Construction
Financial leadership for construction companies and contractors
What drives performance
The numbers that matter most in your sector.
- Contract margins and cost-to-complete
- Valuations, applications for payment and variations
- Retentions and payment terms
- Subcontractor and supplier costs
- Pipeline and tender pricing
Common challenges
What we often see in construction.
Margins that only show at the end
Without cost-to-complete reporting by project, a loss-making contract is often only discovered once it is too late to act.
Cash flow gaps
Paying subcontractors and suppliers before applications for payment are certified and paid puts heavy pressure on cash.
Retentions and disputes
Unrecovered retentions and disputed variations quietly erode profit and cash.
Tender pricing
Pricing new work without reliable data from past jobs risks winning contracts that don't make money.
Payment fraud
Large, regular payments to subcontractors make construction a frequent target for bank-detail change fraud.
How well do you know your numbers?
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How it typically plays out.
- 1
A contractor runs six projects at once and reports profit for the business as a whole.
- 2
Two projects are quietly running over budget, hidden by the others.
- 3
The losses only emerge at final account, alongside unrecovered retentions.
- 4
Monthly project reporting with cost-to-complete would have flagged both within weeks.
How we help
Where we focus for businesses like yours.
- Project-level reporting with cost-to-complete
- Cash flow forecasting around valuations, retentions and payment runs
- Tender pricing informed by actual job performance
- Controls over subcontractor payments and bank-detail changes
- Funding, bonding and lender relationships
Finance
Fractional Finance Director
Senior financial leadership for a set number of days a month, at a fraction of the cost of a full-time appointment.
Finance
Management reporting and financial insight
Clear, timely monthly reporting that tells you what is happening, why, and what to do next.
Finance
FP&A, budgeting and forecasting
Budgets, forecasts and scenario models that turn your plans into numbers you can steer by.
Finance
Cash flow and working capital
Forecast, protect and release cash, so growth does not leave the business short.
Resilience and security
Protecting what you've built
Financial controls, fraud prevention, cyber risk and operational resilience.
Other industries we work with
Next step
Talk to people who understand your sector's numbers.
An introductory conversation is free. We'll ask about your margins, cash and plans, and tell you honestly where senior finance support would make the biggest difference.
30 to 45 minutes, by video or in person
At a time that suits you.
A conversation, not a sales pitch
We want to understand your business first.
A clear proposal
If we can help, you will know what we suggest and what it will cost.