FRACTIONAL CFO FOR ELEVATOR CONTRACTORS.
We run the finance function for elevator 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.
Elevator is the one trade in this dataset with a recurring book big enough to be the business, so we build the per-unit contract P&L first. Full-maintenance contracts run $500 to $1,200 a month per traction unit and $400 to $900 hydraulic, and pricing them flat across unit ages means the best cars subsidize the worst until renewal. We track callback rate per unit and reprice at renewal, which is this trade's underwriting discipline. On the project side we run install and modernization on construction paper: equipment deposits, hoistway-readiness claims when the crew idles on somebody else's shaft, and retainage tracked against the state inspection.
THE THREE THINGS THAT DRAIN THE CASH.
The Annuity Underneath
Maintenance contracts at $500 to $1,200 per unit per month recur, compound, and explain the best net-profit floor in the 48-trade dataset. The operator who tracks per-unit contract P&L owns an asset; the one who doesn't owns a route.
The Proprietary Wall
OEM controllers, $10,000 diagnostic tools, and obsolescence declarations define the independent's serviceable universe, and every proprietary install shrinks it. Strategy in this trade starts with a map of what you can actually maintain.
The Flat-Priced Portfolio
Full-maintenance pricing is an actuarial bet, and a portfolio priced flat across unit ages subsidizes the worst cars with the best. Callback rates per unit, repriced at renewal, are the trade's underwriting discipline. (cfos-job-profitability-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.
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