A finance command center
A morning summary of what needs a decision today, the portfolio numbers and a short list of open issues. Each issue follows the same loop: what happened, why, what to do, and whether it got done.
Demo build on sample data
Cost, cash and claims on one screen for a general contractor
Every morning: which projects are slipping, which variations are unbilled, where the cash gap is and what's holding up the close.
This is a demo build. It runs on sample data. We keep the contractor's name private.
At a glance
Demo build, sample data
- Business
- General contractor, Finance
- What we built
- A finance command center
- Project cost control
- Cash and receivables
The problem
A big contractor can be busy, profitable on paper and still short of cash.
Margin slips on a project months before anyone sees it in the ledger. Approved extra work sits unbilled in site letters until the deadline to claim it passes. Payment certificates go unpaid past their terms. Retention waits on paperwork. Month-end close turns into a scramble, and supplier invoices that fail tax checks cause trouble later.
The data to catch all of it is already in the ERP and the project files. Nobody has time to piece it together every morning.
What we built
Project cost control
Earned-value analysis on every project, a forecast of final cost and margin, and projects ranked by cost performance so overruns show up while there's still time to recover them.
Cash and receivables
A rolling 13-week forecast from certified receivables and committed payments, with the week a gap appears flagged. A simulator lets the CFO try faster collections, retention release, deferred capex or advance payments before committing to anything.
What's in it
- Variations and claims: approved but unbilled variations ranked by value and by how close the notice deadline is, matched to site instructions, with a draft notice for the commercial team.
- Receivables: every payment certificate aged against its contract terms, retention due for release, and a drafted reminder with a supporting pack.
- Month-end close: a checklist showing what reconciled on its own and what didn't.
- Compliance: supplier invoices checked against e-invoicing rules before filing, plus payroll, withholding and tax obligations.
- Ask a question like "which projects will lose money?" or "what's my cash position for the next 13 weeks?"
What it would take to go live
How the finance team works. The ERP, how progress and cost are captured, the contract terms that matter and what the CFO looks at each week.
The connections. Ledgers, project data and receivables, with rules set around the contractor's own contracts and approvals.
A first version in about 10 days, usually cost control and the cash forecast first.
The contractor owns its data and the platform. We keep it running and add to it as the team asks.
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Keep reading
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- Executive dashboardEvery store on one screen, with operational reports by group.
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Run finance for a contractor?
Book a call and we'll take you through the demo, from a slipping project to the cash forecast.