Best CFO for Interior Contractors
The best CFO for a commercial interior contractor already knows that millwork and specialty finishes are not the same job costing problem, that TI schedules move and the billing structure has to survive that, and that getting paid on a TI job sometimes means navigating three approval parties before the draw clears. Generic CFOs learn this at your expense. SPM already knows it.
Commercial interior contractors doing tenant improvement fit-out, millwork, specialty finishes, and custom built-ins work in one of the most billing-complex environments in commercial construction. Multiple decision makers on TI approvals. Volatile occupancy schedules. Material-heavy scopes that require procurement deposits. And work types that have completely different margin profiles that become invisible the moment they are tracked together.
Interior-Specific Financial Control
Millwork, Finishes, Built-Ins -- Each Tracked Separately
A millwork package on a $800K TI job has completely different labor and material ratios than the specialty finish work on the same job. When tracked together, a profitable millwork scope subsidizes an underpriced finish scope indefinitely. Per-work-type job costing closes this feedback loop -- every closeout tells you exactly which work type made or lost money so estimating corrects on the next bid.
Build Billing Recovery Into the SOV -- Not Into Milestones
Tenant improvement schedules are driven by landlord decisions, permit timelines, and prior tenant vacate events -- none of which you control. The right SOV for TI work front-loads mobilization and material procurement as separate line items billed at contract execution, so the schedule delay affects completion billing -- not your ability to recover startup costs.
Tenant and Landlord and GC and Property Manager. Four Potential Approval Loops.
TI work can require pay app approval from a tenant, a landlord, a property manager, and a GC -- each with their own review timeline and cutoff date. Miss any one and the draw slides 30 days. CFOS tracks every approval party for every active TI project and submits every pay app with enough lead time to clear the entire chain on the first cycle.
FLAT MONTHLY FEE. NO SURPRISES.
- ControlQore setup and job costing
- Full-service bookkeeping
- Monthly job cost reports
- Everything in Core
- Monthly CFO advisory meeting
- Cash forecasting and AR follow-up
- Strategic accountability
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