Job Overview

The Director of Finance, Contract leads the day-to-day operations of the Finance function — financial planning & analysis, accounting, treasury, reporting, and controls — ensuring the organization's financial operations are accurate, timely, and disciplined. This role translates the CFO's financial strategy into operational execution and partners closely with the Director, PMO to ensure enterprise programs are properly resourced, tracked, and financially governed.

Reporting to the CFO, the Director, Finance partners with the Director, PMO; Director, Innovation; and Director, Human Resources as part of the CFO's core leadership team, ensuring finance, technology, people, and program delivery function as a coherent, well-run “operating system” for the business.

Duration: This is a 4-month maternity leave contract, running from February 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027.

WalterFedy is growing For outstanding talent, this role has real potential to be extended. It's an prospect to make an immediate impact and build a long-term future with our Finance team.

Accountabilities / Responsibilities

Client Delivery

This role's “clients” are primarily internal: business/practice line leaders who rely on Finance for accurate reporting, forecasting, and decision support. The role also maintains day-to-day external relationships (auditors, lenders, insurers), escalating strategic matters to the CFO.

- Serve as the primary finance business partner to practice/business line leaders on budgeting, forecasting, utilization, margin, and project financial performance.
- Maintain strong day-to-day working relationships with auditors, banking partners,



and insurers, escalating strategic matters to the CFO.
- Support practice leaders with accurate, timely financial data to inform pricing, resourcing, and project decisions.

Financial Delivery

- Lead day-to-day financial planning & analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting for the organization.
- Own the accounting function: general ledger, accounts payable/receivable, payroll coordination, and month-end/year-end close.
- Lead treasury operations, cash flow management, and banking relationships.
- Ensure the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of financial statements and internal management reporting.
- Maintain strong internal controls and support audit readiness and regulatory compliance.
- Monitor utilization, realization, backlog, and project margin performance, escalating trends to the CFO.

Business Processes

- Own and continuously improve core finance processes, systems, and reporting tools (ERP, financial reporting/BI tools).
- Automation & AI enablement: Partner with the Director, Innovation on finance system upgrades, automation of manual finance processes, and adoption of AI-enabled tools for forecasting, reporting, or analysis.
- Develop and maintain financial policies, procedures, and delegation of authority frameworks.




- Support enterprise governance by ensuring enterprise program budgets and business cases meet finance standards before approval, in partnership with the Director, PMO.

Leadership and Culture

- Lead, coach, and develop the Finance team, building depth and succession within the function.
- Partner with the Director, Human Resources on workforce planning, compensation benchmarking, and headcount/capacity planning from a financial lens.
- Act as a trusted, approachable finance partner to non-finance leaders, building financial literacy across the organization.
- Model financial discipline and transparency, reinforcing a culture of accountability.
- Support the CFO on special projects, board materials, and executive-level financial analysis as needed.

Skills / Competencies

- Strategic Vision & Long-Range Planning: Finance function strategist; translates enterprise financial strategy into operational plans.
- Financial Acumen & Capital Allocation: Deep technical expertise in accounting, treasury, and financial reporting.
- Operational Excellence, Delivery & Resource Management: Finance operations, reporting, and controls excellence.
- People Leadership & Talent Development: Finance team builder and developer.
- Client Leadership & External Relationships: Day-to-day auditor, lender, and insurer relationship management.
- Change Leadership: Finance process and systems change lead; partners with the Director, PMO on enterprise program financial governance.
- Innovation/Continuous Improvement: Champions automation of finance pro

📌 Director, Finance (Kitchener)
🏢 The Walter Fedy Partnership
📍 Kitchener