Director of Finance, Clinic Integration & Growth

Status: Full-time | Active Recent Vacancy

Location: Ottawa, Ontario preferred | Remote work available with periodic travel to Ottawa

About the Role

Ottawa Physiotherapy & Sports Clinic is executing a multi-site clinic integration strategy, bringing several independently owned clinics under a unified corporate framework and building the foundational infrastructure to scale over time. We are seeking a hands-on, growth-oriented Director of Finance to unify distributed clinical financial operations, deliver clear visibility on consolidated cash flow and performance to executive leadership, and partner on the execution of our corporate growth strategy.

You will spearhead the financial integration roadmap with direct support from clinic owners and the executive leadership team. This mandate requires working closely with clinic leaders to design workflows that balance local clinic realities with parent-company governance, collaborating tightly with operations management where system changes intersect with clinic workflows.

What You’ll Lead

- Finance Operations and Controls: Oversee accounting, budgeting, forecasting, cash optimization, and financial reporting across all corporate entities. Standardize clinic-level workflows for payments, collections, reconciliations, and internal approvals. Manage relationships with external advisors for year-end preparation, corporate tax compliance, and regulatory reporting.
- Systems Integration & Efficiency: Lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of a shared corporate finance platforms. Oversee data migration, training, and system adoption. Identify and execute cost and time saving opportunities through centralized vendor purchasing and shared processes.
- Change Leadership & Stakeholder Management: Act as a trusted financial partner to legacy clinic owners. Guide clinic teams through the cultural shift of financial centralization, ensuring clear communication regarding the purpose of new controls, governance, and standardized policies without causing friction in clinical workflows.
- Financing, Acquisitions, and Growth: Partner with executive leadership to plan and model funding future growth. Build financial models,



support commercial lender relationships, assess capital needs, conduct financial due diligence on M&A; targets, and establish a repeatable playbook for onboarding new acquisitions into the group platform.

What You Bring

- 15+ years of progressive finance or accounting leadership experience, with a proven track record of managing reporting, cash flow, and financial controls across multiple locations, legal entities, or distributed operating units.
- Demonstrated experience leading financial system migrations, cloud ERP implementations, or standardizing fragmented workflows into a centralized shared-services model.
- Strong communication and change-management skills, with the ability to translate complex financial concepts into actionable insights for clinical owners and stakeholders, and encourage adoption of new ways of working.
- A university degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related discipline (or equivalent professional experience).
- Experience in clinic practice roll-ups, mergers & acquisitions, or post-acquisition integration, preferably in a private healthcare clinic or multi-site service business, is highly valued. A CPA designation (CA, CMA, CGA) is strongly preferred.

Your First 90 Days

- First 30 Days: Assess each clinic’s legacy accounting software, billing and collections mechanisms, banking structures, and reporting tools. Establish a standardized baseline for localized cash flow, identify immediate operational or compliance risks, and align with leadership on the centralization sequence.
- Days 31–60: Begin centralizing priority finance functions, including corporate cash visibility, vendor payments, and consolidated reporting. Establish a unified corporate chart of accounts, standardized approval processes, and a rigorous month-end close calendar.



Define the functional requirements for a shared cloud ERP/finance system and finalize the rollout timeline.
- Days 61–90: Deploy consolidated management reporting, clinic-level performance dashboards, and an agile group cash forecasting model. Begin the phased rollout of the shared finance systems across locations, clearly communicating milestones for completed work. Leverage the financial baseline to collaborate with leadership on a multi-year growth plan, including funding needs and acquisition priorities.

Location and Compensation

- Base Salary Range: $160,000 – $200,000 CAD per annum (commensurate with experience).
- Additional Benefits: Eligibility for a performance bonus tied to corporate and individual growth milestones, along with an opportunity to participate in the company's equity arrangement.
- Work Arrangement: Full-time. Ottawa-based candidates are preferred. Remote flexibility is available, with the expectation of periodic travel to Ottawa (approximately 2–3 days per month during peak initial integration phases, scaling to a quarterly cadence thereafter).

How to Apply To apply, please forward your résumé to [email protected]. Please include a brief summary or example of a multi-site finance integration or systems rollout you previously executed and the operational outcomes achieved.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Disclosure:

Please note that Ottawa Physiotherapy & Sports Clinic does not utilize automated AI-driven screening or algorithmic ranking software to evaluate applicants for this position. All resumes and applications are reviewed manually by our internal recruitment team.

Accessibility and Accommodations:

Ottawa Physiotherapy & Sports Clinic is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), accommodations are available upon request for individuals taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you require an accommodation at any stage, please notify us at [email protected] and we will work with you to meet your specific requirements.

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