FRACTIONAL CFO FOR MARINE CONTRACTORS.
We run the finance function for marine 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.
Marine runs a floating spread that bills by the day whether the weather cooperates or not, so spread-day rates and a weather-standby cost code are the first two things we build. A barge, crane, and tug sitting through a blow costs the same as one working, which is equipment utilization at ten times the stakes of a dirt job. We put mobilization and demobilization on their own schedule-of-values lines, because getting a spread to site through tug transit, tow permits, crane rigging, and spud setup is a six-figure event on real jobs. Then we run the permit calendar as the cash calendar, since USACE Section 404, state Section 401, and environmental work windows decide when the spread can work at all.
THE THREE THINGS THAT DRAIN THE CASH.
The Spread That Never Sleeps
Barges, cranes, and tugs bill by the day whether the weather cooperates or not, which is why marine overhead runs 16 percent at the small end. Spread-day rates and weather-standby cost codes are the trade's version of equipment utilization, at ten times the stakes.
The Window
USACE permits, environmental windows, and tide tables decide when the work happens; the contractor decides only whether the cash plan matches. Peak-window competition alone can shift bids 10 to 25 percent.
The Sub-Tier Maze
Under a prime on federal or port work, lien rights become Miller Act bond rights, deadlines change, and flow-downs govern. A $25M marine GC runs on systems because at marine scale, paperwork discipline is cash discipline. (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.
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