Chief Financial Officer

Harvey & Company Ltd; San Juan de Terranova; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Cost-shared health, medical, dental

Group RRSP

Bonus opportunity

Job summary

The Pike Group is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to lead finance, HR and IT across multi-entity operations. You will drive strategy, financial planning, and governance to enable sustainable growth and acquisitions, while embedding disciplined financial oversight.

Key focus areas include EBITDA growth, working capital optimization, and scalable systems. The role requires hands-on leadership and collaboration with the CEO/COO to maximize profitability.

Qualifications

• CPA designation required.
• 10+ years of senior financial leadership experience.
• Experience in a dealership, industrial, or multi-unit operating environment strongly preferred.
• Deep understanding of fixed operations and absorption models.
• Inventory management and floorplan financing.
• Multi-location business performance.
• Proven ability to drive growth and improve profitability.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams including HR and IT.
• A hands-on leader who can operate strategically and tactically.
• Experience with Dealer Management Systems (Proceed for example) and asset.
• Prior experience leading the HR function an asset.

Responsibilities

• Drive Strategy & Growth: partner with CEO/COO to execute strategic plan, including expansion and acquisitions.
• Lead financial modeling, scenario planning, and capital allocation decisions.
• Provide actionable insights that drive action beyond reporting.
• Manage KPIs critical to dealership success: expense ratios, interest expense, gross margin by department, inventory turns, working capital and cash flow.
• Deliver insights at branch and executive level; support a sales-driven culture with disciplined oversight.
• Lead Dealership Financial Performance and Own the Finance Function: manage budgeting, forecasting, FP&A, financial reporting and controls; cash flow and working capital; inventory strategy and floorplan financing; timely financials.
• Partner with Operations to Maximize Profitability: improve efficiency, margins, absorption; support pricing strategies, cost control, operational discipline.
• Strengthen the Business Backbone (HR, Payroll & IT): oversee HR, payroll, IT; drive performance management, compensation alignment, and workforce planning; lead IT strategy and data visibility.
• Governance, Risk & Financial Discipline: establish internal controls; manage banking, audit, tax and external relationships; mitigate risks; structure for growth.
• What We’re Looking For: CPA designation; 10+ years in senior financial leadership; dealership/industrial multi-unit experience; deep knowledge of fixed ops, inventory, floorplan financing; multi-location performance; cross-functional leadership; hands-on, strategic/tactical.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

HR & IT leadership

Hands-on leadership

Growth & profitability

DMS experience

Education

CPA designation

10+ years senior financial leadership

Tools

Dealer Management Systems (DMS)

Job description

• Expense ratios

Role Overview

The Pike Group is a diversified, growth-focused organization with operations in heavy equipment, trucking, and related industries. We are seeking a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to help lead the next phase of growth.

Your Mandate

Lead Finance, with oversight of HR and IT, ensuring sound financial stewardship, strong governance, and organizational capability to enable sustainable growth.

This includes:

• Driving sustainable EBITDA growth
• Building scalable systems and processes
• Embedding financial discipline into all areas of operations
• Enabling expansion through data-driven decision-making and capital strategy

What You’ll Do

Drive Strategy & Growth

• Partner with the CEO and COO to execute the Group’s strategic plan, including expansion and acquisitions
• Lead financial modeling, scenario planning, and capital allocation decisions
• Provide insight that drives action—not just reporting
• Manage the KPIs critical to dealership success:
• Expense ratios
• Interest expense
• Gross margin by department
• Inventory turns and aging
• Working capital and cash flow
• Deliver actionable insights at the branch and executive level
• Support a sales-driven culture with disciplined financial oversight

Lead Dealership Financial Performance

Own the Finance Function

• Lead all aspects of finance across a multi-entity structure:
• Budgeting, forecasting, and Financial Planning & Admin
• Financial reporting and controls
• Cash flow and working capital management
• Oversee inventory strategy and floorplan financing
• Ensure accurate, timely financials that enable fast decision-making

Partner with Operations to Maximize Profitability

• Work closely with the COO to improve efficiency, margins, and absorption
• Support pricing strategies, cost control, and operational discipline
• Bring financial clarity to operational decisions across all locations

Strengthen the Business Backbone (HR, Payroll & IT)

• Oversee HR, Payroll, and IT (internal and outsourced resources)
• Collaborate with the COO to drive performance management, compensation alignment, and workforce planning
• Lead IT strategy, including DMS optimization, system integration, and data visibility

Governance, Risk & Financial Discipline

• Establish strong internal controls and financial governance
• Manage banking, audit, tax, and external stakeholder relationships
• Identify and mitigate financial and operational risks
• Ensure the business is structured to grow responsibly and sustainably

Candidate Profile

What We’re Looking For

• CPA designation required
• 10+ years of senior financial leadership experience
• Experience in a dealership, industrial, or multi-unit operating environment strongly preferred
• Deep understanding of:
• Fixed operations and absorption models
• Inventory management and floorplan financing
• Multi-location business performance
• Proven ability to drive growth and improve profitability
• Experience leading cross-functional teams including HR and IT
• A hands-on leader who can operate strategically and tactically
• Experience with Dealer Management Systems (Proceed for example) and asset
• Prior experience leading the HR function an asset

What Success Looks Like

• Consistent EBITDA growth and improved profitability
• Strong fixed ops absorption and margin performance
• Tight control of inventory, overhead expense, cash flow, and working capital
• Scalable systems and processes that support expansion
• High-performing Finance, HR, and IT functions
• A finance function that is a true competitive advantage

Why Join the Pike Group?

• Be part of a growth-focused, entrepreneurial organization
• Work directly with a driven CEO and operations-focused COO
• Lead across multiple businesses with real impact
• Help build a dealership group that outperforms the market
• We offer competitive salary and benefits, including cost-shared health, medical, dental, group RRSP, bonus opportunity.