Did you know? Businesses lose up to 3.6% of annual revenue to payment failures and manual recovery work, even with modern accounting software like Sage Intacct, QuickBooks, and Xero. For associations and chambers, that shortfall can underfund critical programs and erode member confidence. Disconnected billing workflows force finance teams to export CSVs, import bank feeds, and reconcile mismatches manually, resulting in errors, delays, and member frustration. Glue Up + Sage Integration changes that!
As a leading provider of association management software, we collaborate with best-in-class technology partners to optimize every stage of your workflows, from member segmentation to targeted email campaigns, event registration automation, and automated billing and payment reconciliation.
Sage Intacct, the cloud ERP version of Sage, is among our most-requested integrations for its robust accounting automation and dimensional reporting capabilities. With our secure API, you can:
Schedule recurring invoices for dues, sponsorships, and subscriptions, and post them to Sage Intacct instantly
Recover failed payments automatically with smart retry logic and branded alerts
Reconcile transactions without a single spreadsheet, feeding live financial reporting and CRM dashboards
Ready to activate? Contact your Glue Up manager to enable the Sage Intacct integration and transform your next billing cycle.
Need more details first? In this post, you’ll learn:
How Sage integration with Glue Up unifies billing—automating recurring invoices, smart retries, and real-time ledger sync.
Which member-based organizations benefit most from this end-to-end solution.
Why Sage Intacct Excels and Where Glue Up Completes the Workflow
As a finance solution, Sage Intacct delivers robust general-ledger controls, automated bank feeds, and dimensional reporting—features that make it a top choice in accounting software for member-based organizations. Yet without an association subscription billing platform, teams still wrestle with manual invoice processing and disjointed accounting and CRM systems.
Core Sage Intacct Strengths
Associations turn to Sage Intacct for its enterprise-grade financial backbone, but here’s what makes it stand out:
Robust General-Ledger Controls: The Sage API billing connection ensures every transaction hits the right revenue stream—a gala sponsorship invoice generated in Glue Up can post directly to your “Events 2025” chapter account without manual edits.
Automated Bank Feeds: Daily imports of credit cards and ACH settlements mean your finance team sees yesterday’s webinar ticket sales in Sage before morning coffee, cutting reconciliation time by half.
Dimensional Reporting: Instant P&Ls by program, region, or membership tier let you compare chapter performance—like spotting that your Midwest committee outperformed the Northeast by 12 % last quarter.
How Glue Up Fills the Gaps
While Sage handles the ledger, Glue Up’s modules bind member data, events, and billing into a single workflow:
AI-Powered CRM With Financial Integration: Member segmentation in Glue Up—filtering by engagement score or renewal risk—tags each invoice with context, so your board sees true member ROI without flipping between platforms.
Automated Invoice Flow: Set up annual dues, workshop fees, and sponsorship packages as recurring invoices in Glue Up’s finance module, and Sage Intacct records them automatically, eliminating late-night spreadsheet drudgery.
Real-Time Payment Reporting: Glue Up payment sync surfaces live status—pending, recovered, or failed—for every renewal run. Imagine watching your Q2 certification course revenue tick up in Sage as members click “Pay Now.”
To put all this into perspective, Glue Up + Sage Integration combines your membership CRM, event, and finance modules with Sage Intacct’s accounting engine into a single, frictionless pipeline. As a result, dues, renewals, and sponsorships flow automatically from invoicing to reconciliation, and staff are freed from manual toggles by crystal-clear financial visibility.
Ready to bridge your CRM and ledger? Schedule a 15-minute Sage integration setup—your account manager will help you enable the add-on and unify your billing pipeline.
Who Benefits from Glue Up + Sage Integration
Now that you’ve seen how Glue Up + Sage Integration automates recurring billing end-to-end, let’s look at the types of associations that gain the most from the add-on:
Local Associations with Mega Memberships
While it’s nearly impossible to pinpoint exactly what makes an association “large,” consider the extremes: the National Association of REALTORS® serves 1.5 million members across 54 states and over 1,000 local associations. In contrast, the British Beekeepers Association counts 28,000 members in 70+ locations.
Industry data shows that on average, large associations manage about 7,000 members. Now imagine manually billing many dues, event fees, and sponsorship invoices—each CSV export and bank-feed import multiplies your risk of errors and delays.
How Glue Up + Sage Integration Empowers Mega Memberships
Automate Recurring Billing at Scale: Glue Up schedules 7,000+ dues invoices and pushes them via Sage API billing connection, eliminating manual runs.
Embed Chapter and Segment Tags: Every invoice carries the correct region, program, and pricing tier from Glue Up’s CRM with financial integration, so budgets stay accurate.
