Back office on retainer for owner run businesses

You run the jobs.
We run the company.

Payroll, licensing, compliance, systems, and the numbers, handled every month for a flat fee. We bring the bookkeeper, CPA, attorney, and insurance agent and manage them for you.

Montana · Wyoming · Utah · Idaho

What we handle

Everything in the office that is not swinging a hammer. The first five are done by GCP directly. The sixth is a bench of licensed partners we select, introduce, and manage so you have one number to call.

Payroll and HR

Payroll administration on your own Gusto, ADP, or Rippling account.

  • Onboarding, I-9, W-4, new hire reporting
  • Time tracking and approvals
  • Certified payroll and prevailing wage
  • Workers comp audits and class codes
  • Subcontractor W-9s, agreements, COI tracking

Compliance and licensing

A compliance calendar that does not let anything lapse.

  • Contractor licenses in each state
  • Insurance, bond, and certificate renewals
  • Annual reports, BOI, entity filings
  • Permits and inspection scheduling
  • Vehicle, DOT, and city licenses

Operations and systems

The software and the process behind it, set up right and kept running.

  • JobTread, Buildertrend, ServiceTitan, Jobber
  • CRM and pipeline
  • Estimating and proposal templates
  • Written SOPs for every repeating task
  • Closeout, lien waivers, final billing

Technology and automation

Fewer hours on the laptop at night.

  • Email, domain, Google Workspace or Microsoft 365
  • Integrations between your tools
  • AI intake, scheduling, and follow up
  • Dashboards and weekly KPI reports
  • Password management and basic security

Monthly owner review

One sit down a month on the numbers, the pipeline, and the problems.

  • Pricing and margin by job type
  • Cash and receivables
  • Hiring plan and org structure
  • What to fix next and who owns it

Your partner bench

Licensed work goes to a vetted partner. We coordinate, you get one point of contact.

  • Bookkeeping firm, reviewed by us monthly
  • CPA or EA in your state for tax
  • Attorney for contracts and HR questions
  • Insurance agency that writes contractors
  • Marketing and virtual assistant partners

Who it is for

Owner operated trade and service companies that have outgrown the kitchen table but are not big enough for a full time operations manager. HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, excavation, concrete, framing, and general contractors.

$750k to $5M

Annual revenue. Below that the retainer is too much. Above it you should hire the seat full time.

3 to 25

Employees on payroll, plus the subs. Enough people that payroll and compliance are real work.

1 owner

Who is still in the field most days and is the only one who knows how the office runs.

Pricing

Flat monthly fees, billed on the first, 60 day cancellation. Every client starts with Setup. Exact price depends on headcount, payroll frequency, and how many systems need to be built.

Step one

Setup

One time fee scoped on the call, 60 to 90 days

We audit what you have, build what is missing, and hand you a company that runs.

  • Entity, license, and insurance audit
  • Compliance calendar built
  • Payroll moved and running
  • Job software and CRM live
  • SOPs written
  • Partners introduced
Most clients

Run

From $1,500 per month

We keep the back office running every month so nothing lapses and nothing is late.

  • Payroll administration
  • Compliance calendar managed
  • Systems administered
  • Partner coordination
  • Monthly owner review
Fractional operations

Operate

From $4,000 per month

Everything in Run, plus we act as your operations manager.

  • Weekly call
  • Hiring and org structure
  • Pricing and margin
  • Pipeline and quoting discipline
  • Problems, handled the day they come up

Partner fees for bookkeeping, tax, legal, and insurance are billed by the partner directly. GCP does not prepare taxes, give legal advice, hold your funds, or act as your employer of record.

How it works

Three steps. The first one is a phone call.

A 15 minute call

You tell us what is falling through the cracks. We tell you whether we are the right fit and what it would cost. No deck, no pitch.

Setup, 60 to 90 days

We go through the whole office: licenses, insurance, payroll, software, process. What is broken gets fixed, what is missing gets built, and every task gets written down.

Run, every month

Payroll goes out, renewals get filed, systems get maintained, partners get managed, and you get one call a month on the numbers. You stay in the field.

Who you are working with

Chris Henderson

Chris runs operations for a multi state contracting company licensed in general contracting, HVAC, electrical, roofing, and plumbing, and is the principal of Basin Group, a general contractor. Before that he spent five years in the United States Navy.

He started GCP because the same thing kept showing up in every trade company he walked into: a good owner, good crews, and an office that nobody set up. The licenses lapse, payroll gets fixed at midnight, and the numbers live in the owner's head. That is a solvable problem, and it is the only thing GCP does.

  • VP of Operations, multi state licensed contractor
  • Principal, Basin Group LLC
  • United States Navy, 2014 to 2019
  • Based in Bozeman, Montana

Start with a call

Fifteen minutes. Tell us what is falling through the cracks and we will tell you what it takes to fix it.

Email to book a call
Serving
Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho
Based
Bozeman, Montana
Hours
Monday to Friday, 7 am to 5 pm Mountain
Entity
Gallatin Consulting Partners LLC