Director, Finance Operations (Job Costing & Revenue)

Contract Opportunity

Location: Stouffville, ON (Primarily On-Site)

Our client, a growing operations-driven organization, is seeking an experienced finance leader to oversee job costing, project profitability, revenue performance, and operational financial controls. This is a hands-on leadership role reporting directly to senior leadership and working closely with finance, sales, operations, and billing teams to drive accountability, margins, and business performance.

This opportunity is ideal for a senior finance professional who thrives in a dynamic environment where operational execution, costing accuracy, revenue oversight, and financial discipline are critical to success.

This role will require understanding of project-based finance/accounting from transportation, logistics or construction industry with background in job costing, project costing, operational finance, or profitability analysis.

Key Responsibilities

Job Costing & Profitability Management

• Develop, maintain, and enhance job costing and project costing methodologies.
• Monitor actual costs against estimates and investigate variances by project, customer, and service line.
• Ensure labour, equipment, subcontractor, and material costs are accurately captured and allocated.
• Drive accountability around project scope, cost control, and margin performance.
• Support pricing, quoting, and bidding decisions through profitability analysis and financial insights.
• Oversee change management processes related to project scope and pricing adjustments.

Revenue & Sales Performance Oversight

• Partner with sales leadership to monitor revenue performance, pipeline activity, forecasts, and profitability.
• Review pricing strategies to balance competitiveness and margin protection.
• Ensure accurate and timely revenue recognition.
• Prepare revenue forecasts and performance reporting for leadership.
• Support ongoing revenue growth initiatives through analytics and decision support.

Billing, Accounts Receivable & Financial Controls

• Oversee invoicing processes to ensure timely and accurate billing.
• Monitor accounts receivable aging and support collection efforts.
• Resolve billing discrepancies and customer-related financial issues.
• Strengthen billing procedures and internal controls.

Accounting & Reporting

• Review bank reconciliations, general ledger activity, accruals, and month-end entries.
• Support month-end and year-end close processes.
• Prepare financial reporting packages focused on profitability, revenue performance, cash flow, and operational metrics.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls, reporting, and financial efficiency.

Leadership

• Lead and mentor cross-functional team members across finance, billing, sales support, and operations.
• Act as a strategic business partner to operational and executive leadership.
• Drive collaboration between finance and operations to improve decision-making and profitability.

Qualifications

• CPA designation preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including leadership responsibilities.
• Strong background in job costing, project costing, operational finance, or profitability analysis.
• Experience within transportation, logistics, construction, industrial services, manufacturing, or other project-based environments is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated success partnering with operations and commercial teams to drive accountability and financial performance.
• Hands-on experience with month-end close, general ledger, reconciliations, billing, and financial reporting.
• Experience overseeing accounts receivable and revenue management processes.
• Advanced Excel skills and proficiency with accounting systems such as Sage, QuickBooks, or comparable ERP platforms.
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across multiple functions.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• High-impact finance leadership role with direct visibility to executive leadership.
• Opportunity to influence costing methodology, operational performance, and profitability.
• Broad scope spanning finance, operations, revenue management, and reporting.
• Flexible contract engagement with the potential to evolve into a part-time long-term arrangement.
• Primarily on-site role based in Stouffville, Ontario.