Thompson Construction Group -- Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Thompson Construction Group

Edmonton, AB

Established in Barrhead, Alberta in 1964 with a handful of employees and a couple pieces heavy equipment, the Thompson Construction Group has grown to become one of Western Canada’s leading heavy civil contractors.

The company has been instrumental in developing and maintaining the infrastructure Western Canadian’s depend upon each day.

With over 1500 employees and 2000 pieces of equipment, Thompson provides heavy civil earth moving, infrastructure construction, oil sands reclamation, plant and bridge construction services.

With longstanding and established customer relationships, a proven track record, a well-maintained fleet, and a developed reputation for having the technical expertise, people equipment, and experience to complete even the most difficult projects, Thompson is well positioned for continued growth.

In 2023, Thompson was acquired by the Hillcore Group, a leading Canadian investment company that employs over 7500 employees through its various portfolio companies.

Thompson is viewed as a key strategic and long-term holding to complement Hillcore’s existing portfolio of leading industrial services companies across Canada.

As part of a planned leadership transition, Thompson is now seeking a new Chief Financial Officer ( CFO ) to partner with the CEO in charting the next evolution and growth of the company and ensure the organization is delivering and maximizing shareholder value.

As a key member of the senior management team, the CFO will be responsible for elevating and expanding the company’s finance and IT functions to catalyze and support business growth, while ensuring proper stewardship and controls over the company’s assets, processes, and financial systems.

• Key priorities include : building out processes and systems that enhance business discipline and support decision making and analysis;
• managing relationships with banks and cash management; enhancing resource planning, resource planning and asset utilization;

supporting commercial activities; and building and developing a best-in-class finance team.

The ideal candidate is a progressive, business-oriented CFO / SVP Finance ideally from a large, complex industrial services organization.

They will bring strong corporate finance, treasury and asset management experience combined with proven track record driving process and systems improvement across an accounting and finance function.

Specific experience working within a private equity environment would be an asset. The CFO must be a highly collaborative leader able to drive change and transformation in a strategic, business savvy, and empowering way.

Highly entrepreneurial, the CFO will understand how to drive shareholder value and comfortable in both a highly strategic as well as tactical manner.

Based in Spruce Grove / Edmonton, this is a rare opportunity to join a highly successful ownership group and an organization with a strong foundation, but currently at an inflection point.

The CFO will play a significant role in executing on an aggressive growth plan to build a world-class contracting company.

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We thank all applicants for their interest in this position. Please note that we will only be in contact with those individuals moving forward with our client.