Fractional Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
About the role
Executive Summary
Company Overview
Milestone Environmental is a $150M+ employee-owned leader in environmental contracting and infrastructure services. For over a decade, we have earned a reputation for contracting excellence by delivering projects that demand technical expertise, creativity, and resilience. Our work spans soil and ground remediation, water treatment, heavy civil construction, building decommissioning, land reclamation, and the rehabilitation of sensitive habitats.
What sets us apart is not just what we build or restore but how we do it. We collaborate closely with clients to take on their most complex and sensitive projects, often in fast-changing environments where the stakes are high. Every project is an opportunity to create long-term environmental and community value.
We are proud to be an employee-owned company with a culture that emphasizes safety, professional growth, collaboration, and innovation. Our partnerships with Indigenous communities have been a tremendous source of learning and pride, guiding us in shaping a cleaner, more sustainable Canada.
The Opportunity
Milestone is seeking a Fractional Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join the Executive Leadership Team on a part-time basis (8–12 days/month). The CFO will play a pivotal role in shaping the company’s next stage of growth, providing board-level financial leadership and ensuring financial integrity while maintaining flexibility in engagement.
Key areas of impact include:
- Strategic Financial Leadership – advising the CEO and Board on long-term strategies, forecasts, and growth models.
- Capital & Treasury Management – optimizing cash flow, debt/equity structures, bonding, and investor relations.
- Governance, Risk & Compliance – ensuring robust controls, multi-province compliance, ESG alignment, and risk mitigation.
- Growth & M&A – guiding financial due diligence, modelling, and integrations.
- Finance Transformation – modernizing ERP, dashboards, and automation.
- Ensures solid accounting and reporting discipline through rigorous month-end reviews, quarterly closes, fiscal year-end planning, and proactive audit management, providing leadership and stakeholders with timely, accurate financial insights.
- Leadership Development – mentoring the Finance team and building succession capacity.
Ideal Candidate
- CPA designation (required); MBA or advanced finance degree preferred.
- 10-15 years of progressive senior financial leadership, ideally in construction, engineering, or project-driven industries.
- Expertise in bonding, surety, capital markets, Indigenous partnerships, and risk management.
- Skilled in strategic planning, financial modeling, and operational optimization.
- A collaborative, adaptable leader who thrives in fast-paced, growth-oriented environments.
Why Join Milestone
- Influence the financial strategy of a high-growth national company.
- Work on complex, high-impact projects that shape communities and the environment.
- Engage at an executive, board-level while enjoying the flexibility of a fractional role.
- Be part of an employee-owned company that invests in its people and values long-term partnerships.
Our Culture
We are a Canadian employee-owned business – a collaborative, caring team driven by ingenuity, accountability, and a shared commitment to making a difference. Whether you’re on-site or supporting from behind the scenes, your contribution matters. At Milestone, we invest in people who want to build something meaningful – for our clients, our communities, and the environment.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
At Milestone, we believe our strength lies in the diversity of our people and the inclusive culture we foster every day. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and base our employment decisions on merit, qualifications, and ability. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment and selection process.
Inclusion is embedded in how we work, collaborate, and lead. We actively strive to create a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to contribute fully. Our dedication to learning, accountability, and cultural awareness helps us grow as individuals and as an organization.
We are especially proud of our partnerships and work with Indigenous Peoples and communities. These relationships are a continuing source of growth, knowledge, and mutual respect. We commit to listening, learning, and participating in meaningful truth and reconciliation efforts in collaboration with Indigenous partners, employees, and communities across Canada.
At Milestone, we recognize that the diverse perspectives, experiences, and talents of our team are key to solving the complex environmental challenges of today and tomorrow. We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining individuals who reflect the communities we serve and share our vision for a cleaner, more equitable world.
We would like to thank all applicants for their interest, however only the ones selected for the interview will be contacted.
About Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc.
No other environmental contractor in Canada can claim the same level of engineering and project-management expertise as Milestone. We’re proud to apply that experience on every project we win. During a job’s tender phase, we offer practical solutions to deal with the project’s known challenges and anticipate unforeseen conditions. Yet we can deliver even greater value when we’re brought on during pre-construction. Working alongside our client in a design-build arrangement, we help select the best remediation strategy for the job and ensure all dimensions of a project—environmental, budgetary and scheduling—are addressed.
