FRACTIONAL CFO FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL CONTRACTORS.
We run the finance function for structural steel 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.
In structural steel nothing gets fabricated until paper clears the engineer of record, so the detailing phase is either billed or donated. AISC's Code of Standard Practice puts shop and erection drawings on the fabricator, most rejections trace to incomplete coordination and missing joint detail, and every review cycle moves the mill order, the delivery, and the crane schedule with it. We code crane cost by lift and document standby the same day, because the most expensive spread on the project idles for foundation problems, incomplete inspections, and poor access, and erection crews are rarely the cause. Then we split fabrication from erection into two P&Ls and put a dated price basis with escalation into the contract, since steel moved roughly 18 percent in a year on layered tariffs against fabrication benchmarked at $1,800 to $3,200 a ton.
THE THREE THINGS THAT DRAIN THE CASH.
The Paper Gate
Nothing fabricates until shop drawings clear the EOR, and most rejections trace to coordination gaps the fabricator controls. Every review cycle moves the mill order, the delivery, and the crane schedule, and the detailing phase is billed or it's donated.
The Idle Crane
The most expensive spread on the project idles when foundations, inspections, or access aren't ready, and erection crews are rarely the cause. Crane cost coded by lift plus same-day standby documentation converts the GC's unreadiness into a claim instead of a loss.
The Ton Tape
Steel up 18 percent in a year on tariffs, fabrication benchmarked at $1,800 to $3,200 per ton, sold into fixed-price contracts. Without escalation clauses and dated price bases, the steel contractor is trading commodities with a crane. (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: Structural Steel 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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