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Fractional CFO and Financial Management for General Contractors & Subcontractors

Fractional CFO and Financial Management for General Contractors & Subcontractors

You’re Winning Jobs. Managing Crews. Growing Revenue. So Why Is Cash Always the Problem?

You’re Winning Jobs. Managing Crews. Growing Revenue. So Why Is Cash Always the Problem?

Locust Street Advisory is a fractional CFO practice built exclusively for construction. We integrate into your business, manage your cash daily, and give you the financial co-pilot your competitors don’t have without the full-time executive cost.

Scaled from $1M to $100M. Your numbers are in good hands.

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Fractional CFO and Financial Management for General Contractors & Subcontractors

You’re Winning Jobs. Managing Crews. Growing Revenue. So Why Is Cash Always the Problem?

Locust Street Advisory is a fractional CFO practice built exclusively for construction. We integrate into your business, manage your cash daily, and give you the financial co-pilot your competitors don’t have without the full-time executive cost.

Scaled from $1M to $100M. Your numbers are in good hands.

We are not a tax firm. We are your operational and strategic financial partner.

We are not a tax firm. We are your operational and strategic financial partner.

We are not a tax firm. We are your operational and strategic financial partner.

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Why Cash Always Feels Tight

Why Cash Always Feels Tight

Why Cash Always Feels Tight

Most contractors are navigating construction finance without real financial leadership.

Most contractors are navigating construction finance without real financial leadership.

Your bookkeeper records what happened. Your CPA files your taxes. But who is sitting in your business making sure the next 90 days don’t blindside you? Who is managing your cash daily, catching job cost overruns before they close, and telling you the financial truth in plain language? For most contractors, that seat is empty.

Your bookkeeper records what happened. Your CPA files your taxes. But who is sitting in your business making sure the next 90 days don’t blindside you? Who is managing your cash daily, catching job cost overruns before they close, and telling you the financial truth in plain language? For most contractors, that seat is empty.

Fractional CFO cash management

Your bank account lies to you every month.

Your bank account lies to you every month.

Retainage, slow payments, and payroll that can't wait the gap between what you've earned and what's in your account gets wider every month.

Financial transparency for contractors

Every major decision is a gut call.

Every major decision is a gut call.

Without real financial visibility, you're making hiring, bidding, and growth decisions based on backward-looking reports. By the time numbers confirm a problem it's already expensive.

Financial Systems

There is no authoritative financial voice inside your business.

There is no authoritative financial voice inside your business.

No 13-week forecast. No job cost tracking. No one translating the numbers into plain language your team, your bank, and your bonding company can act on.

Cash flow barriers in construction

Your bonding capacity is the ceiling on your growth.

Your bonding capacity is the ceiling on your growth.

Most contractors hit bonding walls not because of revenue but because their WIP reporting and balance sheet structure don't support the program they need to grow.

The Solution

The Solution

The Solution

One experienced financial partner. Integrated into your business. Managing your cash every day.

We are not a firm. We are not a team handing you a monthly report. We are one deeply experienced financial partner who integrates into your operations, manages your cash at a daily level, and builds the financial infrastructure that makes your business fundable, bondable, and scalable.

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We manage your cash. Every single day.

We manage your cash. Every single day.

Most fractional CFOs review your financials monthly. We manage your cash conversion cycle daily. DSO, DPO, retainage, 13-week runway. All in real time. We have created negative cash conversion cycles for construction clients in six weeks.

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We translate your numbers into plain language.

We translate your numbers into plain language.

WIP, job costs, backlog, variance. Translated into language you, your bank, and your bonding company can act on. No jargon. No reports that sit on a shelf.

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We solve problems most CFOs won’t touch.

We solve problems most CFOs won’t touch.

Approaching illiquidity, burning through a credit line, losing margin without knowing why. This is where we do our most important work. Insolvency to profit in six months.

What We Do

What We Do

What We Do

Five ways we make your construction business financially bulletproof.

