FAR cost accounting, DCAA-style controls, and CMMC evidence on one system
Direct and indirect cost segregation, timekeeping with a tamper-evident audit trail, progress billing, and NIST 800-171 and CMMC 2.0 evidence in one AI system, honest about which parts are shipping and which are on the roadmap.
Illustrative product view
Finance: FAR cost accounting, timekeeping, indirect rates, and billing
Government contract finance lives or dies on being able to separate direct from indirect cost, prove where every labor hour went, and bill the way the contract type requires. Fintra provides a dimensional GL that segregates cost by contract and pool, timekeeping with a tamper-evident audit trail, and progress and cost-plus billing on the same ledger.
- FAR cost accounting: the dimensional GL segregates direct and indirect cost by contract, task, and pool so the structure a FAR-based system needs is in place.
- Timekeeping: time entries carry a signed, versioned, tamper-evident audit trail with edit history, which is the control DCAA looks for, though a formal DCAA accounting-system adequacy determination is a government process, not something software grants.
- Indirect rates: cost pools are tracked, but full DCAA indirect-rate computation and the Incurred Cost Electronically (ICE) submission are on the roadmap.
- Billing: progress, milestone, and cost-plus billing post to the GL, with labor category and contract-ceiling tracking.
Security & compliance: FAR, DFARS, NIST 800-171, CMMC 2.0, and FedRAMP
Defense and federal work carries a stack of cybersecurity and cost-accounting requirements. Fintra tracks each as a real framework in its GRC library, maps your controls to it, and automates evidence collection with rule-based, explainable scoring, so a CMMC assessment or a DFARS flow-down has documentation behind it rather than a spreadsheet of promises.
| Framework | What it governs | How Fintra helps |
|---|---|---|
| FAR | Federal acquisition cost and accounting rules | Direct and indirect cost structure and audit-trail controls mapped as evidence |
| DFARS 252.204-7012 | Safeguarding covered defense information | Control mapping, incident-reporting policy, and evidence automation |
| NIST SP 800-171 | Protecting controlled unclassified information (110 controls) | Control-by-control tracking, gap view, and evidence collection |
| CMMC 2.0 | Maturity-model certification built on 800-171 | Level-based control mapping and assessment-ready evidence |
| FedRAMP | Security for cloud services sold to the government | Tracked as a framework to evidence readiness; Fintra is not itself FedRAMP-authorized |
HR: cleared personnel, certified payroll, and labor categories
- Cleared personnel: clearance level and status are tracked as attributes on the employee record (this is record-keeping, not a JPAS or DISS integration).
- Certified payroll: the payroll engine produces the data behind certified and prevailing-wage payroll for Service Contract Act and Davis-Bacon work; the specific report-form generator is on the roadmap.
- Labor-category compliance: employees map to contract labor categories, and rates are tracked against contract ceilings and wage determinations.
Frequently asked questions
Is Fintra DCAA-compliant?
Fintra provides the controls DCAA looks for, direct and indirect cost segregation and a tamper-evident timekeeping audit trail with full edit history. A DCAA accounting-system adequacy determination is a government audit process that no software can grant on its own. Full indirect-rate computation and ICE submission are on the roadmap.
Does it support NIST 800-171 and CMMC 2.0?
Yes. Both are tracked as real frameworks in the GRC library with control-by-control mapping, a gap view, and evidence automation. CMMC 2.0 is mapped by level on top of the 800-171 controls. The scoring is rule-based and explainable to guide assessment readiness, not a certification.
How does Fintra handle timekeeping for government work?
Time entries carry a signed, versioned, tamper-evident audit trail that keeps the original entry, every change, the reason, timestamp, and author. That is the control a DCAA floor check expects, and it posts labor cost to the same GL as billing.
Can it do FAR-compliant cost accounting?
The dimensional GL segregates direct and indirect cost by contract, task, and pool, which is the structure a FAR-based system needs, and progress and cost-plus billing post to the same ledger. Full DCAA indirect-rate-pool computation and ICE submission are roadmap.
Is Fintra FedRAMP-authorized?
No. Fintra tracks FedRAMP as a framework to help you evidence readiness, but it is not itself FedRAMP-authorized. We state that plainly rather than implying an authorization we do not hold.
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