Fractional Controllership for Construction Owners

What is fractional controllership?

A controller makes sure your company’s numbers are accurate, on time and useful. That means closing the books every month, keeping job costs right, staying on top of billing and collections, and watching cash. Most construction companies need that level of oversight long before they can justify a full-time controller.

With Accounting Freedom Group as your fractional controller, you get an experienced team doing that work for your company each month, for a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire. Your existing bookkeeper or office manager keeps doing the day-to-day; we review, correct, report and make sure nothing slips.

Need longer-range strategy, forecasting or financing help too? See our Fractional CFO Services.

How We Help You Build Profit

Manage Cash

Always know what’s in the bank, what’s coming in and what’s going out.

Rolling cash flow forecast for the weeks and months ahead
Weekly review of receivables and payables
Bank and credit card accounts reconciled every month
Planning ahead for payroll, materials and equipment purchases

Job Costing

Know which jobs are making money while there’s still time to act.

Job cost setup by job and cost code in your accounting software
Labor, materials, equipment and subcontractors coded to the right job
Budget-vs-actual reports for every open job
Monthly work-in-progress (WIP) schedule showing over- and under-billings

Billing

Get the money you’ve earned into your bank account faster.

Progress billing and AIA-style pay applications prepared on schedule
Change orders tracked and billed, not forgotten
Retainage tracked by job and followed up for collection
Lien waivers and subcontractor insurance certificates tracked

Profitability

See where your margin goes and keep more of what you earn.

Monthly close with a P&L, balance sheet and job reports you can read
Gross margin by job so you know which work to chase
Overhead reviewed so costs don’t creep up
Clean, timely financials for your bank, bonding company and year-round tax planning

Is this a fit for your company?

A good fit if you…

Run a general contracting, subcontracting, home building or specialty trade company
Have a bookkeeper or office manager, but no one reviewing the numbers
Find out a job lost money only after it’s finished
Have a bank or bonding company asking for better financials

Sound familiar?

You’re busier than ever, but cash still feels tight.
Invoices, change orders and retainage slip through the cracks.
Your books are months behind.
Tax time brings surprises.

You build the projects. We’ll build the financial picture behind them.

Getting started is simple

Call us

Tell us about your company, your jobs and what’s keeping you up at night.

We review your numbers

We look at your books, job costs, billing and cash flow to find where profit is leaking.

You get a clear plan

A monthly controllership plan built around how your company actually runs, with reporting you’ll actually use.

Accounting Freedom Group is a full-service consulting & advisory firm that provides timely and responsive Bookkeeping & Accounting, Tax Preparation & Planning, Fractional Controllership, Fractional CFO Services, Investor Reporting, and Personal Finance to the American entrepreneur.

Financial clarity for construction owners.