The Back Office Your Electrical Company Is Missing
Commercial and residential tracked separately. Job-level profitability on every project. Financial reporting that supports your bonding, your bids, and your growth.
You're Bidding the Next Job Based on Feel. Your Books Can't Tell You Otherwise.
Electrical contractors have some of the most complex cost structures in the trades. Commercial projects involve permitting, inspections, and multi-phase timelines. Residential work is faster but thinner-margin. Service calls are profitable but unpredictable. The financial reporting most electrical companies get doesn't distinguish between any of them.
Bidding is where this hurts most. Your estimator puts together a number based on experience and material takeoffs. But without historical job cost data showing actual margins on similar projects, every bid is a standalone guess. You might be consistently underbidding commercial panels and overbidding residential service upgrades without any visibility into the pattern.
Electrical also has higher bonding requirements than most trades, especially on commercial work. Surety companies want clean financials, accurate WIP schedules, and a balance sheet that tells a clear story. If your books are a mess, your bonding capacity becomes the ceiling on your growth.
We build the financial infrastructure that gives you job-level visibility, supports your bonding requirements, and turns your historical data into a competitive advantage on every bid.
What Your Back Office Looks Like with Jobcard
Monthly Financial Reporting
P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow delivered through our automated monthly close. Not a QBO printout. A narrative that explains what happened, why, and what to do next.
Job-Level Profitability
Every job tracked with actual costs: materials, direct labor, subs, equipment. You see which jobs made money and which didn't.
Cash Flow Forecasting
A rolling forecast that accounts for your seasonal patterns and actual receivables. 90 days of visibility, updated monthly.
Benchmarking
Your margins, overhead, and productivity benchmarked against other Electrical contractors in your revenue range.
Overhead Rate Analysis
Your true overhead rate calculated and updated quarterly. The number that should drive every bid.
WIP Schedule
Open jobs tracked with costs-to-date, estimated costs to complete, and projected margin. No surprises at closeout.
AR/AP Management
Aging reports with follow-up flags. Know who owes you, how long, and exactly where your cash is tied up.
CPA-Ready Books
Clean financials delivered to your CPA monthly. We coordinate directly so nothing falls through the cracks.
Built for How Electrical Companies Actually Work
Commercial vs. Residential Profitability
Commercial electrical work typically carries 20-30% gross margins with longer project durations and higher material costs. Residential service and upgrades can hit 35-45% but with smaller ticket sizes. We break your financials by division so you can see true profitability on each side and make informed decisions about where to focus growth.
Bonding and Financial Reporting
Surety companies evaluate your working capital, WIP schedule accuracy, and overall financial health. A messy set of books limits your bonding capacity, which limits the size of projects you can bid. We deliver the level of financial reporting that surety companies and their CPAs expect to see.
Permitting and Inspection Costs
Permit fees, inspection costs, and compliance-related expenses are job-level costs that need to be allocated to specific projects. Many electrical bookkeepers dump these into a generic overhead bucket, which distorts both job margins and your true overhead rate.
Multi-Phase Project Tracking
Larger electrical projects span weeks or months with multiple phases: rough-in, trim, finish. Costs accumulate across phases and revenue recognition needs to match. We track costs and revenue by phase so you know where you stand on a project before it's complete, not after.
From Chaos to Clarity in 30 Days
Assessment
Take our free assessment. Five minutes. We score your back office across 5 dimensions and benchmark you against other Electrical contractors.
Onboarding
We connect to your QuickBooks, map your chart of accounts, and set up Electrical-specific reporting. Onboarding takes 2-3 weeks.
Monthly Close
Every month, we process transactions, allocate costs to jobs, reconcile accounts, and deliver your complete financial package through our automated monthly close.
Insights
A monthly report you can read in 5 minutes: where your money went, which jobs performed, cash outlook for the next 90 days, and what to do about it.
Every Electrical contractor on Jobcard gets benchmarked against others in the same trade and revenue band. You'll see where your gross margins rank, whether your overhead rate is competitive, and which metrics are pulling you ahead or holding you back.
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Find Out Where Your Electrical Business Stands
Free assessment. Five minutes. Benchmarked against electrical contractors in your revenue range.
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