Weekly construction bookkeeping and fractional CFO leadership from Will Abberger, a former construction CFO and COO and IRS Enrolled Agent. The free Bottom Line Blueprint Session is where we start finding your profit leaks.
If you have asked this question at the end of a year where you worked harder than ever before — you are in exactly the right place.
A profit leak does not close itself. Every month it goes unfound, costs drift a little further, margins compress a little more, and the gap gets harder to trace back to its source.
Find Out Where Your Profit Is Going →An HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) contractor in the Tampa Bay area had her best revenue year ever. But when the numbers came in, her profit was identical to the year before. Not one additional dollar.
Will departmentalized her books by service line. Equipment costs in change-out work were running six gross margin points worse than the prior year. Six of her eight vendor price lists had not been updated in nine months or more.
She had been selling at last year's prices with this year's costs — and had no way to see it until someone was actually looking at the right numbers.
Will Abberger is not a bookkeeper who serves contractors. He is a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) who keeps books — and the bookkeeping is how he gets inside a business and finds what the numbers are trying to tell you.
"I am probably the most overqualified bookkeeper in Florida. That is entirely the point."
3 minutes. 4 short modules. An instant, personalized report — your profit leak, financial health score, margin gap, and cash flow risk. No appointment needed.
One session. Will reviews your actual numbers. Finds the leaks. Shows you the dollar amount. No cost. No obligation.
Weekly eyes on your numbers. CFO-level insight. Job costing. WIP reporting. The financial clarity your business deserves.
From foundational bookkeeping to full Chief Financial Officer (CFO) partnership — all built on Will's 40 years of construction and trades executive experience.
Built from 40 years of construction CFO experience. No login required to use. Instant results.
Each trade has unique financial challenges — and each uses different software. QuickBooks Online, ServiceTitan, Buildertrend, AccuLynx, Jobber, Procore. Will knows how they all connect to your books.
Real financial recoveries from real Florida trade contractors. The numbers do not lie.
Revenue up $125,000 year over year. Profit unchanged. Will departmentalized the books by service line and found six vendor price lists that hadn't been updated in over nine months.
A general contractor had no retainage tracking system. Three active projects had retainage aging past 90 days with no collection process in place. First month engagement recovered it all.
A pool contractor couldn't understand why two nearly identical projects produced different profit results. Job-level cost analysis revealed an inconsistency in material markup on one project type.
Organized around how you actually think about your finances — not around accounting topics.
The most common question Will hears from growing contractors — and the one with the most financially damaging answer if left unaddressed.
The job looked profitable on the bid. The work went smoothly. The invoice got paid. So why did the margin disappear? Job costing answers this every time.
Cash forecasting, WIP and bonding, margins and growth strategy for $5M–$50M contractors, typically $6,000–$12,000 a month.
Based in St. Petersburg. Will meets contractors in person across Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Manatee and Sarasota counties, and works remotely with construction and trade companies anywhere in the United States.
An annual report on the financial health of Florida trade contractors, built from Will's client data and research. Join the list to receive the first edition when it publishes.
The Contractor's Bookkeeper provides weekly construction bookkeeping, job costing, Work in Progress (WIP) schedules and fractional CFO services to trade contractors. Every engagement is led by Will Abberger, a former construction CFO and COO, Dartmouth Tuck MBA and IRS Enrolled Agent.
HVAC, roofing, pool, plumbing, electrical, landscaping, general and specialty trade contractors. Bookkeeping clients are typically $500,000 to $5 million in revenue; fractional CFO clients typically $5 million to $50 million.
Will is based in St. Petersburg, Florida, and meets clients in person across Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Manatee and Sarasota counties. He serves contractors anywhere in the United States remotely.
Construction bookkeeping runs about $1,000 to $3,500 a month depending on size. Fractional CFO engagements typically run $6,000 to $12,000 a month. The first step, a Bottom Line Blueprint Session, is free.
No. Will does not prepare tax returns. He keeps your books clean and CPA-ready, works alongside your CPA, and as an Enrolled Agent can represent you directly before the IRS if needed.
Will Abberger has spent 40 years finding the financial answers that make construction and trade businesses more profitable. Book your free Bottom Line Blueprint Session and find out what your numbers are trying to tell you.