I’m not a “consultant.” I’ve run payroll, payables, and job-cost paperwork inside real businesses.

I helped start and run the back office of a family construction business for 11 years—estimates, invoicing, AR/AP, collections, licensing, insurance, and year-end tax prep. I taught myself QuickBooks and built the tracking to keep things moving.

Today I still live in the weeds: payroll processing, vendor payables, reconciliations, and the weekly controls that keep costs from hiding until payroll hits.

If you want job profit to be predictable, you need controls—not more reports.

Matlack Allied is not a bookkeeping or tax firm. We work alongside your existing bookkeeper, CPA, or office staff to uncover job-cost, labor, material, and payroll visibility gaps before they damage cash flow.

Wide environmental shot of an active electrical job site at dusk, a crew member in the foreground reviewing a cost printout clipped to a clipboard, fluorescent work lights casting harsh shadows across conduit runs and wire spools in the background, overcast sky visible through an open bay door, no smiling or posed subjects
Wide environmental shot of an active electrical job site at dusk, a crew member in the foreground reviewing a cost printout clipped to a clipboard, fluorescent work lights casting harsh shadows across conduit runs and wire spools in the background, overcast sky visible through an open bay door, no smiling or posed subjects
What we fix first

What this looks like:

  • Labor not coded to the right job daily

  • Job costing behind (you’re managing blind)

  • Change orders slipping

  • Payroll timing hiding the damage

How we work:

LeakScope™ Check → Diagnostic → Control System

Most “profit leaks” aren’t one big mistake — it’s a few repeat problems that stay hidden until payroll hits.

What we do about it:

We put weekly controls in place so those issues show up while the job is still active—when you can still fix it.

Who we work with

Why this works

  • We’ve run payroll and payables inside trade businesses

  • We catch overruns before payroll hits

  • We put weekly controls in place your office can run without you

  • Built for service + project contractors

  • Systems that stick week after week

  • Electrical contractors

  • HVAC contractors

  • Service + project work (or both)

  • $1M–$5M revenue range

  • Owners who need job-profit visibility before payroll

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