Bookkeeping, every month
Monthly reconciliations, done right and on time, so the books reflect what actually happened — and tax preparation handled when the year closes.
CFO & Bookkeeping · A Seat on Your New Bench
A CFO and a bookkeeping team for your painting company.
For many business owners, keeping up with financial data can be overwhelming. That’s where Aleph steps in. Our finance team handles the critical financial operations that keep the business on track and growing — so you know your real numbers every month, not every April.
What the Finance Seat Does
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From the monthly close to the annual plan.
A budget you run on
An annual budget built with you, with KPI tracking against it through the year, so you see a problem in the numbers before it shows up in the bank account.
Compensation that adds up
Compensation plans for your sales, production and leadership seats, built so that what you pay people lines up with the margin the business needs.
From annual budgets and KPI tracking to compensation plans, monthly reconciliations and tax preparation, we ensure the financials are managed with precision.
The Numbers That Matter
The healthy P&L of a stable painting company.
These are the bands we manage our partner companies to. A business can grow its top line for years and still be unstable if profit never shows up — durable profit comes from a business in balance, not from one good year.
- Gross margin
- 40% or greater
- Labor
- Less than 39% of revenue
- Materials
- Less than 14% of revenue
- Project management
- Around 7% of revenue
- Sales & marketing
- Around 12% of revenue
- Corporate overhead
- Around 13% of revenue
- Net income
- 15% or greater
Job Costing, Built In
Know what every job and every marketing dollar made.
The finance team works from the same system your crews and sales team use. Wallogy, our ERP, carries job costing and marketing campaign ROI alongside estimating, scheduling and work orders — so margin isn’t a guess you find out about at year end.
How the Money Works
Distributions in a partnership.
Every year, the net income from the Joint Venture entity will be fully distributed to the shareholders in accordance with their respective operating agreements. In most cases, there is only one distribution at the end of the year for the first 1–2 years of partnership. The frequency of distributions through a year of operation may increase over time; however, this is a discretionary decision that will be made amongst the shareholders to ensure the Joint Venture has the operating cash that it needs.
Our Finance Team
The people keeping your books.
Erich Leidel
Sue Strang
Katelynn Strawmatt
Patrick Herzog
Machaela Madsen
Nadeesha Laksirini
Kamron Ott
Free owner’s tool · about 10 minutes
Take the Stability Scorecard
Where does your business stand?
Score your company on the five stability metrics we use to value our own painting companies — team, gross margin, acquisition cost, brand, and net profit — and see exactly where it lands.
Ready When You Are
Let’s build something durable.
If you’ve built a great brand and a durable team, we should talk. No exit clock. No strip-and-flip. Just partners who yoke up and stay.