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Get MatchedFor companies where project profitability doesn’t always translate into cash. We bring structure to WIP, improve cash flow visibility, and strengthen financial control.
Construction and engineering firms don’t fail from lack of work. They struggle when financial visibility breaks down across active projects.
Delayed billing, inaccurate WIP, and uneven cash flow create gaps between reported performance and actual results. Those gaps are where risk builds.
Our construction CFO support brings structure to project financials, improves reporting accuracy, and creates clarity across jobs, cash, and margins.
In many cases, companies bring in a construction CFO not just because of growth, but when financial complexity starts to outpace internal systems, reporting becomes unreliable, and visibility across projects begins to break down.
Build forward-looking financial plans that support growth and better decisions.
Maintain reliable reporting, improve margins and cost structure, and support audits.
Manage cash flow, plan capital needs, and support financing and banking relationships.
Build models and KPIs, analyze performance trends, and deliver actionable insights.
Support board reporting, investor communications, and fundraising readiness.
Prepare for fundraising, M&A, or exits with clean books and clear metrics.
Three steps. Two minutes. Zero guesswork.
Answer a few quick questions about your business, challenges, and goals – takes less than 2 minutes.
We connect you with qualified CFOs experienced in your industry and ready to support your specific needs.
Speak with up to five CFOs, compare perspectives, and select the right fit for your business.
No fees. No commissions. You choose who to work with.
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Seasoned finance executive with over 15 years of experience leading financial strategy, operations, and investment oversight across complex real estate portfolios, development platforms, and family offices.
Before moving into principal-side roles, spent nearly a decade in Big 4 and mid-market advisory with KPMG, RSM, and BDO, conducting due diligence for multibillion-dollar real estate and private equity transactions. Holds a Master of Professional Studies in Real Estate from Georgetown University.
Industries: SaaS / Technology · Healthcare · Ecommerce · Construction · Professional Services · Nonprofit · Insurance · Retail · CPG
Fractional CFO with 15+ years of experience helping companies improve financial performance, strengthen cash flow, and scale operations. Works with businesses across industries, supports leadership with forecasting, KPI reporting, fundraising, and M&A readiness. Has held senior finance roles at CVS Health and Penn State Health, working with multi-billion-dollar budgets and complex operations.
Industries: SaaS / Technology · Ecommerce · Healthcare · Professional Services · Real Estate / Construction
Accomplished finance leader with 25+ years driving financial strategy, operations, and growth across private and public tech companies worldwide. 15+ years as a Fractional CFO supporting VC-backed startups and scaling SaaS businesses globally. Helped raise over $500M in equity, built finance teams from scratch, led M&A, and developed systems and reporting infrastructure needed to scale responsibly and efficiently.
Industries: SaaS / Technology · Ecommerce · Healthcare · Real Estate / Construction· Alternative Assets · Retail · Life Sciences
Fractional CFO with 30+ years across Wall Street and operating leadership, including leading a $2B regulated broker-dealer. Deep experience in capital formation ($1B+ raised), financial modeling, working capital discipline, KPI architecture, and board-level decision support. Builds scalable financial infrastructure and translates data into strategic action.
Industries: SaaS / Technology · Ecommerce · Manufacturing · Healthcare · Professional Services · Real Estate / Construction · Retail · Nonprofit · Life Sciences · CPG
CPA with 25+ years of experience providing fractional CFO services to small businesses across a wide range of industries. His team delivers fractional CFO, controller, tax, and project services, as well as custom database development and financial modeling tools. Approach centers on meeting with each client to assess financial pain points and opportunities, then building a custom engagement to address them.
Industries: SaaS / Technology · Ecommerce · Manufacturing · Healthcare · Professional Services · Real Estate / Construction · Distribution · Life Sciences
CFO and strategic finance leader with 15+ years of experience driving growth, improving cash flow, and building scalable financial infrastructure in private equity-backed and service-based organizations. Known for translating financial data into clear decisions, strengthening operations, and partnering with leadership to drive performance and long-term value.
Industries: SaaS / Technology · Manufacturing · Healthcare · Professional Services · Real Estate / Construction
Brandon’s mission is to help middle-market companies and PE-backed organizations scale by integrating financial discipline, operational excellence, and leadership alignment. Focused on unlocking liquidity, building scalable financial architecture, optimizing working capital, and driving measurable enterprise value, especially in complex environments.
