Accounting & Fractional CFO Support for US Contractors

Financials Built for Bigger Contracts, Better Financing and Better Decisions

Founder-led accounting and fractional CFO support for established US roofing and specialty contractors that need clearer job margins, cash flow, WIP and lender-ready reporting.

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Illustrative contractor dashboard
Cash on hand
$412,850
+3.1%
13-week forecast low
$118,400
Week 8
A/R over 30 days
$276,120
14 invoices
13-week cash forecast
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Active jobs — est. vs actual margin
  • Ridge Line — Comm. ReroofEst 22%Act 17%
  • Oak Hollow HOA — Phase 2Est 28%Act 26%
  • Millbrook RestorationEst 18%Act 9%
  • West End WarehouseEst 24%Act 25%
  • ACCA Member
  • Big Four Audit Experience
  • 9+ Years in Finance & Accounting
  • US Contractor Finance Experience
The problem

More revenue does not automatically mean more cash.

Materials are purchased before collections arrive. Crews and subcontractors are paid while customers still owe money. Change orders, processing fees, labor burden and overhead are not always tied back to the correct job.

Estimated versus actual job margins
Problem 01
Work in progress reporting
Problem 02
Labor burden and payroll taxes
Problem 03
Retainage and slow pay-app timing
Problem 04
Change orders, refunds and processing fees
Problem 05
Cash trapped in receivables and active jobs
Problem 06

Your bookkeeper records the past. We build the financial structure, job-level visibility and cash-flow decision support that sits between basic bookkeeping and a full internal finance department — without replacing your CPA or payroll provider.

Services

Start with the financial problem you need to solve.

Standard Contractor Financial Diagnostic

$997

For owners who know something is wrong but are not yet sure whether the problem is bookkeeping, job costing, cash flow, reporting or controls.

  • Financial-data and balance-sheet review
  • Cash and working-capital assessment
  • Job-costing structure and WIP review
  • Priority action plan and findings meeting

Financial Cleanup & Setup

Scoped after the Diagnostic

Scoped after the Diagnostic. Established contractor cleanup engagements commonly start at $10,000 depending on transaction volume, backlog and complexity.

For contractors whose current books cannot support reliable management reporting, job costing or a financing discussion.

  • Balance-sheet cleanup and reconciliations
  • Chart-of-accounts restructuring
  • Job and customer mapping
  • Management-reporting setup

Monthly Contractor Accounting

Custom scoped

Custom scoped based on transaction volume, active jobs, reporting requirements and accounting complexity.

Monthly accounting for contractor owners who need more than reconciled bank accounts.

  • Monthly close and reconciliations
  • Contractor-focused chart of accounts
  • Job and customer reporting
  • Payroll accounting and labor-cost visibility
Flagship service

Fractional CFO & Cash Flow Support

Starting at $2,500 per month

Ongoing financial decision support for established contractors managing crews, projects, overhead, debt and cash pressure.

  • 13-week cash-flow forecast
  • Job-margin and WIP review
  • Owner dashboard and budget-versus-actual
  • Monthly decision meeting

Contractor Plus Books is not a CPA firm and does not provide audit, attestation, legal, or tax opinions. Payroll-processing services are not directly provided. Financing-readiness support does not guarantee lender approval.

Free tool

Model the cash a contract will tie up — before you sign it.

The Contract Cash Gap Analyzer turns retainage, pay-app timing, payment terms and material outlay into a day-by-day cash picture, so you can see whether a profitable contract is actually affordable.

Peak cash exposure

The deepest point the job takes your bank balance.

Retainage drag

How much earned margin stays locked up until release.

Levers that help

Deposit, billing frequency and terms changes, modelled.

They handled everything with precision, professionalism, and clear communication, taking the stress out of what could have been a difficult process.
Brandon Schlichter
Owner, H.C. Anderson Roofing
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Credibility

Experience across accounting, reporting, controls and contractor finance.

ACCA member with a Big Four audit background (KPMG, EY)

US GAAP financial reporting and management reporting

Contractor job costing, WIP and labor-cost visibility

QuickBooks cleanup, restructuring and migration

Rated 5/5 across 31 verified client reviews on Fiverr, where the practice built its early US client base.

How it works

From financial confusion to an owner-ready system.

Step 01
Diagnose

Identify where cash visibility, job reporting and controls break down.

Step 02
Correct

Clean up the structure, balances, processes and underlying records.

Step 03
Connect

Link accounting, jobs, customers, payroll data and reporting.

Step 04
Review

Turn the numbers into recurring owner decisions.

Founder-led delivery

Not a call center. Not a template.

Every engagement is founder-led and delivered remotely across US time zones. Clients keep full ownership of their accounting systems, banking relationships and source documents.

Muhammad Arsalan, Founder & Fractional CFO for Contractors
ACCABig Four
Muhammad Arsalan
Founder · Leads the Contractor Plus Books team
Meet the team behind your books

A real firm — led by Muhammad ArsalanACCA · Big Four audit background · Founder & Contractor CFO

Every engagement is founder led. Muhammad Arsalan, ACCA oversees scoping, financial review and decision level reporting, supported by the accounting team assigned to the engagement. Built for established and growing contractors with multiple crews, active jobs and growing financial complexity.

  • Job-level margin visibility (materials, labor burden, supplements, refunds)
  • 13-week cash-flow forecast so payroll and material buys stop feeling like a gamble
  • QuickBooks cleanup so lenders and CPAs stop asking for the same explanation twice
  • Owner dashboard and a monthly decision meeting — clear priorities, no spreadsheets
Dedicated pod per clientBookkeeper + Controller + CFOEstablished & growing contractorsRoofing & specialty trades

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Client work

Real problems. Real finance work.

Anonymized examples of how engagements typically start and where they lead.

Cleanup to bigger contract opportunities

Business result

Able to pursue larger contractual opportunities on the strength of reliable financial reporting.

  • Financial cleanup
  • Reporting improvements
  • Audit readiness

Financing need to ongoing CFO support

Business result

Financing conversations moved forward with organized, defensible financial information.

  • Back-office accounting
  • Cash-flow support
  • Fractional CFO

QuickBooks integration to finance transformation

Business result

Accounting structure and month-end process rebuilt so job and financial reporting agreed.

  • QuickBooks integration
  • Accounting structure redesign
  • Process implementation

Contractor Plus Books does not guarantee or directly cause contract awards, financing approvals or specific financial outcomes. Engagements are anonymized and generalized for client confidentiality.

FAQ

Common questions from contractor owners.

A bookkeeper may already be handling transaction recording and reconciliations. We focus on the additional structure and visibility contractor owners often need, including job-level reporting, WIP, cash forecasting, cleanup, controls, and management decision support. We can work alongside an existing bookkeeper or CPA where appropriate.

Your financial reports should answer questions.
Not create more of them.

Book a 20-minute review of your job margins, cash flow and reporting — or model a contract's cash impact first with the free analyzer.

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