Cash management
Cash flow forecasting
The point where total receipts and total payments are equal, so you know what each month has to bring in.
Pay bills from cash you have, on a regular cycle, instead of scrambling.
Controls that keep your cash safe from theft.
Get cash in faster and use the excess to grow or pay down debt.
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.
Tell us about your company, your software and what isn’t working.
We look at your books, WIP and cash position and tell you what we’d fix first.
We clean up what needs fixing and set up job costing and 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.
A week-by-week estimate of the cash coming in and going out over the next 13 weeks, so you can see shortfalls before they happen.
Profit shows whether your jobs make money. Cash shows whether you can pay your bills this week. A contractor can be profitable on paper and still run short of cash because of retainage, slow draws and payroll.
We have relationships with banks and lenders and can help you find the right financing. We’ve obtained lines of credit, term loans and mortgage loans for construction companies.
We look at your books, WIP and cash position and tell you what we’d fix first, with no obligation.
QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Sage 100 Contractor, Sage 300 CRE, Foundation, Sage Intacct, Viewpoint Vista and Plexxis. See what we do in each one.
Bill as soon as the contract allows, including change orders, ask for deposits where you can, follow up on late payments right away, collect retainage at closeout, and time your bills to when cash comes in. The forecast shows which of these will make the biggest difference for you.
