What we do
FP&A Services for Project-Based Firms
Finance leadership built around how project firms actually make money — backlog, utilization, milestone billing, and project margin. Four services, one goal: decisions made with forward-looking numbers, not backward-looking reports.
Most finance providers treat your firm like any other business: revenue in, expenses out, variance commentary at month-end. Project-based firms don't work that way. Revenue is earned unevenly across milestones. Margin lives or dies on utilization and scope control. Cash arrives in lumps while payroll goes out every two weeks. The finance function has to match that reality — or it isn't useful.
Mesfonic's services are designed for that reality. Each one addresses a specific discipline of project finance, and together they give a 10-to-250-person firm the financial leadership of a full-time CFO without the full-time cost. Every engagement is delivered through a productized tier — Visibility, Advisory, or Strategic CFO — so you know exactly what's included and what it costs.
The four services
Start with the discipline you need most, or run them as a complete finance function.
Forecasting & Financial Planning
Rolling forecasts, annual budgets, and scenario planning that turn backlog, margin assumptions, and bench cost into a plan leadership can actually run on.
Cash Flow & Financial Visibility
A rolling 13-week cash forecast, milestone-billing visibility, and liquidity insight — so you know your cash position weeks ahead, not after the fact.
Performance Reporting & KPI Dashboards
Monthly reporting that leadership can act on: utilization, realization, backlog coverage, WIP position, and project margin in one decision-ready view.
Decision Support & Profitability Cadence
CFO-level judgment on the decisions that move the needle — pricing new work, timing hires, managing partner economics — reviewed on a steady cadence.
How engagements work
You don't buy hours; you buy an outcome rhythm. Each tier is a monthly subscription to a defined finance function:
- Visibility ($3,000/mo) — cash forecasting and monthly reporting that give you a clear, honest picture of where the firm stands.
- Advisory ($5,000/mo) — the full FP&A stack: forecasting, planning, reporting, plus decision support on pricing, hiring, and strategy.
- Strategic CFO (custom) — hands-on finance leadership for firms in transition: growth sprints, lender relationships, partner buy-ins.
No long contracts, no hourly metering. One-time projects start at $5,000. Compare the tiers in detail.
Who these services fit
The services are built for project-based firms of 10 to 250 people — IT and technology consulting, engineering and EPC, architecture and design, and professional services — where utilization, backlog, and project margin drive results.
If your firm runs on people and time, bills by project or milestone, and has outgrown bookkeeping-plus-a-spreadsheet, these services are the next step up.
Common questions
Do I need all four services?
No. Most firms start where the pain is sharpest — usually cash-flow visibility or forecasting — and add disciplines as the finance function matures. The tiers bundle the services at the right depth for your stage.
How is this different from my accountant or bookkeeper?
Bookkeeping records what happened; FP&A anticipates what will happen. Mesfonic works forward — forecasts, scenario plans, project margin analysis — while your accountant handles the historical record. The two complement each other.
Do you replace our controller or office manager?
No. Mesfonic sits above the accounting function as its strategic layer: we set the forecasting and reporting disciplines and advise on decisions. Your existing team keeps running the books; we make the numbers mean something.
Run your projects with financial confidence.
Talk to a finance advisor who speaks project economics — backlog, bench, WIP, and margin — not just accounting.