Senior Manager, Financial Operations

Company Description

We are Chandos.

We exist to build a better world.

Our vision is to emerge as Canada’s premier technical builder, distinguished by our relentless pursuit of innovation, collaboration, and sustainability in all that we do.

We are 100 per cent employee-owned, and our success is driven by our employee owners. 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.

We 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.

Job Description

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.

From 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.

Roles and Responsibilities

Leadership and team development

• Leads and develops the Finance Managers across Canada, setting clear expectations and accountability.
• Leads the national project and district accounting teams through the Finance Managers.
• Ensures Finance Managers supervise and develop Project Accountants, including capacity planning, training, and succession.
• Builds partnerships with district leaders and equips Finance Managers to identify performance drivers, financial risks, and opportunities that improve district and project results.

Financial reporting, compliance, and tax

• Owns internal reporting for senior management, district leadership, and the Board, and recommends actions to the Controller.
• Owns external reporting to lenders, bonding providers, auditors, tax authorities, and other stakeholders, and recommends submissions to the Controller.
• Prepares consolidated financial statements and notes and supports the year-end audit.
• Owns joint venture financial statements, consolidation, partner reporting, tax coordination, and audit support.
• Oversees income tax filings, instalments, remittances, and supporting schedules, coordinating with external advisors and recommending positions to the Controller.
• Ensures compliance with accounting standards, financing and bonding requirements, tax obligations, policies, and financial controls.

Budgeting and forecasting

• Leads annual overhead, district, project, and consolidated budgeting and recommends the budget to the Controller.
• Leads forecasts for overheads, project results, revenue, margin, backlog, and other key measures and recommends actions to the Controller.
• Sets company-wide assumptions, timelines, review standards, and reporting expectations for budgets and forecasts.
• Challenges assumptions and communicates material risks, opportunities, and forecast changes to leadership.

Project and district accounting

• Oversees project and district accounting across Canada and ensures consistent, reliable project financial information.
• Provides temporary Finance Manager coverage during onboarding, transitions, vacancies, or other business needs.
• Oversees district reporting and reviews project forecasts, work-in-progress, revenue recognition, margin, cost-to-complete, change exposure, and other risks.
• Owns the processes, controls, and performance standards for client billings and subtrade accounts payable. Finance Managers and Project Accountants oversee day-to-day execution.
• Works with Finance Managers and operational leaders to resolve project accounting issues and improve decisions.
• Sets consistent project accounting processes, controls, service standards, and performance measures across districts.

Controls, systems, and continuous improvement

• Maintains an effective control environment over financial reporting, project accounting, budgeting, forecasting, tax, and joint venture reporting.
• Leads improvements to financial processes, reporting, systems, data quality, and automation in collaboration with accounting, operations, and technology teams.
• Establishes reporting requirements and delivers clear, decision-useful financial analysis to leadership.

Qualifications

• Four-year university degree in business, accounting, finance, or a related discipline.
• Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation required.
• Ten years of related experience in construction or project accounting, or in public accounting with direct experience serving construction-industry clients.
• At least five years of leadership experience, including experience leading managers or senior accounting professionals across multiple locations.
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, audit, controls, tax, and project accounting.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft applications, specifically Microsoft Excel.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Copilot, or other data, analytics, and automation tools is considered an asset.
• Ability to travel within Canada as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to lead and develop management-level team members.
• Construction experience with project reporting, client billings, subtrade accounts payable, work-in-progress, and joint ventures.
• Ability to translate financial information into business implications and actions.
• Sound judgment and ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Clear communication at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to improve and standardize processes across districts.
• Comfort with financial systems, changing processes, and organizational change.
• Ability to apply policies, accounting standards, and contractual requirements.

Additional Information

• 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.
• This position requires regular collaboration with teams across Canada and may require travel depending on business needs.
• The 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.

Chandos is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture and this includes our recruitment and hiring process.

We 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.

• We 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!
• Competitive wages
• Well rounded employer paid benefits program including health, dental, vision care and employee assistance program
• RRSP matching program to aid and prepare employees for long-term financial security
• Educational assistance for employees who wish to pursue job-performance enhancing education
• Recognition and annual salary reviews program
• Leadership conferences that allow employees to connect and collaborate
• Regular company-wide engagement opportunities

Vacancy Status

We are actively recruiting for this position.

AI 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. All final hiring decisions at Chandos are made personally by our hiring team.