A Construction Financial Authority keeps your books every week — not once a month — understands construction finance at the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) level, and finds the money you're losing before the year is over, not after. It's a different role than a standard bookkeeper, and the difference isn't marketing — it's cadence and construction-specific expertise.
What Makes This Different From a Standard Bookkeeper
- Weekly, not monthly. Construction margins move fast enough that a monthly look is often a month too late to correct course on an open job.
- CFO-level construction literacy. Job costing, WIP (Work in Progress) schedules, departmentalized financial statements, percentage-of-completion accounting — these aren't add-ons, they're the baseline for understanding a trade contractor's numbers.
- Represents you before the IRS. As an Enrolled Agent (EA), I'm federally licensed to represent clients directly before the IRS — a standard bookkeeper cannot do this.
Where This Comes From
I built this from the operating side, not just the bookkeeping side. I was CFO at a company that grew from $3 million to $42 million in annual revenue, and COO at a company that grew from $30 million to $265 million. Both were construction and trade-services businesses — meaning the financial systems I'm describing here are ones I built and ran, not ones I read about.
What You Actually Get
- Weekly bookkeeping cadence, not month-end catch-up.
- Job costing set up and maintained per job, not reconstructed at year-end.
- Departmentalized financial statements by service line.
- A current WIP schedule your banker or bonding company can actually use.
- Direct IRS representation if you ever need it — no handoff to a third party.
A bookkeeper records what happened. A Construction Financial Authority tells you what's about to happen if you don't change something — and gives you enough runway to actually change it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from a regular bookkeeper?
Cadence and construction-specific expertise — weekly bookkeeping, job costing, WIP schedules, and departmentalized statements, backed by CFO- and COO-level operating experience in construction.
What is an Enrolled Agent?
A tax professional federally licensed by the IRS to represent taxpayers directly — in audits, appeals, and collections matters — the same representation rights as an attorney or CPA in front of the IRS.
Who is this built for?
Florida trade contractors roughly in the $1 million to $5 million annual revenue range — established enough to have real financial complexity, not yet large enough for an in-house CFO.