FRACTIONAL CFO FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION CONTRACTORS.
We run the finance function for environmental remediation 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.
In remediation the contingency is the estimate, so that's where we start. Published cost analysis puts scope contingency at 10 to 25 percent of direct cost and bid contingency at 5 to 15 percent, and under 10 percent combined on a poorly characterized site is an underscoped proposal rather than a competitive one. We structure contingency to characterization quality, choose unit-rate over lump-sum where the Phase II is thin, and bill manifest-complete so no load leaves without the paper that substantiates it. We also size the reserve behind pollution liability, because CERCLA is strict, retroactive, and joint and several, and one published contractor scenario drew penalties above $6.1 million.
THE THREE THINGS THAT DRAIN THE CASH.
The Strict-Liability Shadow
CERCLA reaches the contractor who releases what it was hired to contain, and one crushed-drum scenario drew $6.1 million in penalties. Pollution liability coverage, notification protocols, and incident reserves are the trade's license to operate.
The Honest Unknown
Under 10 percent combined contingency on a poorly characterized site is underscoping, not competitiveness, and mismatched technology re-remediates at 2 to 3x. Contingency structured to characterization quality is the estimate matching the work.
The Manifest Trail
Disposal class sets the gate rate, the manifest substantiates the bill, and a load without its paper is a liability in transit. Manifest-complete billing is the trade's version of documentation-complete. (cfos-job-profitability-system) ---
WHAT WE CHANGE.
FLAT MONTHLY FEE. NO SURPRISES.
Priced by trailing 12 month revenue. No hourly billing. No payroll. The one-time onboarding fee is right here in the table.
| Last 12 months revenue | Monthly fee | One-time onboarding |
|---|---|---|
| Up to $1M | $1,900 to $2,900 | $1,000 |
| $1M to $3.5M | $2,600 to $3,900 | $1,500 |
| $3.5M to $6.5M | $3,800 to $5,700 | $3,000 |
| $6.5M to $9.5M | $5,100 to $7,100 | $4,500 |
| $9.5M to $12.5M | $6,100 to $8,500 | $6,000 |
| $12.5M to $15.5M | $7,400 to $11,000 | $7,500 |
| $15.5M to $18.5M | $9,400 to $13,500 | $9,000 |
| $18.5M+ | Quoted individually | Quoted individually |
The onboarding fee covers migrating your books back to the start of your last taxable year and getting you fully operational in 60 days. It's billed once, with your first invoice. It's the same for all three tiers. Your first month is prorated, and your monthly engagement starts on the first of the first full month.
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. The onboarding fee is right here in the table.
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 and never in a report.
Your bookkeeper still does the books.
You stop touching the books.
Everything in Core, and we run the bookkeeping and the controllership as well. Your office stops answering coding questions and stops chasing a reconciliation on the last day of the month.
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 books, the job costing, and the software. No payroll.
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