TradesTrade 05 of 08
Construction financial management for Roofing Contractors.
Roofing is weather-driven and material-heavy, with insurance and storm work that spikes cash in and out. We keep the money side steady when the work is not.
In short
How does construction financial management work for roofing contractors?
We build job costing that follows material and crew productivity job by job, and separate your steady work from the storm-driven spikes so the numbers actually tell you something. Cash-flow forecasting handles the swings that come with insurance and storm work.
ProofBonding line, six months
“A completely different product than what our old CPA produced.”
Electrical contractor, Seattle WA
$5M to $10M
What we do5 line items
On this trade
Material is a huge share of every job, storm and insurance work arrives in unpredictable waves, and crew productivity makes or breaks the margin. A busy storm season can hide that the underlying pricing is off.
We build job costing that follows material and crew productivity job by job, and separate your steady work from the storm-driven spikes so the numbers actually tell you something. Cash-flow forecasting handles the swings that come with insurance and storm work.
- Job costing on material and crew productivity
- Cash-flow forecasting for storm-work swings
- Separating insurance/storm work from base work
- WIP schedules on active roofs
- Overbilling analysis
Questions3 answered
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Our revenue is lumpy from storm work. Can you handle that?
Yes. We forecast cash through the swings and separate storm and insurance work from your base business so you can see whether the underlying pricing actually holds when the storms stop.
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Material is most of our cost. Does that change anything?
It makes material tracking against bids the single most important thing. We track it per job so a supplier price increase cannot quietly erase a roof’s margin.
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What size roofing contractor do you work with?
We focus on roofing ground-up and remodeling contractors doing $15K to $15M in revenue who need real financial visibility but do not yet warrant a full-time CFO.
NextAustin, Texas
Which job loses money right now?
A busy storm season can mask underpriced base work, and when the storms stop, the real margin is what is left.