Description
Role OverviewPosition Title: Chief Financial Officer
Department: Finance
Reports To: Chief Executive Officer
Direct Reports: Controller; Vice President, Finance and Integration
Works Closely With: Senior Leadership Team, Operations, People Operations, IT, the Board, lenders, auditors and partners
Location: Edmonton/Acheson, Alberta preferred; open to Calgary
The CFO leads Inline's finance function and is the CEO's partner on strategy, capital and acquisitions. The Controller runs the close and day-to-day reporting; the CFO oversees that work, sets direction, funds the plan and leads the finance side of growth. This is a hands-on role in a founder-led and operator-first company. You'll work alongside operational leaders to give them reliable financial information, plan ahead for cash and capital needs, and lead the financial integration of new acquisitions.
Key Accountabilities1.Strategy & Capital Help the CEO and Senior Leadership Team decide where Inline plays and how it wins.
- Partner with the CEO on the five-year plan, capital allocation and the balance between organic growth and acquisitions.
- Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning, and report results to the Senior Leadership Team and the Board.
- Manage the mix, not just the total: margin by service line, sector and geography, and client concentration.
2.Treasury & Cash Keep the business funded through seasonal swings and growth.
- Manage cash flow and working capital through a highly seasonal business with a strong spring ramp-up.
- Own lender relationships, credit facilities and equipment financing for a large fleet.
- Manage deferred and vendor-financed acquisition payments.
3.Acquisitions & Integration Make acquisitions a repeatable strength.
- Lead financial due diligence, valuation, deal structure and closing, including working capital adjustments.
- With the VP, Finance and Integration, fully integrate acquired companies: systems, processes, reporting and compensation.
- Build a repeatable acquisition and integration playbook.
4.Field to Finance Turn the work done in the field into accurate invoices, margin and cash.
- Make sure field records, cost coding and invoices are right the first time, so billing and collections move fast.
- Give business unit and project leaders margin data they can act on.
- Lead the rollout of our new ERP across the group.
5.Oversight & Employee Ownership Keep the numbers trusted and our employee-owners informed.
- Oversee the close, reporting, audit and controls led by the Controller, across Canadian and U.S. entities.
- Oversee accounting for our Indigenous partnerships and joint ventures.
- Steward our employee share program: valuations, share transactions, liquidity planning and communication with employee-owners.
6.Finance Team Build a finance team people want to join and stay on.
- Lead and develop the Controller, the VP, Finance and Integration, and the finance team.
- Bring finance into the field: help operations leaders understand and own their numbers.
What Success Looks Like in the First 12-18 Months- The ERP (Deltek / Vantage Point) goes live across the group on schedule and within budget, with Finance and Operations using it in their day-to-day work.
- Challenger is fully integrated into Inline's systems, processes, and reporting, and a documented integration playbook is ready for the next acquisition.
- At least one new acquisition closes, with Finance leading the integration.
- The time it takes to issue invoices and collect payment decreases measurably.
- A rolling 13-week cash flow forecast and an annual capital plan help Inline anticipate and manage seasonal cash needs.
- All entities complete a clean year-end audit.
- The Finance team is stable and engaged, with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
QualificationsEducation & Experience- CPA required; an MBA is an asset.
- 15+ years of progressive finance experience, including 5+ as a CFO or VP Finance.
- Has bought and integrated several companies, from diligence through integration.
- Experience in a project-based business such as engineering, construction or field services, including project accounting.
- Experience in a multi-entity, multi-region, asset-heavy company of several hundred people.
- Has successfully led an ERP implementation for a project-based business.
- Experience with employee share ownership plans, Canada-U.S. cross-border financial operations, or accounting for Indigenous partnerships or joint ventures is an asset.
Skills- Strong commercial judgement: you understand how projects, crews and equipment turn into margin.
- Credible with field leaders: you can explain margin to a site manager.
- A builder, comfortable creating structure in a fast-growing company.
- Hands-on: willing to do the work as well as lead it.
Our Core ValuesHumble: Built from the ground up and have not forgotten where we came from.
Adaptable: There is always a way; you just need to find it.
Personable: Polite, courteous and straightforward.
Professional: Integrity, ethical and responsible for our actions.
Productive & Hardworking: We earn what we have.
Location & Compensation- Full-time, based in Edmonton/Acheson, Alberta (preferred) or Calgary, with regular travel to our branches and U.S. operations.
- Base salary, a short-term incentive plan, a long-term incentive plan in stock options, and benefits.
- The Chief Financial Officer position is fully on-site, with an in-person presence required to lead the Finance team and work closely with executive and operational leaders.
