ABOUT JORDAN RIVER LOGGING LTD.

At Jordan River, they believe in building a workplace where precision meets purpose. Their team values collaboration, teamwork, confidentiality, and compassion. We are proud to offer an opportunity to join a professional, supportive, and growing organization nestled in the beautiful coastal town of Chemainus.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Jordan River Logging is seeking a senior finance leader to own the end-to-end finance function across a group of companies. This role goes beyond monthly reporting—driving financial strategy, strengthening controls, improving cash flow and working capital discipline, and building scalable processes that support operational decision-making.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial Leadership & Strategy

• Act as the senior financial advisor to the Owner/Director on performance, risks, and priorities
• Build and maintain annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and scenario models tied to operational drivers
• Deliver actionable insights on margins, job profitability, cost drivers, and productivity

Reporting, Controls & Compliance

• Oversee accurate and timely monthly financial statements for all companies in the group
• Lead month-end close, balance sheet integrity, and financial governance
• Strengthen internal controls, policies, and process consistency across the group
• Ensure all statutory filings and compliance deadlines are met (CRA, payroll, GST/PST, etc.)

Cash Flow, Working Capital & Risk

• Own cash flow planning and working capital performance (AR, AP, inventory)
• Partner with operations to improve billing cadence, collections, and inventory discipline
• Provide information for insurance renewals; manage broker relationship and risk documentation

Operational Finance & Costing

• Lead and improve job costing frameworks, costing accuracy, and cost allocation methods
• Provide variance analysis and operational dashboards that support field decisions
• Maintain and optimize the general ledger and financial structure (Adagio)

People Leadership & Process Optimization

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing finance/admin team (4 direct reports)
• Modernize workflows, documentation, and cross-training to reduce single points of failure
• Identify efficiency opportunities (systems, automation, controls, reporting)

External Partner Management

• Coordinate year-end, tax support, and external advisors (accounting, banking, insurance)
• Maintain clean working papers and documentation for audit/review readiness (as applicable)

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• CPA required (or very strong equivalent experience at a multi-entity senior level)
• 3-5+ years progressive finance/accounting experience, ideally in industrial/asset-heavy environments (logging, manufacturing, construction, transportation, etc.)
• Strong operational finance capability: costing, margin analysis, and field-facing decision support
• Proven track record leading teams and implementing tighter controls/process improvements
• Systems comfort: Adagio experience an asset (or ability to ramp quickly)

Leadership Competencies

Strategic + hands-on, operationally grounded, high integrity, decisive, calm under pressure, strong communicator, able to influence owners/operators, and able to bring structure without slowing the business down.

Please submit your application through MNP’s official process and avoid making speculative approaches to Jordan River Logging Ltd. or its staff members, as such approaches will not support your application.