FRACTIONAL CFO FOR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS.
We run the finance function for electrical subcontractors doing $1M to $12M: job costing aligned to the way you estimate, a 13 week cash flow forecast, monthly WIP, and a CFO in the room every month. Pricing starts at $1,900 per month.
Electrical carries one of the heaviest overhead rates in this dataset, because trucks, lifts, and tooling all live in the office instead of on the job. So we start there, then we go after the two clocks. Copper traded at $5.92 a pound in May 2026, up 24.75 percent year over year with a 50 percent tariff behind it, and medium-voltage gear is effectively sold out through 2028 with 10 to 30 percent deposits required to hold a slot, which makes a fixed-price bid without an escalation clause an unhedged position. We split the service division from the construction division into separate P&Ls, put stored-materials billing on the schedule of values, and run collections on a cadence with lien deadlines calendared.
THE THREE THINGS THAT DRAIN THE CASH.
The Copper Clock
Material risk now has two hands: price (copper up 24.75 percent year over year with a 50 percent tariff) and time (panels at 16+ weeks, medium-voltage gear sold out through 2028). Fixed-price bids without escalation clauses and early buyout are unhedged positions.
The Rough-In Desert
Labor and wire go in the wall early; trim-out billing lands months later. The middle of every job is financed by the contractor unless stored-materials billing and front-loaded schedules of values close the gap.
The 120-Day Receivable
A $2.3M electrical contractor carried $365K at 120 days. AR discipline (lien deadlines calendared, retainage tracked as its own class, collections on a cadence) is the difference between a profitable book and a payday-loan lifestyle. (cfos-cash-control-system) ---
WHAT WE CHANGE.
FLAT MONTHLY FEE. NO SURPRISES.
Priced by trailing 12 month revenue. No hourly billing. No payroll. No add-ons.
| Last 12 months revenue | Monthly fee |
|---|---|
| Up to $1M | $1,900 to $2,900 |
| $1M to $3.5M | $2,600 to $3,900 |
| $3.5M to $6.5M | $3,800 to $5,700 |
| $6.5M to $9.5M | $5,100 to $7,100 |
| $9.5M to $12.5M | $6,100 to $8,500 |
| $12.5M to $15.5M | $7,400 to $11,000 |
| $15.5M to $18.5M | $9,400 to $13,500 |
| $18.5M+ | Quoted individually |
Range reflects the three tiers below. Which one you're in depends on how much of the work you want off your desk. No payroll. No hidden line items.
You stop guessing.
You get the CFO work. Job costing built against the way you estimate, a 13 week cash forecast, monthly WIP, and a meeting every month that ends in decisions rather than a report.
Your bookkeeper keeps doing the books.
You stop touching the books.
Everything in Core, and we run the bookkeeping and the controllership as well. Nobody in your office is answering coding questions or chasing a reconciliation at month end.
We do the books. No payroll.
Every job shows its margin while it's still running.
Everything in Executive, plus the job costing and WIP platform set up, loaded with your cost codes, and managed for you every month. You never have to learn it.
We do the job costing.
Prevailing wage note: Electrical work often runs on public bids, which means certified payroll and wage classifications have to line up with the job cost record. ControlQore holds the classification against the cost code, so the certified report and the job cost report come from the same data instead of somebody keying the same numbers twice every week.
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