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title: Autotask Consulting for MSPs | BS Consulting
description: Autotask consulting for MSP contracts, billing, time capture, service delivery, projects, accounting and profitability. Audit, implementation and retained support.
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    - [AI agents for MSPs](https://benspector.uk/ai-agents-for-msps)
    - [Autotask consulting](https://benspector.uk/tactical-support-for-msps/autotask-consulting)
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    - [Revenue Operations Blueprint](https://benspector.uk/revenue-operations-blueprint)
    - [Implementation projects](https://benspector.uk/implementation-projects)
    - [Retained consulting and mentoring](https://benspector.uk/retained-consulting)
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- [About Ben](https://benspector.uk/about)
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    - [MSP Revenue Operations](https://benspector.uk/tactical-support-for-msps)
    - [AI agents for MSPs](https://benspector.uk/ai-agents-for-msps)
    - [Autotask consulting](https://benspector.uk/tactical-support-for-msps/autotask-consulting)
    - [HubSpot for MSPs](https://benspector.uk/tactical-support-for-msps/hubspot-consulting)
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    - [Retained consulting and mentoring](https://benspector.uk/retained-consulting)
- [How I work](https://benspector.uk/tactical-support-packages)
  
  How I work 
  
  
  
    - [Revenue Operations Blueprint](https://benspector.uk/revenue-operations-blueprint)
    - [Implementation projects](https://benspector.uk/implementation-projects)
    - [Retained consulting and mentoring](https://benspector.uk/retained-consulting)
- [Insights](https://benspector.uk/insights)
- [About Ben](https://benspector.uk/about)
- [Book a discovery call](https://benspector.uk/contact/#book)

Autotask consulting for MSPs

# Make Autotask reflect how your MSP actually works

I help MSPs repair and improve the contracts, recurring services, work types, time capture, projects, billing and reporting that sit behind reliable service delivery and profitability.

- 10+ years of hands-on Autotask experience
- Contracts, billing and service operations
- Audit, implementation and retained support

[Book a discovery call](https://benspector.uk/contact/#book)

From diagnosis to dependable operations

**1**Separate platform, process and data problems

**2**Redesign the operating rules

**3**Configure and clean the system

**4**Test delivery and billing outcomes

**5**Embed ownership and ongoing improvement

Autotask problems

## The platform is rarely the whole problem

An established Autotask portal can contain years of inherited configuration, inconsistent data and workarounds. The useful starting point is to separate what Autotask can do from how it has been configured and how people use it.

That makes it possible to fix the root cause without rebuilding everything or asking technicians to compensate for poor system design.

**Using another PSA?** If you need HubSpot built around the PSA you already use, see [HubSpot implementation for MSPs using a PSA](https://benspector.uk/hubspot-implementation-for-msps?hsLang=en-gb).

**Configuration**

### Built around real delivery and billing rules

Contract types, exclusions, recurring services, work types, roles, queues and accounting mappings need to reflect what you sell and how you deliver it.

**Process and data**

### Habits, ownership and records teams can trust

Approvals, time entry, project handover, procurement and billing checks need clear owners and usable data. Configuration alone will not correct a process nobody follows.

Where I can help

## The Autotask work that controls delivery, billing and profitability

Contracts and services

### Make sold scope bill correctly

Design managed-service and T&M contracts, recurring services, exclusions, quantities and billing rules so work does not fall into avoidable exceptions.

Time and work types

### Make labour data useful

Set work types, minimums, increments, contract coverage and technician expectations so time can support billing, utilisation and profitability.

Service desk and projects

### Connect delivery to the commercial promise

Improve queues, statuses, project setup, handover and completion rules so delivery teams receive the context they need and work closes cleanly.

Accounting and reporting

### Trust the numbers leaving Autotask

Align products, services, billing codes and accounting mappings, then build reporting around revenue, cost, labour and contract performance.

Engagement scope

## Audit, repair or implement the part that is actually broken

If an agent will summarise ticket history, prepare account context or route internal actions, the Autotask records, work types and permissions need to be dependable first. See [AI agents for MSPs](https://benspector.uk/ai-agents-for-msps?hsLang=en-gb).

Review

### Audit and remediation plan

Review configuration, data and working practices. Identify immediate risk, practical corrections and the dependencies that need wider decisions.

Build

### Implementation and controlled data change

Configure contracts, services, work types, billing, projects, mappings and automation. Use guarded bulk changes where manual correction would be slow or inconsistent.

Improve

### Retained operational support

Work through priorities over time, test the effect of each change and help managers build the routines that keep Autotask dependable.

Ways to work together

## Start with a scope that matches the problem

Unclear scope

### Revenue Operations Blueprint

Use the Blueprint when Autotask symptoms cross quoting, CRM, accounting or ownership and the implementation cannot yet be priced responsibly.

[Explore the Blueprint](https://benspector.uk/revenue-operations-blueprint/?hsLang=en-gb)

Defined change

### Fixed-scope implementation

Use a defined project when the target, dependencies and acceptance criteria are clear enough to design, configure and test as one release.

[View implementation projects](https://benspector.uk/implementation-projects/?hsLang=en-gb)

Developing priorities

### Retained consulting

Use retained support when changes need to be sequenced around live operations and priorities will develop as better data becomes available.

[View retained consulting](https://benspector.uk/retained-consulting/?hsLang=en-gb)

Relevant experience

![Bill Hunt, CEO at HTML Global](https://benspector.uk/hubfs/Website%20Files/Testimonial%20Photos/Bill-Hunt-HTML-Global.jpg)

> “We are extremely fortunate to have enlisted the expertise of Ben Spector as our AutoTask Consultant during our company’s transition to AutoTask and Zomentum. Ben’s extensive experience in the field proved to be invaluable, as he guided us seamlessly through the implementation process.”

Bill Hunt, CEO, HTML Global

**Autotask**

### Operational depth beyond setup

I have used and consulted on Autotask for many years across service desk, projects, contracts, exclusions, work types, recurring services, procurement, accounting and profitability.

[Read the Autotask billing roadmap](https://benspector.uk/insights/fixing-msp-billing-and-profitability-in-autotask-a-12-month-roadmap/?hsLang=en-gb)

Frequently asked questions

Do we need to rebuild our Autotask portal?

Usually not. I first identify which configuration, data and process decisions are causing the problem. A controlled repair is often safer than a wholesale rebuild.

Can you help with contracts and billing only?

Yes. A defined contract, recurring-service or billing project can be scoped separately when the dependencies are clear.

Do you work with QuickBooks and Xero integrations?

Yes. I work on the product, service, billing-code and accounting mappings around both QuickBooks and Xero, while keeping the accounting system's role clear.

Can you make bulk changes to existing data?

Where the API supports it, guarded bulk changes can be safer and more consistent than manual editing. Every change needs a dry run, exact scope and rollback evidence.

## Discuss the Autotask problem you need to solve

Share the symptom, the area of Autotask involved and what the business needs to trust afterwards. I’ll help you work out the most sensible starting point.

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