Every engagement is built around your specific business and your biggest problems. Here’s the full scope of what we bring:

Financial goals for construction businesses

Fractional CFO

Fractional CFO

You get a senior financial partner in your corner. Cash strategy, financing, growth planning, and board reporting — all handled. The financial leadership your competitors don't have.

You get a senior financial partner in your corner. Cash strategy, financing, growth planning, and board reporting — all handled. The financial leadership your competitors don't have.

Financial reporting and forecasting

Financial Planning & Analysis

Financial Planning & Analysis

You always know where your cash is headed. 13-week forecasts, budgets, and real-time dashboards so every decision is based on numbers, not gut feel.

You always know where your cash is headed. 13-week forecasts, budgets, and real-time dashboards so every decision is based on numbers, not gut feel.

Construction accounting services

Accounting

Accounting

Your books actually reflect your jobs. Job costing, WIP tracking, monthly close, and internal controls — built for how construction businesses actually work.

Your books actually reflect your jobs. Job costing, WIP tracking, monthly close, and internal controls — built for how construction businesses actually work.

Financial systems for contractors

Bookkeeping

Bookkeeping

Clean books every month. Reconciliations, invoices, payroll entries, A/P and A/R tracked. No mess when tax season comes around.

Clean books every month. Reconciliations, invoices, payroll entries, A/P and A/R tracked. No mess when tax season comes around.

Construction bookkeeping services

Operational Finance

Operational Finance

Your financial systems fixed and handed back running. ERP setup, billing SOPs, process automation — we build it, train your team, and stay as involved as you need.

Your financial systems fixed and handed back running. ERP setup, billing SOPs, process automation — we build it, train your team, and stay as involved as you need.

Scaled from $1M to $100M. Your numbers are in good hands.

Free Tool

Free Tool

Free Tool

Do You Know Your Cash Conversion Cycle?

It’s the single most important number in a construction business and most owners have never calculated it. Your CCC tells you exactly how many days cash is trapped between what you spend and what you collect. Enter your numbers below and find out where you stand.

See your full Cash & Backlog Analysis — takes under 2 minutes.

See your full Cash & Backlog Analysis, takes under 2 minutes.

See your full Cash & Backlog Analysis — takes under 2 minutes.

Proven Results

Proven Results

Proven Results

The numbers that matter.

The numbers that matter.

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From the edge of insolvency to profitable in six months.

A project-based construction business came to us in active liquidity crisis, strong project flow but approaching insolvency. No cash forecast. No job cost visibility. A credit line nearly exhausted. Within two weeks of engagement, we had identified the core issues. Within six months, the business was profitable. Here is what changed.

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“Daniel has the rare understanding of both the financial and operational sides of a business. He asks the right questions, diagnoses risks and challenges assumptions early. He has a good grasp of human nature and sees around corners. And he has the kinds of practical insights that help companies make sound business decisions.”
“Daniel has the rare understanding of both the financial and operational sides of a business. He asks the right questions, diagnoses risks and challenges assumptions early. He has a good grasp of human nature and sees around corners. And he has the kinds of practical insights that help companies make sound business decisions.”
“Daniel has the rare understanding of both the financial and operational sides of a business. He asks the right questions, diagnoses risks and challenges assumptions early. He has a good grasp of human nature and sees around corners. And he has the kinds of practical insights that help companies make sound business decisions.”

As Heard On

As Heard On

As Heard On

I speak regularly on construction finance, cash flow, and economic strategy.

I speak regularly on construction finance, cash flow, and economic strategy.

With a regular presence on talk radio and in industry podcasts, I translate complex financial topics into language that construction business owners can actually use. I reach over 25,000 listeners per broadcast.

With a regular presence on talk radio and in industry podcasts, I translate complex financial topics into language that construction business owners can actually use. I reach over 25,000 listeners per broadcast.

Daniel Fulton on News Talk 590 WVLK radio

NewsTalk 590 WVLK

Regular guest on talk radio discussing economics, finance, and what it means for contractors and business owners on the ground.

Regular guest on talk radio discussing economics, finance, and what it means for contractors and business owners on the ground.

