Strategic Planning

Growth and Exit Planning for Contractors

A written plan and budget, checked against your results every month, so you can grow on purpose and be ready for what comes next.

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If two or more of these sound familiar, let’s talk.

What We Do

How We Help You Plan

We help you build an annual business plan and budget. Then, in the monthly, quarterly and annual reports we prepare, we compare your actual results to the plan for the month and year to date, explain what changed, and update your forecast for the rest of the year and beyond.

Growth planning

  • Annual business plan and budget
  • Plan vs. actual results every month
  • Updated forecasts for the rest of the year
  • The staff and spending you need to grow
  • Measures for staff performance and bonuses

Deals and exit planning

  • Mergers, acquisitions, ESOPs and exit planning
  • Analysis of major purchases and capital spending
  • A plan and numbers lenders and investors can trust
  • Getting ready to sell or bring in a partner
Learn more in our guide to budgeting and forecasting, or see all our construction services.

Why It Matters

Why a Written Plan Pays Off

A strategic plan puts your goals in writing and shares them with your team. Measuring results against the plan lets you adjust before things get off course, set the right level of staff and spending, and tie bonuses to real performance.
It also gives lenders and investors confidence that you know where the company is going.

Contingency Planning

Plan for the Unexpected

A business contingency plan is a roadmap for getting back to normal after a disruption: a key person leaves, your systems go down, or your office can’t be used. Many businesses don’t recover from a disaster because they never planned for one.
We help you build a written contingency plan as part of your strategic plan, and test it so your team knows what to do when it counts.

What a Contingency Plan Covers

One Person in Charge

Someone responsible for writing the plan, keeping it current and making sure it works.

Key People and Tasks

Who does what, who gets called and in what order, and where everyone goes.

Records and Systems

How documents and systems are backed up, and which ones must be running first.

Insurance

A review of your coverage, including business interruption, so a claim holds no surprises.

Client Review

What Clients Say

“I’ve been meeting and consulting with Jason Lefkowitz of CFO Strategies on financial planning for my construction company, particularly around acquisitions and vertical integration. Jason is a well-informed industry leader whose insight has been invaluable.”
Eddie Varricchio, Google review

Meet Alan

Led by a Former Construction CFO

Alan G. Lefkowitz, CPA, founded CFO Strategies in 2009 and has 46 years of business experience. For over 10 years he was CFO of mid-sized construction and real estate companies, overseeing the financial performance of major New York projects, including the Yankee Stadium and the Goldman Sachs office tower. Today he and his team bring that experience to contractors who need CFO-level help without a full-time hire.

From First Call to Monthly Reporting

1. Book a Call

Tell us about your company, your software and what isn’t working.

2. Free Cash Flow Review

We look at your books, WIP and cash position and tell you what we’d fix first.

3. Cleanup and Setup

We clean up what needs fixing and set up job costing and monthly reporting.

4. Monthly Reporting

Every month you get clear reports on job profitability, WIP and cash.

We can usually start within a couple of weeks, after a short review of your books. See how it works or view our pricing.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers about strategic planning for contractors.

Putting your goals, budget and plan in writing, then comparing your actual results to the plan every month so you can adjust before things get off course.

In the monthly, quarterly and annual reports we prepare, we compare actual results to the plan for the month and year to date, and update the forecast.

A written plan for getting your business back to normal after a disruption, like losing a key person, a system failure or not being able to use your office.

Writing the plan and then not using it. A plan only helps if you compare your results to it every month and adjust, which is why we build that comparison into your monthly reports.

Yes. Our CFOs help with mergers, acquisitions, ESOPs and exit planning.

QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Sage 100 Contractor, Sage 300 CRE, Foundation, Sage Intacct, Viewpoint Vista and Plexxis. See what we do in each one.

Risk management works to keep problems from happening, with insurance, bonding, internal controls and a close watch on cash. A contingency plan is what you’ll do if something goes wrong anyway, like losing a key person or not being able to use your office. A good strategic plan covers both.

Put Your Plan in Writing

Book a free consultation. We’ll look at your numbers and tell you what we’d fix first, with no obligation.

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