FRACTIONAL CFO FOR MASONRY CONTRACTORS.
We run the finance function for masonry 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.
Masonry is labor first and access second, so those are the two things we measure. A crew's daily lay rate runs anywhere from 200 bricks on ornate work to 1,000 on simple walls, with experienced masons at 400 to 600 on standard work, and bidding the fast day while building the slow day converts labor variance straight into lost margin. Access is a second job inside every job, since scaffold premiums run 50 to 100 percent of labor for stages above 10 feet and scaffold, fall protection, and lifts together can add up to 40 percent to labor cost on elevated work. We also track material waste against the estimate, because standard work runs 8 to 10 percent and intricate work reaches 15, and an estimate carrying 5 percent on a 12 percent job leaks from every pallet.
THE THREE THINGS THAT DRAIN THE CASH.
The Access Tax
Scaffold, fall protection, and lifts add up to 40 percent to labor cost on elevated work, and scaffold premiums run 50 to 100 percent of labor for stages above 10 feet. Access is a second job inside every job; unpriced, it's a donation.
The Lay-Rate Spread
Crews range from 200 to 1,000 bricks a day depending on complexity. Bidding the fast day and building the slow day converts labor variance straight into lost margin, and labor is the biggest line in the trade.
The Material Bleed
Standard waste runs 8 to 10 percent and complex work reaches 15. An estimate carrying 5 percent waste on a 12 percent job leaks the difference from every pallet, and nobody sees it without variance tracking. (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.
Prevailing wage note: Masonry 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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