Updated April 2026 · Reviewed by Cory Salisbury, Construction Financial Specialist
You're outgrowing basic bookkeeping but aren't ready to hire a $150K CFO. We fill that gap. Our fractional CFO system combines real-time job costing, cash flow forecasting, WIP reporting, and a single-source-of-truth dashboard—all designed for the way construction actually operates. From $500K to $10M, we give you the financial visibility and strategic guidance your contractors actually need.
Most construction companies at $500K–$5M revenue hit the same wall. Your QuickBooks is a mess. You don't know which jobs are profitable until it's too late. Your accountant files taxes once a year and tells you nothing about cash flow. You're flying blind, making decisions with incomplete data, and probably leaving money on the table.
Hiring a full-time CFO costs $120K–$200K annually—money you don't have, or don't want to spend on overhead. But you need CFO-level insights: job profitability, cost control, cash forecasting, and strategic guidance.
No job-level profitability. You bill jobs, but can't tell if they made or lost money until months later.
Cash surprises. Big jobs pay slowly; payroll is every Friday. You scramble to cover gaps.
Broken books. Commingled personal expenses, misclassified costs, zero WIP tracking, inconsistent job structure.
Manual chaos. Bookkeeper drowning in spreadsheets, invoicing, and reclassification instead of strategy.
We're not just accountants. We're fractional CFOs. We come in, diagnose your financial mess, build a clean system, automate the routine work, and then advise on growth, profitability, and cash management every single month.
Audit your current books, identify gaps, benchmark costs against industry standards, and understand your job structure and pain points.
Design the right chart of accounts, job cost structure, labor categories, overhead allocation, and reporting framework for your business.
Set up integrations between your estimating software, payroll, QuickBooks, and BuilderCFO. Clean historical data. Build dashboards and recurring workflows.
Monthly strategic reviews: job profitability, cost control, cash forecasting, growth planning, and actionable recommendations tailored to your goals.
Result: By day 90, you have a clean chart of accounts, accurate WIP, real-time job costing, 12–24 month cash forecasts, and a CFO who actually understands construction. No more surprises. No more guesswork.
The complete Salisbury approach: Assess → Architect → Automate → Advise. Transform chaos into clarity in 90 days.
Learn More →Monthly strategic financial guidance. Job profitability analysis, cost control, cash planning, and growth strategy—without the $150K salary.
Learn More →Real-time job-level profit and loss. Every labor hour, material, and sub cost tagged to a job. Know margin before the invoice hits.
Learn More →12–24 month cash projections based on your job cycle and payment terms. Avoid emergency loans and payroll scrambles.
Learn More →Accurate work-in-progress tracking using percentage-of-completion or completed-contract method. Banks and lenders require it.
Learn More →We integrate your estimating software, payroll, QuickBooks or Xero, and BuilderCFO. One clean data pipeline, zero manual entry.
Learn More →Real-time visibility into job costs, gross margin, cash position, and forecasts. Mobile and desktop. One source of truth.
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"We were losing money on jobs and didn't know it. Cory installed BuilderCFO and real-time job costing. Within 30 days, we caught a $40K cost overrun that was happening in real-time. That one catch paid for months of service. Now I actually know which jobs are profitable before we finish them."
Bookkeeping is transactional—recording invoices, expenses, and payroll. Fractional CFO is strategic—analyzing job profitability, forecasting cash flow, identifying cost overruns, and advising on growth. We do both, but our CFO layer turns raw numbers into decisions. Most contractors need CFO guidance by the time they hit $500K revenue, not just a cleaner ledger.
Every cost (labor, materials, subs, equipment) gets tagged to a specific job in real-time. BuilderCFO syncs with QuickBooks, Xero, and your estimating software to pull costs automatically. You see job-level P&L, gross margin by job, and cost variance the moment something drifts. No manual spreadsheets, no month-end surprises.
WIP is revenue you've earned but haven't billed yet. Many contractors underestimate WIP and think they're more profitable than they are. We calculate WIP using percentage-of-completion or completed-contract method, so your financial statements show true profitability. Banks and lenders require accurate WIP for loans.
Phase 1 (Assess): We audit your current books, identify gaps, and benchmark against industry. Phase 2 (Architect): We design the right chart of accounts, job structure, and reporting. Phase 3 (Automate): We set up integrations, dashboards, and recurring workflows. Phase 4 (Advise): We become your CFO—monthly reviews, forecasting, and strategic guidance. Full transition takes 90 days to full visibility.
Yes. We specialize in fixing construction books. Most contractors have commingled personal and business expenses, misclassified costs, or zero job tracking. We reclassify history, set up the right structure, and automate going forward. Cleanup typically takes 4–6 weeks, then you're on a clean system.
We project cash 12–24 months out using historical job cycles, payment terms, and seasonal patterns. This catches cash shortfalls before they hit—so you avoid emergency loans or late payroll. Construction is lumpy: big jobs pay slowly, but payroll is weekly. Forecasting bridges the gap.
Let's talk about where your business stands financially. We'll diagnose your current system, identify quick wins, and map out a plan to get you 90-day full visibility.
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