FRACTIONAL CFO FOR FRAMING CONTRACTORS.
We run the finance function for framing 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.
Framing sells a commodity inside a fixed-price wrapper, so buyout discipline is the first thing we build. The Random Lengths composite sat at $487 per thousand board feet in April 2026 with a $440 to $540 expected range, and framers who spot-buy from one supplier at seasonal peaks leave $10,000 to $50,000 on the table every year. We put a dated price basis and an escalation clause in the contract, split wood from light-gauge steel into separate cost codes since steel moved 18 percent in 2026 on its own tariff stack, and price specialty features at $500 to $1,500 apiece instead of folding them into square footage. Then we document acceleration when the GC compresses the schedule, because the first trade in has no float and free Saturdays come straight off an 18 percent margin.
THE THREE THINGS THAT DRAIN THE CASH.
The Commodity Wrapper
Lumber at $487 per MBF with a $440 to $540 expected range and 20 to 30 percent historic intra-year swings, sold inside fixed-price contracts. Without escalation clauses, dated price bases, and disciplined buyout, the framer is an unhedged lumber trader with a nail gun.
The Pace-Setter's Penalty
First trade in absorbs every upstream slip and every downstream schedule demand. Acceleration without documented, billed acceleration cost is free overtime donated to the GC's schedule.
The 18 Percent Ceiling
The thinnest gross margin of the served trades leaves zero absorption room. Unpriced specialty framing at $500 to $1,500 per feature and blended wood-versus-steel cost history are how a 5 percent net becomes a loss. (cfos-trade-benchmarking-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: Framing 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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