Industries: Manufacturing · Ecommerce · Construction · Electrical · Plumbing · HVAC · Contracting
A fractional CFO focused on quick margins boost and cash flow optimization through strategic FP&A, rigorous budgeting, accurate forecasting, and deep profitability insights. Delivers fast, tangible results – higher margins in months, freed-up cash for equipment and growth initiatives, and reduced financial stress with forward-looking strategies built for the trades.
Industries: Manufacturing · Professional Services · Real Estate / Construction · Distribution
A Fractional CFO with 15+ years of experience helping small and mid-sized manufacturing companies improve cash flow, reduce costs, and build scalable financial systems. Brings clarity, discipline, and strategic insight to drive performance, strengthen financial controls, and support sustainable, long-term growth. Partners closely with business owners and leadership teams to ignite their next stage of growth.
Most companies don’t plan to bring in a construction CFO. The need becomes clear when project complexity increases, financial visibility drops, and internal resources can’t keep up.
At the same time, hiring a full-time CFO is slow and often unnecessary. What’s needed is experienced financial leadership that can step in quickly and focus on the areas that matter most – WIP, cash flow, and project performance.
US Fractional CFO Alliance connects construction and engineering firms with experienced CFOs who can step in immediately and provide ongoing fractional support tailored to project-based businesses, including CFO for engineering companies.
The goal is straightforward: bring clarity to financials, improve decision-making, and match the right level of CFO support to the situation – without overcomplicating the process. It gives construction company leadership confidence in the numbers, without pulling focus away from managing projects and delivery.
Construction and engineering firms don’t bring in a CFO because of their industry. They do it when project complexity starts to outpace internal financial structure. As companies grow, multiple projects run in parallel, billing becomes less predictable, and small reporting gaps begin to compound. What worked with a few jobs no longer holds up across a full backlog.
At that point, leadership loses clear visibility into cash, margins, and overall performance. That’s when a construction CFO becomes necessary – not as overhead, but as a control layer across projects and financial operations.
In project-based businesses, financial performance is not just about revenue – it’s about timing, tracking, and execution across jobs.
A construction CFO brings structure to areas that typically break first:
This is hands-on work. It requires understanding how projects actually run, not just how financials are reported.
Construction and engineering companies operate in environments where timing, cash flow, and execution are tightly linked. Profitability on paper doesn’t always translate into liquidity. Strong backlog doesn’t guarantee stability. And delayed visibility often leads to delayed decisions.
A construction CFO brings clarity to those gaps – connecting project performance to financial outcomes and enabling leadership to act earlier, with better information. Through fractional support, the role is the same: establish financial control, improve visibility, and support decisions that keep projects – and the business – on track.
As construction and engineering companies grow, financial complexity across projects starts to outpace internal systems. Cash flow becomes harder to predict. WIP reporting drifts from reality. Profitability on paper doesn’t always translate into liquidity. That’s where fractional construction CFO support comes in.
A fractional construction CFO works alongside the business on an ongoing basis, bringing structure to WIP, improving cash flow visibility, and strengthening control across active projects – without the cost of a full-time hire. This is part of a broader set of CFO Advisory Services designed for project-based businesses.
This approach is often the right fit for construction, engineering, and architecture firms, including those seeking fractional CFO services for architects:
Fractional CFO services for construction provide ongoing financial oversight, improve reporting accuracy, and support better decisions across projects. For construction and engineering firms, this means stronger alignment between project performance, cash flow, and financial results – without overbuilding internal finance teams.
If you’re evaluating the right level of financial leadership, you can connect directly with US Fractional CFO Alliance to discuss your situation.
A construction CFO ensures WIP reporting reflects actual project progress, not estimates that drift over time. This includes aligning job costs, percent complete calculations, and billing schedules so revenue is recognized accurately and consistently across projects.
Yes. Sureties rely on accurate financial reporting, predictable margins, and strong cash management. A construction CFO improves reporting quality and financial discipline, which can directly support higher bonding capacity and stronger lender and surety relationships.
A construction CFO builds cash flow visibility across all active projects, factoring in billing timing, retainage, labor, and subcontractor payments. This allows companies to anticipate cash gaps and manage liquidity before issues arise.
Key controls include accurate job costing, disciplined change order tracking, regular margin reviews, and alignment between project management and finance. Without these, small cost overruns can compound across longer projects.
Yes. Fractional CFO services for construction and project-based firms are well suited for businesses with variable workloads. They provide consistent financial oversight without the fixed cost of a full-time CFO.
An interim construction CFO is typically used during transitions, such as rapid growth, financial restructuring, leadership gaps, or preparation for financing. The focus is on stabilizing financial operations and restoring clarity quickly.