Job Title: Director of Finance, Construction Taggart Construction Limited & Doran Contractors Ltd. Taggart Construction Limited For more than 75 years, Taggart Construction Limited has built the essential services that people in Eastern Ontario use every day. Taggart Construction specializes in heavy civil construction, residential and commercial site servicing, sewers and watermain installation, site grading, and road construction across the region. But we build more than just infrastructure — we also build strong, lasting relationships with our partners, employees, and community. Doran Contractors Ltd. Doran Contractors Ltd. has a rich and diverse history in general contracting. From tender closing to substantial completion, Doran Contractors takes pride in being on time and on budget and focuses on exceeding clients’ expectations at every opportunity. With more than 120 years of history behind it, Doran is proud to have served hundreds of satisfied clients and has earned a reputation for highly skilled service
- down to the last detail. As part of the Taggart Group, Taggart Construction & Doran Contractors are proud, family-owned businesses benefiting from long-standing stability and continued growth and offer a variety of opportunities for those looking to get hands-on experience and build a lasting career. Building integrity, quality, and community together. The Director of Finance, Construction, is a senior finance leader responsible for leading change, strengthening financial processes and controls, managing complex accounting matters, coordinating finance activities across Taggart Construction, Doran Contractors and related equipment leasing entities, and maintaining overall accountability for the payroll function.



This hands-on role combines technical accounting leadership with organizational change management and practical business partnership. The Director works closely with the CFO, fellow Directors, and senior leaders, including the Controller and non-finance function heads, to establish shared priorities, coordinate cross-functional decisions and ensure finance initiatives support broader business objectives. Provide strategic and technical finance leadership to the Controller and accounting teams supporting Taggart Construction, Doran Contractors and related equipment leasing operations. Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting across a complex, multi-company construction portfolio. Lead the assessment and resolution of complex accounting matters, including construction contracts, equipment leasing, joint ventures, legal ownership structures, statements of adjustment and other non-routine business arrangements. Ensure compliance with ASPE, company accounting policies, contractual requirements and established financial controls. Coordinate year-end reporting, audits and reviews, including oversight of the preparation of clear supporting analysis and documentation for significant judgments and accounting positions. Change Management and Process Improvement Collaborate with Financial Systems and Process team to support finance-related change initiatives from planning through implementation, with clear objectives, stakeholder engagement,



communication, training and follow-through. Assess existing finance processes, identify root causes of inefficiency or control risk, and establish practical improvement priorities. Standardize and simplify accounting, reporting and control processes across the construction businesses while respecting legitimate operational differences. Partner with finance and operational teams to improve workflows, clarify decision rights, strengthen accountability and embed sustainable ways of working. Support the effective implementation and adoption of ERP, reporting, automation and other finance technology improvements. Establish measures to monitor implementation progress, adoption, control effectiveness and realized process improvements. Build strong, trusted working relationships with fellow Directors and senior leaders across operations, project management, estimating, equipment, information technology, human resources, legal and other corporate functions, serving as a key finance partner on operational and strategic matters. Work with fellow Directors and senior leaders to establish shared priorities, coordinate cross-functional inputs, timelines and accountabilities, and resolve dependencies affecting reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow planning and major finance initiatives. Provide fellow Directors and senior leaders with transparent, practical advice on complex accounting, financial reporting, controls and business implications, supporting informed and timely decisions. Review and challenge project performance reporting, work-in-progress analysis, contract accounting and cash flow requirements to for use in timely operational decision-making. Facilitate alignment among Directors, s

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