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We prioritize people, purpose, and performance in all that we do. When the company thrives, you benefit directly. When everyone is invested - literally - it builds a community of accountability, pride and mutual support.\nWe look for team members who are gritty, accountable, and driven - with a mindset rooted in initiative and purpose, you think like an entrepreneur and build strong, trusting relationships through clear communication and thoughtful dialogue, even in challenging conversations.\n As our Senior Manager, Financial Operations, you'll be more than a numbers expert, you'll be a trusted business partner helping shape the future of our operations across Canada. You'll lead a team of Finance Managers, empowering them to support District Leadership with meaningful financial insights, strategic guidance, and data-driven decision-making.\nFrom overseeing budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting to ensuring smooth project accounting operations, you'll play a critical role in driving performance and continuous improvement. If you're passionate about leadership, collaboration, and turning financial data into business success, we'd love to hear from you.\nRoles and Responsibilities\nLeadership and team development\nLeads and develops the Finance Managers across Canada, setting clear expectations and accountability. \nLeads the national project and district accounting teams through the Finance Managers. \nEnsures Finance Managers supervise and develop Project Accountants, including capacity planning, training, and succession. \nBuilds partnerships with district leaders and equips Finance Managers to identify performance drivers, financial risks, and opportunities that improve district and project results. \nFinancial reporting, compliance, and tax\nOwns internal reporting for senior management, district leadership, and the Board, and recommends actions to the Controller. \nOwns external reporting to lenders, bonding providers, auditors, tax authorities, and other stakeholders, and recommends submissions to the Controller. \nPrepares consolidated financial statements and notes and supports the year-end audit. \nOwns joint venture financial statements, consolidation, partner reporting, tax coordination, and audit support. \nOversees income tax filings, instalments, remittances, and supporting schedules, coordinating with external advisors and recommending positions to the Controller. \nEnsures compliance with accounting standards, financing and bonding requirements, tax obligations, policies, and financial controls.\nBudgeting and forecasting\nLeads annual overhead, district, project, and consolidated budgeting and recommends the budget to the Controller. \nLeads forecasts for overheads, project results, revenue, margin, backlog, and other key measures and recommends actions to the Controller. \nSets company-wide assumptions, timelines, review standards, and reporting expectations for budgets and forecasts. \nChallenges assumptions and communicates material risks, opportunities, and forecast changes to leadership. \nProject and district accounting\nOversees project and district accounting across Canada and ensures consistent, reliable project financial information. \nProvides temporary Finance Manager coverage during onboarding, transitions, vacancies, or other business needs. \nOversees district reporting and reviews project forecasts, work-in-progress, revenue recognition, margin, cost-to-complete, change exposure, and other risks. \nOwns the processes, controls, and performance standards for client billings and subtrade accounts payable. Finance Managers and Project Accountants oversee day-to-day execution. \nWorks with Finance Managers and operational leaders to resolve project accounting issues and improve decisions. \nSets consistent project accounting processes, controls, service standards, and performance measures across districts. \nControls, systems, and continuous improvement\nMaintains an effective control environment over financial reporting, project accounting, budgeting, forecasting, tax, and joint venture reporting.\nLeads improvements to financial processes, reporting, systems, data quality, and automation in collaboration with accounting, operations, and technology teams.\nEstablishes reporting requirements and delivers clear, decision-useful financial analysis to leadership.\n Four-year university degree in business, accounting, finance, or a related discipline.\nChartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation required.\nTen years of related experience in construction or project accounting, or in public accounting with direct experience serving construction-industry clients. \nAt least five years of leadership experience, including experience leading managers or senior accounting professionals across multiple locations.\nStrong knowledge of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, audit, controls, tax, and project accounting.\nAdvanced proficiency in Microsoft applications, specifically Microsoft Excel.\nProficiency with Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Copilot, or other data, analytics, and automation tools is considered an asset. \nAbility to travel within Canada as required.\nPreferred Qualifications\nAbility to lead and develop management-level team members. \nConstruction experience with project reporting, client billings, subtrade accounts payable, work-in-progress, and joint ventures. \nAbility to translate financial information into business implications and actions. \nSound judgment and ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines. \nClear communication at all levels of the organization. \nAbility to improve and standardize processes across districts. \nComfort with financial systems, changing processes, and organizational change. \nAbility to apply policies, accounting standards, and contractual requirements.\n This position may be based out of any Chandos office and may qualify for a hybrid working arrangement. Regular in-office presence is required, with limited work-from-home flexibility based on business and team needs. \nThis position requires regular collaboration with teams across Canada and may require travel depending on business needs.\nThe above statements describe the general nature and level of work performed in this role. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and activities required.\nChandos is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture and this includes our recruitment and hiring process.\nWe recognize that our differences are our greatest strengths. We uncover talent. We nurture talent. And then we give people the tools they need to use their talent to create a positive impact.\nWe are 100% employee owned. Every person who works for Chandos can become an owner. There is only one class of units at Chandos, because we believe everyone should be treated equal. We talk about being an entrepreneurial-minded organization and you can be sure we mean it!\nCompetitive wages\nWell rounded employer paid benefits program including health, dental, vision care and employee assistance program\nRRSP matching program to aid and prepare employees for long-term financial security\nEducational assistance for employees who wish to pursue job-performance enhancing education\nRecognition and annual salary reviews program\nLeadership conferences that allow employees to connect and collaborate\nRegular company-wide engagement opportunities\nVacancy Status\nWe are actively recruiting for this position.\nAI Disclosure Statement: Chandos is committed to transparent recruitment. Our internal team does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select applicants, although we do use AI tools for administrative interview transcription and AI tools may be integrated or embedded in third-party platforms and software. Some of Chandos' external staffing partners may use AI to screen, assess, or select candidates during their initial workflows. 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