Director of Finance

Regehr Contracting Ltd.; Abbotsford; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Regehr Contracting Ltd. in Abbotsford, BC is seeking a designated CPA to lead the finance function as Director of Finance. You will build financial infrastructure, KPIs, and a high-performing team across multiple lines while acting as a strategic partner to ownership.

You’ll establish and own budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow, with autonomous leadership to shape the company’s financial trajectory through its next growth phase.

Qualifications

• CPA designation with progressive finance leadership experience.
• Experience building or scaling a finance function.
• Public accounting background with transition into industry leadership.
• Experience in construction or project-based industries with job costing and bonding.
• Ability to operate autonomously and set priorities.
• Strong leadership to mentor and develop a team.

Responsibilities

• Own the company's financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting and decision-making as the business scales.
• Establish KPIs for each business line and drive action plans.
• Build and lead the financial infrastructure, controls, and systems for growth.
• Partner with the President and operations on strategic pricing, capex, and long-term planning.
• Lead cash flow management and working capital to inform leadership.
• Oversee tax filings, insurance, and risk management with external accountants.
• Shape the finance team structure and scale across multiple business lines.

Skills

CPA designation

Strategic finance leadership

Finance function building

Public accounting background

Construction industry knowledge

Team leadership

Autonomy

Education

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Tools

MS Excel

ERP systems

Financial modeling

Job description

We're looking for a designated CPA to lead our finance function as Director of Finance — a genuine seat-at-the-table role for someone who wants to help drive an entrepreneurial, fast-growing group of companies through its next stage, not just report on it. Reporting to the President, with hands-on support from our fractional CFO during onboarding, you'll build the financial infrastructure, KPIs, and team the business needs across multiple business lines — and work alongside ownership as a true strategic partner, not just closing the books on decisions others have already made.

You've built or scaled a finance function before and think about where the business is going, not just where it's been. You operate independently and don't need to be handed direction — you're comfortable assessing an ambiguous situation yourself, setting your own priorities, and building trust and credibility with a team as you go. Having made the leap from public practice into industry, you've proven yourself as a strategic finance leader ownership trusts to help drive decisions. Ambiguity and rapid growth read to you as opportunity, not risk.

What You’ll Do

• Own the company's financial strategy — set the direction for planning, forecasting, and financial decision-making as the business scales.
• Establish KPIs for each business line, track them monthly, and turn them into an action plan you execute against
• Build and lead the financial infrastructure — systems, processes, and internal controls — required to support the company through its next phase of growth.
• Partner directly with the President and operations leadership on strategic decisions: bidding and pricing strategy, capital and equipment investment, and long-term growth planning.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow / working capital management to give leadership a clear, forward-looking view of the business.
• Drive job costing and project-level profitability analysis, working closely with Operations, to inform bidding decisions and protect margins.
• Own banking, bonding/surety, and lending relationships — negotiating and managing the credit and bonding capacity needed to support growth.
• Assess the accounting team's structure and capabilities, and build the additional support, tools, and structure they need to keep pace with a growing business.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing accounting team, working across our related businesses as they grow.
• Lead risk management, insurance, and compliance, and oversee tax filings and year-end processes in partnership with external accountants.
• Evaluate and lead improvements to financial systems/ERP as the business grows.
• Take on an evolving scope of responsibility as the company grows — this role is expected to shape itself around the business.

What You Bring

• Designated CPA
• Progressive finance leadership experience — ideally as a Senior Controller, Director of Finance, or VP of Finance; we're also open to a strong, up-and-coming Senior Manager who can show us real leadership and strategy-building experience, not just technical execution
• Prior experience in public accounting, with a proven transition into industry leadership
• A track record of building or significantly scaling a finance function — not just maintaining one
• Experience in construction, civil engineering, contracting, or another project-based, capital-intensive industry — job costing, WIP accounting, equipment financing, and bonding/surety experience are strongly preferred
• Comfortable operating with real autonomy and minimal day-to-day direction — you set your own priorities and don't wait to be told what to do
• Comfortable operating as a strategic partner to ownership and executive leadership, not solely an operational lead
• Strong people leadership — a proven ability to build, mentor, and develop a team
• An entrepreneurial mindset, genuine comfort with ambiguity, and real energy for being part of a fast-growing group of companies

Who We Are

Founded in 2007 by Kenton Regehr, Regehr Contracting started as a small excavating outfit in the Fraser Valley. Today it's a full-service civil construction, infrastructure, and crushing company with a team of 100+, delivering projects across British Columbia — from site preparation and excavation to public infrastructure and aggregate production. Privately owned and still hands‑on in its approach, Regehr has built its reputation on dependable service and long‑standing client relationships as it continues to grow.