Chief Financial Officer

at  Lambert Nemec Group

POSITION OVERVIEW:

We are looking for an experienced, senior-level designated accounting and finance professional with a growth-oriented mindset that blends a strategic perspective with a commitment to strong financial management through significant growth while ensuring solid financial and operational controls and a continuous improvement mindset. The Chief Financial Officer will be working in a leadership and strategic capacity, in supporting the President & CEO and the company by providing sound financial guidance and direction to the company and its team through continued expansion and significant growth.
As a result, we are looking for a senior strategic finance professional with 10+ years of progressive accounting and corporate financial leadership experience. Experience with large businesses with international operations would be beneficial and a background within a growing, multi-faceted company is also important. The Chief Financial Officer should also have strong leadership skills that motivate teams and facilitate change while fostering a collaborative and positive culture.
The Chief Financial Officer acts as a true business partner with the executive team and executes on a mandate to provide overall financial direction and vision to the organization. As such, the Chief Financial Officer provides analysis, interpretation, and decision-support; engages in short and long-term planning; leads the successful execution of related initiatives designed to contribute to the achievement of the organization’s strategic direction; and helps to shape longer-term strategies related to the business. As a key executive team member, the Chief Financial Officer also contributes significantly to business growth and development by playing a critical role in strategic planning and execution.
Operationally, the CFO’s mandate is to ensure that the operating companies are continually focused on business activities that generate the greatest returns and drive consistent daily, monthly, weekly, quarterly, and annual performance of the operations in terms of revenue, margin, and cash flow.
The CFO is expected to develop a deep operational understanding of the business and will apply expertise to analyze and assess pricing strategies, margin expansion opportunities, and consistently improve on the business.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Mid to large-company experience ranging from $200MM to $500MM in revenue is critical to be considered for this opportunity
• The Chief Financial Officer will possess a recognized Canadian accounting designation, CPA (CA, CGA or CMA), and would ideally have previous experience in a multi-faceted complex business within industries such as Industrial, Engineering, Manufacturing, Construction or Oil & Gas
• A strong, visionary, and strategic financial leader with a business-wide perspective and a record of success in making commercial decisions and recommendations that impact the overall business
• 10 plus years of strategic finance and leadership experience with strong technical accounting knowledge and the ability to balance the operational requirements of the role with the financial reporting and strategic finance needs of the company
• Possess strong communication skills and should be able to lead and work with all staff within the organization, at multiple levels and foster collaborative relationships between the finance and operations groups
• Strong business acumen with a proven ability in the definition and achievement of high-performance targets, goals, and objectives; delivering meaningful management reporting, analysis, and interpretation; and strategic planning
• Well-developed technical strengths in corporate finance and accounting from within a complex environment with international (multi-currency) operations
• Experienced in developing and implementing continuous improvement and benchmarking processes, procedures, policies, and best practices, including through the leveraging of technology
• Experience, credentials, and a ‘presence’ that quickly inspires confidence and garners trust and respect, internally and externally

The key responsibilities of the CFO are as follows:

• Manage and oversee all aspects of accounting and finance for the organization, including all its associated companies.
• Oversee the preparation of monthly and yearly consolidated financial statements for all the entities
• Develop short, medium, and long-range financial plans for the company and its subsidiaries
• Analysis of financial and operational data and reports for the various entities ensuring adherence to corporate budgets and strategic plans and compliance with internal policies and procedures, accounting standards, fiduciary responsibilities, and regulatory and legislative requirements
• Development and implementation of strong operational and financial controls ensuring mitigation of risk and safeguarding company assets
• Evaluate financial metrics, develop KPIs, and perform due diligence on potential acquisitions and corporate development initiatives providing opinions and recommendations to the CEO
• Lead, mentor, and build the finance and accounting team, establishing and implementing accounting processes and controls and providing continued guidance and management of finance and accounting functions to support continued growth and expansion
• Developing more robust financial reporting systems and providing periodic and regular operational and financial reporting and analysis to the CEO on the various companies, potential new projects, and work in progress
• Facilitate a culture of continuous improvement by identifying and implementing opportunities for streamlining processes resulting in increased efficiency and revenue growth
• Deal directly with financial institutions and investors on all financing matters and corporate development activities and liaise with external auditors and accountants
• Work with operations and IT management to improve operational processes and controls and leverage technology to improve processes and integrate the financial and operational aspects of the company