Job-by-job books for custom home builders, luxury remodelers, and high-finish specialty trades working Scottsdale and the North Valley — closed by the 15th, every month. Our office is in Mesa at 4320 E Brown Rd, Suite 103, Mesa, AZ 85205. We serve Scottsdale as a primary service area; there is no Scottsdale storefront.
Scottsdale work often means longer schedules, larger contract values, and more moving parts than a quick production build. Allowances, owner selections, and change orders stack up over months. If costs aren't coded to the right job and phase from day one, the job report and the general ledger stop agreeing — usually right when an owner or lender asks hard questions.
Blackline Financial works exclusively with construction businesses — roughly the $1M–$30M band — including general contractors, custom home builders, remodelers, and high-finish specialty trades (cabinetry, stone/tile, electrical, plumbing, mechanical/HVAC, and related finishes). We do not take restaurants, SaaS, or general small-business bookkeeping.
What that looks like on Scottsdale-type jobs:
Day-to-day work runs through QuickBooks Online and a secure portal. In-person meetings are by appointment at our Mesa office. See how we work and the full services and packages. For contractors closer to our office, see also construction bookkeeping in Mesa.
On a twelve- or eighteen-month custom home, waiting until punch list to find out you were under-billed is expensive. A WIP schedule shows earned vs billed every month — which jobs are over-billed, which are under-billed, and where percentage-of-completion revenue has drifted from draws.
For Scottsdale GCs and remodelers stepping into larger or bonded work, that mid-project visibility is usually the gap a generalist bookkeeper never closes:
We connect QuickBooks Online to the job tools contractors already use — including Adaptive (we're a preferred partner) and Buildertrend — so estimates, bills, and draws don't live in two disconnected systems.
A bank or surety does not care that your bank feed is reconciled. They care whether you can show earned vs billed, which jobs are over- or under-billed, and whether retainage is sitting on the balance sheet instead of looking like cash you can spend.
Every Blackline engagement includes a monthly close by the 15th — bank and credit-card reconciliations, a P&L and balance sheet you can trust, and QuickBooks Online managed for construction. Clean packages your lender or bonding agent can work from are part of how we close (what bonding agents look for).
Payroll posted to the books is an optional add-on; certified / prevailing-wage payroll is out of scope. Catch-up work, if your books are behind, is scoped in the DIG Diagnostic as its own project — never quietly folded into the monthly fee.
We don't post a public rate card. Every client is quoted from revenue, job count, software, and complexity — usually within one business day.
| Package | Built for | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation | About $1M–$3M, 1–5 active jobs | Monthly close by the 15th, reconciliations, P&L and balance sheet, QBO management |
| Frame | About $3M+, 5+ active jobs | Everything in Foundation, plus job costing, a monthly WIP schedule, a CFO Insight Report, and Blackline Command |
| Blueprint | Owners who want forward-looking strategy | Fractional CFO advisory: monthly call, 13-week cash flow, bonding and lender support — alone or paired with Foundation or Frame |
Full detail, add-ons (payroll, software support, AIA/AR automation), and what's never included live on the services page. Systems setup before the first close runs through Groundwork on that same page.
Every engagement starts with a DIG — Discover, Investigate, Guide. We review your books, find gaps (unreconciled accounts, miscoded job costs, missing WIP, catch-up work), and scope the right package before you sign.
Most DIGs take 1–2 weeks. If cleanup is needed, it's quoted as its own project — never folded into the monthly fee.
Or read the full DIG and package breakdown on Services.
We serve Scottsdale contractors as a core North Valley / East Valley service area from our Mesa office. That includes work in Scottsdale proper — North Scottsdale, Old Town, and the Airpark — the Paradise Valley corridor, Fountain Hills, and Cave Creek — plus nearby Phoenix metro jobs when the engagement fits.
You do not need a Scottsdale office visit for the books to run. QuickBooks Online and a secure portal keep field and office in sync. If you want to meet in person, appointments are at 4320 E Brown Rd, Suite 103, Mesa, AZ 85205.
Statewide framing and the same package table also live on construction bookkeeping in Arizona. Contractors closer to Brown Road can start on construction bookkeeping in Mesa. Onboarding steps are on Process.
No Scottsdale storefront. Our office is at 4320 E Brown Rd, Suite 103, Mesa, AZ 85205. We serve Scottsdale contractors remotely through QuickBooks Online and a secure portal, and in person by appointment in Mesa. Call (480) 617-2664 or request a quote.
No. We do not prepare or file tax returns. We keep construction-specific books clean and hand them to your CPA. Arizona TPT and income tax filing stay with your tax pro; we coordinate so the records are ready.
Yes. Change orders update contract value and estimates in the books; allowances and owner selections are coded to the job so they don't vanish into overhead. That detail is part of how we run job costing on Frame (and scoped when a Foundation client needs it). See job costing in QuickBooks Online.
Yes — construction only. Custom home builders, luxury remodelers, and high-finish specialty trades are a core fit alongside general contractors and other trades in the roughly $1M–$30M band. We do not take non-construction businesses.
Every client is quoted from revenue, job count, software, and complexity — usually within one business day. We don't post a public rate card. Packages are Foundation, Frame, and Blueprint; full scope and what's never included are on Services. Start with a DIG Diagnostic.
Tell us about your Scottsdale construction business and we'll put together a custom quote within one business day — DIG first, no pressure.
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