Interim CFO / Director of Finance
Role: Interim CFO / Director of Finance
Work Model: Primarily Remote
Location: GTHA (must be able to travel onsite in the GTHA approximately once a month)
Overview
Our client is seeking a hands-on Interim CFO / Director of Finance to lead the finance function during a period of operational and organizational change. The successful candidate will evaluate the current finance environment, strengthen reporting and controls, support the stabilization of an ERP implementation, and provide leadership to the finance team while helping build a scalable foundation for future growth
Key Responsibilities
- Take ownership of the finance and accounting function across multiple North American entities.
- Operate effectively in an environment where priorities evolve and not all issues are fully defined at the outset.
- Evaluate existing accounting processes, identify gaps, and implement sustainable improvements.
- Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting for executive leadership, the Board, ownership stakeholders, and other key business partners.
- Lead the stabilization and optimization of an ERP implementation, ensuring accurate data migration, process alignment, system adoption, and reporting integrity.
- Strengthen controls, reconciliations, cash management, payroll, and commission-related processes.
- Improve month-end and year-end close procedures and establish greater accountability within the finance team.
- Partner closely with executive leadership to support strategic decision-making and business growth.
- Provide hands-on support with complex accounting, operational, and reporting matters.
- Support a highly regulated business operating across multiple jurisdictions, currencies, and legal entities.
- Manage reporting requirements and communications with senior stakeholders, including Board-level audiences.
- Navigate and support high-volume commission and compensation environments.
Qualifications
- CPA designation required.
- Previous success stabilizing, rebuilding, or upgrading finance functions.
- Strong technical accounting and financial reporting experience within IFRS and/or US GAAP environments.
- Experience leading ERP implementations or system optimization projects.
- Proven ability to quickly identify priorities and implement practical solutions.
- Experience supporting multi-entity, multi-currency, and cross-border operations.
- Experience within financial services, banking, insurance, distribution, or other complex commission-based business models is considered an asset.
- Background working in high-growth, entrepreneurial, founder-led, or rapidly evolving organizations.
- Comfortable balancing strategic leadership with day-to-day execution.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain financial matters to non-finance audiences.
- Calm, pragmatic, and solutions-oriented leadership style.
- Demonstrated ability to drive accountability, prioritize effectively, and execute with urgency.
Interested?
If you are a CPA-designated finance leader who thrives in situations that require structure, problem-solving, and decisive action, we encourage you to apply. This opportunity offers significant visibility and the ability to make an immediate impact on the direction, stability, and effectiveness of the finance function.
