Spend management for professional services

Every expense, tied to the right client.

Layer Two is designed to help consulting firms, law practices, accounting offices, and design agencies issue project cards, track billable expenses, and maintain the documentation their clients and auditors expect.

Products and features may vary by region and partners. Cards issued through licensed program partners.

Per-engagement cardsBillable taggingAudit trailReal-time approvals
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Layer Two
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Cardholder

APEX LEGAL LLP

Budget

S$5,000

Client Meeting
S$42.50 · Billable
Approval pending
S$1,200 · awaiting partner
Singapore
Operating region
99.9%
Platform uptime target
<5 min
Typical card issuance*
24/7
Support availability

* Subject to verification requirements.

The challenge

Professional-services expense management is still reactive.

Most firms discover these problems at month-end reconciliation — when it's too late to enforce policy or recover client costs accurately.

Attribution done in spreadsheets

Expenses mixed across personal and corporate cards. Billing allocation happens at month-end — when the opportunity to enforce policy is already gone.

No billable / internal split at source

The line between client-reimbursable and internal costs is drawn by hand, long after the transaction. Errors directly impact client invoice accuracy.

Approval by email chain

No threshold enforcement. No audit trail. Partner sign-off sent by reply-all and then lost in an inbox. Auditors ask for evidence that doesn't exist.

The solution

Control at the point of spend.

STEP 1
Issue Card
Per engagement
STEP 2
Classify Spend
Billable at source
STEP 3
Route Approval
Threshold-triggered
STEP 4
Export Records
Audit-ready
Old way
  • Expenses on personal cards — attribution in end-of-month spreadsheets
  • Billable vs internal split drawn manually, errors impact client invoices
  • Partner approval by email reply-all · no trail, no threshold
  • T&E receipts chased down after the fact · month-end bottleneck
With Layer Two
  • Dedicated engagement card · automatic project-code tag at point of spend
  • Classification built into transaction flow · billable tagging at source
  • In-platform multi-level routing · full decision history · threshold alerts
  • Receipt capture at transaction time · reconciliation-ready records always on hand
By practice area

Designed for your firm.

Management Consulting

Managing Partner · Finance Director

Challenge: Multi-project travel mixed, no accurate client billing.

Solution: Per-engagement virtual cards · automatic billable tagging · export to billing workflow

Law Firm / Legal Practice

Partner · Legal Ops Manager

Challenge: Disbursements, expert fees, and travel need matter-level attribution.

Solution: Matter-specific cards · merchant controls · mandatory approval above threshold

Accounting & Audit

CFO · Practice Manager

Challenge: T&E reimbursement manual, audit records incomplete.

Solution: Approval workflows with full audit trail · reconciliation-ready receipt capture

Design & Creative Agency

Studio Director · Operations Manager

Challenge: Tools, contractors, and client entertainment untracked.

Solution: Category-restricted cards · contractor controls · entertainment caps

Platform

Designed for the full project lifecycle.

From issuing a card at engagement kickoff to exporting a billable expense summary for client invoicing. Capabilities vary by product, region, and program partners.

Capabilities
Engagement-level virtual card issuance
Per project or client matter · subject to program terms
Billable / non-billable classification
At point of transaction · may be auto-classified by merchant category
Multi-level approval routing
Configurable thresholds · junior → senior → partner chains
Client expense report export
Itemized by engagement · CSV and PDF · subject to plan features
Merchant category T&E controls
Airlines, hotels, restaurants, transport · configurable per policy
Multi-currency support
International engagements · FX fees per fee schedule
Role-based permissions
By seniority level, team, or department
Full audit trail
Every approval, decline, and policy change logged
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Active Cards
12
This Month
S$8.4K
Pending
3
Monthly Spend (S$K)↑ 12%
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Recent Transactions
A
Apex Legal LLP
BillableS$215
F
Flight KUL–SIN
T&ES$380
H
Hotel Marina Bay
BillableS$320
R
Restaurant
BillableS$98

Illustrative only. Subject to program availability and region.

Ready when you are

Bring accountability to your firm's expenses.

Apply to explore what's available for your professional-services firm. Cards are issued through licensed program partners. Eligibility and availability vary by region. See our fee schedule for current rates.