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Daniel Fulton CFO Weekly Podcast

CFO Weekly Podcast

Featured on CFO Weekly discussing cash forecasting and how CFOs navigate financial uncertainty in project-based industries.

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How It Works

How It Works

How It Works

From first conversation to financial clarity in three steps.

From first conversation to financial clarity in three steps.

Step 1

Discovery Conversation

Discovery Conversation

We start with a direct conversation with you and your leadership. No lengthy questionnaires. We identify your biggest pain points and build an initial discovery plan on Day 1.

We start with a direct conversation with you and your leadership. No lengthy questionnaires. We identify your biggest pain points and build an initial discovery plan on Day 1.

Step 2

Deep Financial Analysis

Deep Financial Analysis

We request the documents relevant to your financial performance and pain points. Over two weeks we perform a thorough discovery analysis — WIP, job costs, cash position, backlog, bank relationships, everything.

We request the documents relevant to your financial performance and pain points. Over two weeks we perform a thorough discovery analysis — WIP, job costs, cash position, backlog, bank relationships, everything.

Step 3

Report, Plan & 13-Week Forecast

Report, Plan & 13-Week Forecast

We report our findings directly to you. We tell you exactly what’s working, what’s broken, and what to do next. We then build your initial 13-week cash flow forecast using your actual performance drivers. From that point we are embedded in your business managing it in real time.

We report our findings directly to you. We tell you exactly what’s working, what’s broken, and what to do next. We then build your initial 13-week cash flow forecast using your actual performance drivers. From that point we are embedded in your business managing it in real time.

About Daniel Fulton

About Daniel Fulton

About Daniel Fulton

Not your typical fractional CFO.

Not your typical fractional CFO.

I learned construction finance at a $5 billion per year general contractor, scaled an industrial engineering firm from $1M to $100M as Head of Finance, and hold a postgraduate degree in strategic finance from Oxford's Saïd Business School.


I am also a high school dropout. I am as comfortable in the field with electricians as I am presenting financial strategy in a boardroom. That range is exactly what construction owners need.

I learned construction finance at a $5 billion per year general contractor, scaled an industrial engineering firm from $1M to $100M as Head of Finance, and hold a postgraduate degree in strategic finance from Oxford's Saïd Business School.


I am also a high school dropout. I am as comfortable in the field with electricians as I am presenting financial strategy in a boardroom. That range is exactly what construction owners need.

Daniel Fulton Principal Consultant Locust Street Advisory
Daniel Fulton Principal Consultant Locust Street Advisory

Commom Questions

Commom Questions

Commom Questions

Answers before you even have to ask.

Answers before you even have to ask.

Do you do taxes?

How is this different from my bookkeeper or CPA?

What size construction companies do you work with?

Do you work with companies in financial distress?

Are you Lexington, KY only?

How do we get started?

Do you do taxes?

How is this different from my bookkeeper or CPA?

What size construction companies do you work with?

Do you work with companies in financial distress?

Are you Lexington, KY only?

How do we get started?

Construction financial leadership by Locust Street Advisory

Let's Talk About Your Business

Let's Talk About Your Business

Let's Talk About Your Business

Your construction business deserves a financial partner who actually knows construction.

Your construction business deserves a financial partner who actually knows construction.

Your construction business deserves a financial partner who actually knows construction.

If your cash feels tighter than your revenue suggests it should, if you don’t have clear financial visibility more than 60 days out, or if you simply don’t have the financial leadership your business needs, let’s talk.

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Construction-focused fractional CFO services. Cash management, forecasting, and financial leadership built for contractors.

© 2026 Locust Street Advisory. All rights reserved.

Locust Street Advisory logo

Construction-focused fractional CFO services. Cash management, forecasting, and financial leadership built for contractors.

© 2026 Locust Street Advisory. All rights reserved.

Locust Street Advisory logo

Construction-focused fractional CFO services. Cash management, forecasting, and financial leadership built for contractors.

© 2026 Locust Street Advisory. All rights reserved.