Roofing is a volume business with thin margins and a lot of moving parts. You might close 30 jobs in a month between insurance restoration work, new construction, and re-roofs. Each one has a different billing structure, a different material package, and a different crew cost. If your books treat them all the same, you’re flying blind on which side of the business is actually paying the bills.
What Roofing Contractors Need From Their Books
Insurance restoration billing management. If storm work is a significant part of your revenue, the billing cycle is unlike any other trade. Supplements, depreciation recoverable, deductible collection, insurance carrier negotiation. We track each claim as a job with its own revenue and cost structure so you can see the true profit on restoration work after supplements, not just the initial scope.
Seasonal labor cost tracking. Roofing crews scale up in busy months and scale down in winter. That means fluctuating labor costs, temporary worker expenses, and subcontractor costs that need to be allocated correctly. We track labor scaling by job and by season so you can see the real cost impact.
Material waste tracking per job. Shingles, underlayment, flashing, fasteners. Material waste is a margin killer on roofing jobs, especially when crews over-order or when job conditions change from the estimate. We track material purchased vs. material used so you can see waste rates by job, by crew, and by material type.
Job costing by work type. New construction, re-roof, insurance restoration, commercial flat roof, metal. Each type of roofing work has a different cost structure. We set up your books to track them independently so you know which work types are worth chasing and which are dragging your average margin down.
Subcontractor management. If you’re using sub crews for production, those costs need proper job allocation, 1099 tracking, and reconciliation against your sub agreements. We handle the AP side and make sure sub costs land on the right job.
Cash flow management for high-volume operations. Roofing contractors move fast. Dozens of jobs opening and closing each month, materials flowing constantly, crews getting paid weekly. We keep the books moving at the same pace your business does.
The Problems We Solve for Roofers
Roofing contractors come to us when they’re doing high volume but can’t tell which jobs are making money. When insurance restoration work looks profitable on the surface but the supplements take months to collect and the cash flow tells a different story. When they’re growing fast and the bookkeeping is three months behind because the volume overwhelmed their office staff.
We also work with roofing contractors who are transitioning from mostly residential to more commercial work. Commercial roofing brings different billing requirements, retainage, bonding, and longer project timelines. Your books need to make that transition too.
Common Questions From Roofing Contractors
How do you handle insurance restoration billing in the books? Each claim is set up as a job with the initial scope, supplements, and depreciation tracked separately. Revenue is recorded as approved amounts come in, and we track outstanding supplements so you know what’s still owed.
Can you keep up with our volume? Yes. We work with high-volume contractors who close dozens of jobs per month. Our processes are built to handle the pace of production roofing operations.
What about tracking crew profitability? We can structure job costing to track labor and material costs by crew, so you can compare production rates and cost efficiency across your teams.
Let’s Look at Your Numbers
We’ll review your books and show you how roofing-specific accounting works. Whether you’re running storm work, new construction, or both, we’ll lay out what you need.