Create A Unified Financial Ledger: Glue Up payment sync with Sage Intacct feeds cleared funds directly into your general ledger—no spreadsheets, no reconciliation headaches.
Cut Late-Payment Chases: Automatic retry logic in Sage Intacct and branded reminders from Glue Up reduce failed dues collection and secure timely renewals.
This automated billing workflow transforms tens of thousands of invoices into a reliable, error-free routine, freeing your finance team to focus on strategic growth rather than data cleanup.
Tip: In Glue Up’s AI-powered CRM, use the bulk subscription list import to load all member tiers and chapter assignments at once, then map those tiers to Sage Intacct accounts and classes in Finance Settings, so your next bulk invoice run flows through Sage API billing connection without a single manual edit.
Regional Associations Operating Across Multiple Jurisdictions
While not every large association manages hundreds of thousands of members, many oversee local chapters to connect regionally. In fact, according to Mariner Management, 75% of associations operate across 74 chapters with 308 members each.
This creates dozens of unique due structures, tax rules, and compliance requirements, all amplifying billing complexity.
How Glue Up + Sage Intacct Integration Streamlines Regional Billing
Enforce Location-Specific Tax Compliance: Glue Up tags each invoice with state or country codes; Sage Intacct then applies the correct GST/HST, VAT, or sales-tax lines automatically.
Schedule Chapter-Level Billing Cycles: Set renewal dates and pricing tiers for each chapter in Glue Up’s dues management system; Sage Intacct processes them on schedule via our Sage API billing connection.
Consolidate Multi-Entity Reporting: Glue Up payment sync with Sage Intacct pushes all chapter revenues into a single dashboard, eliminating manual CSV merges.
Automate Multi-Currency Transactions: Members pay in local currencies through Glue Up; Sage Intacct’s multi-currency module converts and books each transaction against the home-office ledger.
Tip: In Glue Up’s chapter setup, assign each region its tax and pricing rules, then map those location codes to Sage Intacct dimensions; scheduling chapter-level billing cycles will automatically apply the correct GST/HST, VAT, or sales-tax lines and post them in one unified workflow.
Associations With Diverse Program Portfolios
Many associations earn 60–70% of their revenue from events, sponsorships, and subscription services rather than dues alone. Hence, billing across multiple offerings, from annual membership to certification courses, digital subscriptions, and one-off workshops, can overwhelm manual invoice processing and lead to recurring billing errors.
How Sage Integration Streamlines Program-Based Billing
Consolidate Program Invoices: Create bundled invoices in Glue Up’s finance module for dues, event registrations, and add-on services; Sage Intacct records a single, clean journal entry per member.
Automate One-Off and Recurring Billing: Schedule both subscription billing for e-learning and ad-hoc workshop fees; Sage Intacct’s API billing connection posts each charge on time without manual intervention.
Monitor Program Profitability: Glue Up’s event integration software feeds revenue details into Sage Intacct’s dimensional reporting, so you see P&Ls by program in real time.
Manage Subscription Lifecycles: Use Glue Up’s subscription management tool to handle upgrades, downgrades, and cancellations; Sage integration ensures your financial reports stay accurate.
Tip: Use the Membership module’s subscription list import to batch-upload all program stock keeping units (SKUs) with their billing intervals, then map each SKU once to Sage Intacct dimensions in Glue Up’s Finance Settings, so your next program billing launch takes minutes instead of hours.
Thousands of members? Multiple chapters? Diverse revenue streams? Automate them all. Book your 15-minute Sage integration sprint today.
Drive Sustainable Growth with Error-Free Billing
Bain & Company found that improving member retention by just 5% can boost profits by up to 95%. Yet every billing mistake puts that upside at risk under tight board and audit scrutiny. Manual tasks like CSV exports, bank‐feed imports, and reconciliation cycles erode accuracy and steal hours from your team.
Sage integration with our AI membership management software removes those hurdles. Recurring invoices run automatically in the finance module and post instantly to Sage Intacct. Intelligent retry logic recovers failed charges without intervention. Every payment syncs in real time, so your general ledger stays current without a single spreadsheet.
You gain live reporting across all chapters and programs. Your finance team reclaims days each month to focus on strategy, not data cleanup. And your members experience seamless renewals that reinforce their trust.
Ready to turn billing into a strategic advantage? Contact your Glue Up account manager to purchase the Sage Intacct add-on.
Want to explore other ways to streamline your association workflow? Visit the Glue Up Add-On Cart to discover integrations that elevate your events, engagement, and finance workflows.
