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 using 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 using 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. 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.
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, and your office stops keying the same numbers twice every week.
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