing Government Contractors

    Use Unanet’s project-centered structure to manage timekeeping, expenses, indirect rates, and reporting with controls that help growing government contractors stay organized for DCAA, FAR and CAS requirements. 

  • Faster Quote-to-Cash Visibility

    Connect opportunities, awards, project setup, labor, expenses, and billing activities so teams can move work forward with fewer manual handoffs and clearer status from contract start through invoice. 

  • Project Profitability in One View

    Monitor budgets, labor utilization, funding limits, and indirect cost impacts in a unified project view, helping managers identify margin pressure earlier and adjust delivery plans with current information. 

  • User-friendly Workflows Across Teams

    Give finance, project management, and employee users a more consistent experience for time entry, approvals, project updates, and reporting, supporting adoption without adding unnecessary system complexity. 

  • Resource Planning Built Around Delivery

    Align staffing, availability, and utilization to upcoming project demand so teams can plan capacity earlier, support proposal decisions, and reduce delivery risk as contract needs change. 

  • Connected GovCon Operations

    Bring finance, contracts, projects, and reporting into a shared operating framework, helping smaller and midsized government contractors coordinate daily work without relying on disconnected spreadsheets or systems. 

  • Scalable ERP Without Enterprise Overload

    Support new contract types, expanded teams, and more advanced reporting needs with a cloud-based ERP platform that can mature with the organization while remaining approachable for day-to-day users. 

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“When Unanet is aligned with the way a government contractor manages projects, contracts, and compliance, it becomes a strategic tool for improving visibility, efficiency and long-term growth.”
Traci Shepps
Partner | Government Contractor Consulting Services

Experience the Unanet Difference

Unanet GovCon ERP brings project accounting, financial management, time and expense, resource planning and compliance together in a modern platform built for government contractors. With Cherry Bekaert’s implementation and optimization support, your organization can reduce manual work, improve visibility and build more connected, scalable operations.

  • Connected Project and Financial Management

    Bring project costs, contracts, billing, revenue and financial reporting into one system to create a reliable source of truth across the organization. 

  • Compliance-Ready Controls

    Support DCAA-ready timekeeping, indirect cost allocation, expense controls, incurred cost reporting and audit trails with functionality designed for government contracting requirements. 

  • Streamlined Time, Expense and Billing

    Simplify time entry, expense approvals and complex billing workflows to reduce administrative effort, improve accuracy and accelerate the contract-to-cash cycle. 

  • Real-Time Performance Visibility

    Use dashboards and analytics to monitor project profitability, contract performance, backlog, utilization and financial results without relying on delayed reports or spreadsheet reconciliations. 

  • Resource Planning and Workforce Alignment

    Forecast demand, identify resource gaps and align the right people to the right projects with connected workforce, pipeline and project data. 

  • Scalable Operations for Growing GovCons

    Adapt to new contracts, expanding teams and evolving reporting needs with a cloud-based ERP platform that supports growth without adding disconnected systems. 

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Cherry Bekaert can help your organization implement, optimize, and support Unanet GovCon ERP to improve adoption, streamline operations, and strengthen compliance readiness.

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Helping Clients Implement Unanet GovCon ERP

Cherry Bekaert helps small to mid-sized government contractors plan and execute Unanet GovCon ERP implementations, connecting finance, project accounting, billing and compliance workflows into one system.

Our team starts with discovery and readiness planning, reviewing contracts, indirect rate structures, existing data, compliance considerations, and reporting needs to shape a configuration approach, project milestones, testing activities and training priorities. Unanet is often implemented on a shorter timeline than larger ERP systems, so planning should be disciplined to prepare users, data and core processes for go-live.

During implementation, Cherry Bekaert supports system setup, process alignment, data migration user acceptance testing, training and go-live preparation. After launch, we help teams resolve issues, refine reports, support month-end activities, and adjust processes as users begin working in Unanet.

Support for New Unanet GovCon Users

Cherry Bekaert turns a new Unanet ERP rollout into a structured, manageable process. Its intuitive design makes adoption easier for small to mid-sized government contractors than many complex enterprise systems. We support clients through planning, configuration, data preparation, testing, training, and deployment while aligning the solution to industry-specific accounting, billing, timekeeping, reporting and compliance requirements.

Support for Existing Unanet GovCon ERP Users

For government contractors already working in Unanet GovCon ERP, Cherry Bekaert helps assess how the system is being utilized and determine any remediation needed. Our team can review configuration, reporting, data quality, user workflows, billing, month-end close, and compliance-related processes, then work to prioritize practical updates that align the system with the organization’s current operations.

Why Choose Cherry Bekaert for Unanet Support?

Government contractors need more than software knowledge when adopting or improving Unanet. As a Unanet partner, Cherry Bekaert brings government contracting accounting, compliance, process, and systems experience together to help clients make practical decisions about configuration, reporting, controls and day-to-day use.

Since Unanet is known for an approachable user experience among many government contracting teams, our support focuses on helping organizations take advantage of its unified workflows, single interface, and implementation flexibility while reflecting how they manage projects, contracts, billing, indirect rates and compliance requirements. 

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Traci Shepps

Government Contractor Consulting Services

Partner, Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC

Unanet GovCon ERP FAQs

Yes. Unanet GovCon ERP is purpose-built for DCAA compliance. It includes automated timekeeping with audit trails, incurred cost reporting, and project cost tracking that satisfy DCAA audit requirements. Cherry Bekaert's team helps clients configure Unanet to properly implement and maintain these controls.  

A Unanet GovCon ERP implementation timeline depends on organizational complexity, data migration scope, integrations, and how prepared the team is before kickoff. For some small to mid-sized government contractors, implementation can be completed in 30-60 days, while more complex environments may take longer. Cherry Bekaert follows a structured approach from discovery and system design through configuration, testing, training and go-live support to help keep the process organized. 

Both Unanet GovCon and Deltek Costpoint are purpose-built for government contractors with DCAA-compliant accounting. Unanet is generally better suited for small-to-mid-sized government contractors seeking a modern, unified platform. Cherry Bekaert supports both platforms and can help evaluate which solution fits your organization's size, compliance requirements and growth trajectory. 

Yes. Unanet GovCon integrates with a range of accounting, payroll, and HR systems, including ADP, QuickBooks and various banking platforms. Cherry Bekaert's implementation team manages the integration design and configuration process to deliver seamless data flow across your existing technology stack and eliminate manual reconciliation. 

Cherry Bekaert provides ongoing Unanet GovCon support as a certified Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Partner and certified Solution & Services Partner (SSP). Post-implementation services include system health checks, user training refreshers, configuration updates as your business evolves, compliance reviews, and access to Cherry Bekaert's outsourced accounting team for organizations that need embedded financial operations support on the Unanet platform. 

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