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The Construction Accountant’s Toolbox

“You don’t have to start with a degree. You have to start somewhere.”

Practical construction accounting education designed to help you build real skills, gain confidence, and create opportunities for a stronger career.

The Construction Accountant’s Toolbox Collection

Explore the Toolbox

From foundational construction accounting skills to hands-on practice and Controller-level leadership, the collection is designed to help you keep building—one step at a time.

The Construction Accountant’s Toolbox, Companion Guide, and The Controller’s Toolbox shown together
Book 1

Build Your Foundation

Understand the numbers. Learn the essentials.

Companion Guide

Put It Into Practice

Work through real examples. Build your confidence.

Book 2

Move From Numbers to Leadership

Gain insight. Make an impact. Grow your career.

From the ledger to leadership

The toolbox follows a clear progression: practical knowledge creates confidence; confidence creates opportunities; and opportunity creates room to lead.

01

Learn

Master the construction accounting essentials you use in the real world.

02

Practice

Work through examples until the process becomes familiar and repeatable.

03

Apply

Use sharper insight to support the people and projects behind the numbers.

04

Lead

Turn accounting fluency into confidence, impact, and career growth.

Susan Marinaccio, construction accounting educator, author, and creator
Meet the author

Susan Marinaccio

Construction Financial Strategist · Controller · Author

Susan Marinaccio brings more than twenty years of hands-on experience working inside and alongside small to mid-size construction companies. She has been the bookkeeper figuring it out alone, the Controller building systems from scratch, and the person called in when the numbers stopped making sense.

She did not begin with a finance degree or a corporate accounting team behind her. She began with responsibility. She learned construction finance inside real companies with real stakes—staying late, asking questions, learning from CPAs and bonding professionals, making mistakes, correcting them, and coming back the next day. There was no shortcut. There was just the work.

Today, Susan serves as Controller at A Christian Glass & Mirror in Delray Beach, Florida. She created The Construction Accountant’s Toolbox because bookkeepers, accountants, Controllers, and construction owners deserve practical guidance that meets them where they are and helps them grow into the next level of the work.

It is the resource she wishes she had twenty years ago—real knowledge, real examples, and a path from understanding the numbers to helping lead the business.

Built. Not taught.

Questions · Resources · Support

Connect With The Toolbox

Have a construction accounting question, a question about the books, or an idea for a future lesson? You can contact us anytime. If you are looking for the free Excel sheets that accompany The Construction Accountant’s Toolbox, use the resource request button below.

susan@constructionaccountantstoolbox.com
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