FRACTIONAL CFO FOR FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACTORS.
We run the finance function for fire protection 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.
Fire protection pays for the design before a permit exists, so the first thing we fix is the schedule of values. Hydraulic calculations and stamped drawings run $1,200 to $3,000 per project out the door up front, fabricated spool deposits follow, and a schedule that starts billing at installation makes you the project's design bank. We put engineering and stored fabricated material on their own billing lines, then calendar the inspection gates, since rough-in, hydrostatic test, final, and alarm tie-in each hold a milestone and consume 8 to 16 coordination hours per project. We also run contract work and NFPA 25 inspection work as two P&Ls, because $1,000 to $2,100 per system per year recurring behaves nothing like a sprinkler contract.
THE THREE THINGS THAT DRAIN THE CASH.
The Pre-Permit Spend
$1,200 to $3,000 of hydraulic calculations and stamped drawings leave the account before a permit exists, and fabricated steel deposits follow. A schedule of values that starts billing at installation makes the contractor the project's design bank.
The Inspector's Signature
Rough-in, pressure test, final, alarm tie-in: every gate is a billing milestone someone else controls, and the AHJ signs last. Retainage release waits on the one signature the contractor can least accelerate.
The Blended-Book Blindfold
ITM recurs fast and small; contract work pays big and slow. One P&L over both hides which business funds which, and owners price both wrong until the split is on paper. (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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