Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer
Position Overview
My client is seeking a commercially focused executive who can bring together business strategy, financial discipline, operational leadership, and organizational development. This is a broad leadership position for someone who understands the drivers of business performance and knows how to turn opportunities into measurable results.
Working in close partnership with the CEO, the executive will play a central role in guiding the company's next phase of development. The mandate includes improving overall business performance, creating stronger management processes, enhancing financial visibility, and positioning the organization for continued expansion.
This is not a traditional finance or operations position. It requires an individual who can see the entire business, challenge existing practices, make sound commercial decisions, and take an active role in leading the organization. The successful candidate will have meaningful input into major business decisions and the opportunity to assume expanded executive responsibility as the company evolves, potentially progressing into a President-level role.
Areas of Responsibility
Business Strategy & Corporate Development
- Work alongside the CEO to establish priorities and drive the company's overall business agenda.
- Develop initiatives that strengthen competitive positioning, improve earnings, and support long-term expansion.
- Assess potential avenues for growth, including new customer segments, complementary services, partnerships, and investment opportunities.
- Establish clear business objectives and ensure that strategic initiatives translate into tangible operating results.
- Anticipate organizational needs and help prepare the business for its next stage of development.
- Provide executive-level insight and recommendations on major business decisions.
Enterprise Operations & Performance Management
- Direct and coordinate the company's operating functions, ensuring that departments are aligned with overall business objectives.
- Evaluate existing workflows, management practices, and organizational processes to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Introduce systems and procedures that enhance productivity, consistency, and operating capacity.
- Establish performance measurement tools that provide management with visibility into business results.
- Address operational bottlenecks and lead initiatives to improve execution and service quality.
- Ensure that department leaders operate with defined responsibilities, appropriate resources, and clear performance expectations.
Financial Oversight & Commercial Management
- Collaborate with the finance function to establish financial plans, operating budgets, and forward-looking projections.
- Maintain a strong understanding of the company's financial position, earnings performance, and overall economic health.
- Evaluate revenue trends, cost structures, operating expenses, and profitability across the business.
- Lead efforts to improve financial returns through better resource allocation, cost discipline, and operating efficiencies.
- Develop meaningful reporting tools that connect financial information with day-to-day business performance.
- Ensure that leadership decisions are supported by reliable financial information and sound commercial analysis.
Leadership, Culture & Organizational Development
- Provide direction and guidance to senior management and department heads.
- Strengthen the management structure by developing capable leaders and establishing clear lines of responsibility.
- Promote a performance-oriented environment built around ownership, communication, and follow-through.
- Identify talent gaps and organizational requirements as the business expands.
- Encourage cooperation across departments and eliminate barriers that affect execution.
- Lead by example, fostering professionalism, sound judgment, transparency, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
Executive Background & Qualifications
The ideal individual will bring a combination of business leadership experience, financial understanding, and operational sophistication from relevant companies within construction and related services, property and facilities operations, field-based service organizations, wholesale distribution, transportation, logistics, and other business-to-business service environments.