Job cost that closes. Retainage, change orders, and draws that match the field. QuickBooks, QuickBooks, fixed fee. Free assessment.
Austin scales faster than its back office — revenue arrives before the systems do, and the books are usually the last thing to catch up. For construction companies across Travis County — from downtown and South Congress to the Domain and East Austin — that shows up as materials, subs, and labor hit generic categories, so you learn a job lost money months after it closed and customer deposits and work-in-progress make your p&l look great right before a cash crunch
Steven Palmieri works remotely with Austin owners in a market defined by a technology-and-startup boom layered over hospitality and creative small business. We rebuild job costing, clean up deposits vs. earned revenue, and capture the supply-house spending you already made. You get a documented before/after trail your CPA can verify — no offshore rush job, no judgment about how far behind the books have slipped.
You're not bad at business. The books just stopped telling the truth about jobs and job cost.
Labor, materials, and subs never land against the right job — so the win on paper dies in cash.
What the GC holds and what the field approved never meets the ledger. Collections become archaeology.
You need a clean WIP and balance sheet — not a folder of spreadsheets named final-FINAL.
Two minutes. No document dump. Just the truth about how behind it feels.
We rebuild job cost, clean WIP, and reconcile draws so the field and the ledger tell the same story.
Backlog cleared. Accounts reconciled. A before/after report you — and your CPA — can act on.
Construction cleanup built around jobs — not generic small-business bookkeeping.
Every account reconciled and every anomaly documented before we change a thing.
The backlog cleared with construction business-correct categories — not a generic chart of accounts.
A before/after summary and a simple monthly rhythm so it stays clean after we leave.
If our assessment can’t show you exactly what’s wrong and what it costs to fix, the assessment costs you nothing — no obligation either way.
“Finally handed my CPA a clean QuickBooks file instead of a shoebox.”
“Found out which crews and job types actually make margin.”
“Bank finally approved the line of credit once the books made sense.”
Illustrative examples of typical client situations — not statements from specific named clients.
Tell us a little about the business — we reply within one business day.
Yes — we serve Austin and the wider Travis County area entirely remotely, working from your QuickBooks exports and bank feeds. No office visit required.
Most cleanups finish in 2–4 weeks depending on backlog size and account volume.
Fixed fee, quoted after the free assessment — based on months behind, accounts, and transaction volume. No hourly surprises.
Yes — we map your project tool to QuickBooks classes/projects so both tell the same story.
Never. Messy books are a symptom of a busy business. Fixing them is literally what we do all day.