Chief Financial Officer

About Inline

Inline is a Canadian mid-sized and growing civil engineering field services company of 550+ people, founded in 2012. We provide geomatics, materials testing, and geotechnical and environmental engineering to land development, infrastructure, oil and gas, industrial and mining clients, from nine branches across Western Canada and the North and operations in the United States. We have completed two acquisitions, most recently Challenger Geomatics in 2026, and are executing a five-year plan built on organic growth and further acquisitions. We have more than 90 employee shareholders and more than 20 Indigenous partners.

Inline has been named one of Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures and certified as a Great Place to Work.

Role Overview

Position Title: Chief Financial Officer

Department: Finance

Reports To: Chief Executive Officer

Direct Reports: Controller; Vice President, Finance and Integration

Works Closely With: Senior Leadership Team, Operations, People Operations, IT, the Board, lenders, auditors and partners

Location: Edmonton/Acheson, Alberta preferred; open to Calgary

The CFO leads Inline's finance function and is the CEO's partner on strategy, capital and acquisitions. The Controller runs the close and day-to-day reporting; the CFO oversees that work, sets direction, funds the plan and leads the finance side of growth. This is a hands-on role in a founder-led and operator-first company. You’ll work alongside operational leaders to give them reliable financial information, plan ahead for cash and capital needs, and lead the financial integration of new acquisitions.

Key Accountabilities

1.Strategy & Capital Help the CEO and Senior Leadership Team decide where Inline plays and how it wins.

• Partner with the CEO on the five-year plan, capital allocation and the balance between organic growth and acquisitions.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning, and report results to the Senior Leadership Team and the Board.
• Manage the mix, not just the total: margin by service line, sector and geography, and client concentration.

2.Treasury & Cash Keep the business funded through seasonal swings and growth.

• Manage cash flow and working capital through a highly seasonal business with a strong spring ramp-up.
• Own lender relationships, credit facilities and equipment financing for a large fleet.
• Manage deferred and vendor-financed acquisition payments.

3.Acquisitions & Integration Make acquisitions a repeatable strength.

• Lead financial due diligence, valuation, deal structure and closing, including working capital adjustments.
• With the VP, Finance and Integration, fully integrate acquired companies: systems, processes, reporting and compensation.
• Build a repeatable acquisition and integration playbook.

4.Field to Finance Turn the work done in the field into accurate invoices, margin and cash.

• Make sure field records, cost coding and invoices are right the first time, so billing and collections move fast.
• Give business unit and project leaders margin data they can act on.
• Lead the rollout of our new ERP across the group.

5.Oversight & Employee Ownership Keep the numbers trusted and our employee-owners informed.

• Oversee the close, reporting, audit and controls led by the Controller, across Canadian and U.S. entities.
• Oversee accounting for our Indigenous partnerships and joint ventures.
• Steward our employee share program: valuations, share transactions, liquidity planning and communication with employee-owners.

6.Finance Team Build a finance team people want to join and stay on.

• Lead and develop the Controller, the VP, Finance and Integration, and the finance team.
• Bring finance into the field: help operations leaders understand and own their numbers.

What Success Looks Like in the First 12–18 Months

• The ERP (Deltek / Vantage Point) goes live across the group on schedule and within budget, with Finance and Operations using it in their day-to-day work.
• Challenger is fully integrated into Inline’s systems, processes, and reporting, and a documented integration playbook is ready for the next acquisition.
• At least one new acquisition closes, with Finance leading the integration.
• The time it takes to issue invoices and collect payment decreases measurably.
• A rolling 13-week cash flow forecast and an annual capital plan help Inline anticipate and manage seasonal cash needs.
• All entities complete a clean year-end audit.
• The Finance team is stable and engaged, with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• CPA required; an MBA is an asset.
• 15+ years of progressive finance experience, including 5+ as a CFO or VP Finance.
• Has bought and integrated several companies, from diligence through integration.
• Experience in a project-based business such as engineering, construction or field services, including project accounting.
• Experience in a multi-entity, multi-region, asset-heavy company of several hundred people.
• Has successfully led an ERP implementation for a project-based business.
• Experience with employee share ownership plans, Canada–U.S. cross-border financial operations, or accounting for Indigenous partnerships or joint ventures is an asset.

Skills

• Strong commercial judgement: you understand how projects, crews and equipment turn into margin.
• Credible with field leaders: you can explain margin to a site manager.
• A builder, comfortable creating structure in a fast-growing company.
• Hands-on: willing to do the work as well as lead it.

Our Core Values

Humble: Built from the ground up and have not forgotten where we came from.

Adaptable: There is always a way; you just need to find it.

Personable: Polite, courteous and straightforward.

Professional: Integrity, ethical and responsible for our actions.

Productive & Hardworking: We earn what we have.

Location & Compensation

• Full-time, based in Edmonton/Acheson, Alberta (preferred) or Calgary, with regular travel to our branches and U.S. operations.
• Base salary, a short-term incentive plan, a long-term incentive plan in stock options, and benefits.
• The Chief Financial Officer position is fully on-site, with an in-person presence required to lead the Finance team and work closely with executive and operational leaders.