The AI finance team for CFOs
Catch overpayments before payroll runs and margin gaps the week they open. Every fix you approve adds points back to EBITDA.
Volca / Margin bridge
Example dataMargin bridge
Quarter to date, target 32.0% to actual 28.6%
Where the points went
Gross margin, ptsTargetTarget
PricesVendor price increases
LaborLabor over estimate
PricingUnder-priced job types
Comm.Commission overpayments
FixesFixes approved
ActualActual
By branch
- North shop30.2%+0.8 pts
- South shop27.1%-1.1 pts
- East shop28.4%+0.3 pts
- West shop26.9%-0.4 pts
Sound familiar?
Overpayments go out before anyone sees them
A missed split or a spiff counted twice in a commission spreadsheet lands on the check, and nobody finds it until later, if ever.
Margin arrives after the month closes
Job profit waits on the close, so a bad job type or an outdated price keeps costing you for weeks.
Growth adds back-office headcount
More techs and more shops bring more pay plans and more vendor invoices, and someone has to process all of it.
Every point you protect lands in EBITDA. Decide the week it opens.
Volca turns every margin gap into a decision with a recommended fix, the week the gap opens. Act then, and the points stay in the quarter instead of turning up in the post-mortem.
The cost of waiting, one problem that starts in week 1
Month-end report
Seen after the close
Volca
Flagged the week it starts
Margin lost before the fix
- Commission overpayment
Commission paid on a canceled job, caught in this period's run.
Fix it before payroll runs
Money that never leaves the business
- Vendor price increase
4-ton condensers went up 6% across 38 price book items.
Approve new prices in one click
Gross margin held at target
- Labor over estimate
South shop ran over on labor on one job type this week.
Reprice or retrain at that branch
Points back the following week, not next quarter
See where margin is leaking this week.
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FAQs
Don't see your question? Talk to us and we'll walk through anything specific to your shops.
How is this different from a dashboard?
A dashboard shows you a number. Volca does the analysis behind it: it codes every cost, flags the jobs and prices that are off, and recommends what to fix.
Does Volca replace my payroll provider?
No. Your payroll provider still cuts the checks and files taxes. Volca does the work before that step: it calculates what each employee earned, catches errors, collects approvals, and hands your provider a clean file.
Can I see profit by tech, business unit, or branch?
Yes. You can cut profit by job, tech, job type, business unit, and branch.
Do I need Volca payroll or AP to use job costing?
No. Job costing works on its own with the systems you already run. Payroll and AP are separate products you can add if you want them.