Construction accounting, by people who know construction.
We do the work above the books: job costing, tax planning, bonding support, and exit strategy for contractors building in the $2M to $15M range. Based in Austin, serving Central Texas and construction clients nationwide.
Why we exist
Most accountants understand taxes. Few understand construction. A contractor's financial life runs on mechanics that general accounting never teaches: job costing, work-in-progress schedules, retainage, overbillings and underbillings, certified payroll, and bonding. When the person handling your numbers has never worked a job, those mechanics get missed, and the cost shows up at the worst possible moment. Blackthorne Wicker was built to close that gap. We help contractors take control of job profitability, cash flow, bonding capacity, and the long-term value of the business they have spent years building.
Why construction
We chose construction on purpose. Not restaurants, not dentists, not e-commerce. It is one of the few industries where a profitable-looking year can hide a losing job, where a single bad estimate can erase the margin from three good ones, and where growth often comes down to whether a surety trusts your financial statements. That complexity is exactly where we wanted to work.
Our founder, Cyril Punay, came up through the field, not the back office. Since 2017 he has worked in project development across the United States, managing projects and financial operations for a real estate developer and moving from project manager to corporate controller. Standing on both the building side and the books side, he kept seeing the same thing: contractors who knew how to build but were flying blind financially, served by accountants who had never set foot on a jobsite.
Contractors don't fail because they run out of work. They fail because they lack visibility into job performance, cash flow, and financial risk.
"Measure twice, cut once" is a rule every builder lives by. It should apply to the financial side of the business too. The numbers should tell you the truth about every job while you can still do something about it, your financial statements should open doors with sureties and lenders, and you should always know what your business is worth.
Who we are
Blackthorne Wicker is led by its founder, Cyril Punay, an Enrolled Agent licensed to represent clients before the IRS, with an MBA in Financial Management. His background spans construction project management, financial operations, and corporate controllership, so your financials are handled by someone who understands both the estimate and the general ledger.
How we work
We work as the senior construction-finance layer above your existing team, focused on five things.
Financial visibility
Reporting that shows the real state of the business, not a tax return you see once a year.
Job profitability
WIP schedules and job-level cost tracking that show which jobs make money before they close.
Cash flow management
Forecasting and overbilling analysis that keep a profitable company from running out of cash.
Tax strategy
Year-round, construction-specific planning and filing by licensed professionals.
Business value creation
Building toward higher bonding capacity now and a stronger sale price later.
Who we work with
We typically work with growing contractors between $2M and $15M in annual revenue who need stronger financial systems, better reporting, and strategic guidance: general contractors, subcontractors, and specialty trades who bid jobs, run job costs, carry retainage, and may do prevailing wage or bonded work. Based in Austin, we focus on contractors in Central Texas and serve construction clients nationwide. If you build, we can help.