$80,000
“Eleven years thinking I understood my books. First month in, they found a job I thought made money had quietly lost about $80,000 over two years.”
AboutAustin, Texas
We are a construction financial management firm and only that. Not a general practice that also takes contractors. We came to this work through the trade, and we built the whole firm around how contractors actually run money.
Who is Blackthorne Wicker?
A construction financial management firm in Austin, Texas, and only that. Not a general practice that also takes contractors. We prepare and file the tax work in-house instead of sending it out. The whole firm is built around the way contractors run money.
$80,000
“Eleven years thinking I understood my books. First month in, they found a job I thought made money had quietly lost about $80,000 over two years.”
“A completely different product than what our old CPA produced.”
$5M to $10M
+$350,000
“Selling the business, our books were a mess. They cleaned up three years in eight weeks.”
Contractors do not fail because they run out of work. They fail because they could not see a job going underwater until the money was already gone.
Get your numbers correctThe trade first
Contractors do not fail because they run out of work. They fail because they could not see a job going underwater until the money was already gone.
Construction runs in the family. Cyril J. Punay is first generation. His father immigrated, built a business, then settled in Texas and worked as an electrical wireman on commercial and industrial jobs across the state. He taught Cyril the tools, and the creativity, grit and plain stubbornness it takes to build something that lasts.
Measure twice, cut once. That is why the firm does one industry and not five. It is also why the same people who build the job cost report also prepare the tax return.
Which job loses money right now?
You cannot see the profit on a job. You must calculate it.