Contact Milestone for: • soil and groundwater remediation • passive reactive barrier walls • groundwater cut-off walls (soil-bentonite, cement, concrete) • lagoon and pond remediation • remedial excavation with shoring or underpinning • soil stabilization • in-situ remediation using electric resistive heating • water treatment • landfill closure and capping • mine reclamation • design-build remediation contracting
We aren’t like other contracting firms. Where some prefer to work on routine jobs that require little creativity and others opt to avoid tough work, we’re constantly on the lookout for new opportunities to think outside the box, roll up our sleeves and get our hands dirty.
Our founders’ 40-plus years of combined experience gives Milestone the ingenuity to develop and implement solutions that other contractors can’t. And when, for any reason, we’re unable to overcome an obstacle using our own resources, we call for help from any one of a number of specialty contractors across North America with whom we have forged outstanding relationships. They help us make complex projects routine and ordinary projects exceptional.
So go ahead. Bring us your ugliest messes, your trickiest challenges, your toughest tasks yearning to be completed. We dare you.
Fractional Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
About the role
Executive Summary
Company Overview
Milestone Environmental is a $150M+ employee-owned leader in environmental contracting and infrastructure services. For over a decade, we have earned a reputation for contracting excellence by delivering projects that demand technical expertise, creativity, and resilience. Our work spans soil and ground remediation, water treatment, heavy civil construction, building decommissioning, land reclamation, and the rehabilitation of sensitive habitats.
What sets us apart is not just what we build or restore but how we do it. We collaborate closely with clients to take on their most complex and sensitive projects, often in fast-changing environments where the stakes are high. Every project is an opportunity to create long-term environmental and community value.
We are proud to be an employee-owned company with a culture that emphasizes safety, professional growth, collaboration, and innovation. Our partnerships with Indigenous communities have been a tremendous source of learning and pride, guiding us in shaping a cleaner, more sustainable Canada.
The Opportunity
Milestone is seeking a Fractional Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join the Executive Leadership Team on a part-time basis (8–12 days/month). The CFO will play a pivotal role in shaping the company’s next stage of growth, providing board-level financial leadership and ensuring financial integrity while maintaining flexibility in engagement.
Key areas of impact include:
- Strategic Financial Leadership – advising the CEO and Board on long-term strategies, forecasts, and growth models.
- Capital & Treasury Management – optimizing cash flow, debt/equity structures, bonding, and investor relations.
- Governance, Risk & Compliance – ensuring robust controls, multi-province compliance, ESG alignment, and risk mitigation.
- Growth & M&A – guiding financial due diligence, modelling, and integrations.
- Finance Transformation – modernizing ERP, dashboards, and automation.
- Ensures solid accounting and reporting discipline through rigorous month-end reviews, quarterly closes, fiscal year-end planning, and proactive audit management, providing leadership and stakeholders with timely, accurate financial insights.
- Leadership Development – mentoring the Finance team and building succession capacity.
Ideal Candidate
- CPA designation (required); MBA or advanced finance degree preferred.
- 10-15 years of progressive senior financial leadership, ideally in construction, engineering, or project-driven industries.
- Expertise in bonding, surety, capital markets, Indigenous partnerships, and risk management.
- Skilled in strategic planning, financial modeling, and operational optimization.
- A collaborative, adaptable leader who thrives in fast-paced, growth-oriented environments.
Why Join Milestone
- Influence the financial strategy of a high-growth national company.
- Work on complex, high-impact projects that shape communities and the environment.
- Engage at an executive, board-level while enjoying the flexibility of a fractional role.
- Be part of an employee-owned company that invests in its people and values long-term partnerships.
Our Culture
We are a Canadian employee-owned business – a collaborative, caring team driven by ingenuity, accountability, and a shared commitment to making a difference. Whether you’re on-site or supporting from behind the scenes, your contribution matters. At Milestone, we invest in people who want to build something meaningful – for our clients, our communities, and the environment.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
At Milestone, we believe our strength lies in the diversity of our people and the inclusive culture we foster every day. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and base our employment decisions on merit, qualifications, and ability. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment and selection process.
Inclusion is embedded in how we work, collaborate, and lead. We actively strive to create a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to contribute fully. Our dedication to learning, accountability, and cultural awareness helps us grow as individuals and as an organization.
We are especially proud of our partnerships and work with Indigenous Peoples and communities. These relationships are a continuing source of growth, knowledge, and mutual respect. We commit to listening, learning, and participating in meaningful truth and reconciliation efforts in collaboration with Indigenous partners, employees, and communities across Canada.
At Milestone, we recognize that the diverse perspectives, experiences, and talents of our team are key to solving the complex environmental challenges of today and tomorrow. We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining individuals who reflect the communities we serve and share our vision for a cleaner, more equitable world.
We would like to thank all applicants for their interest, however only the ones selected for the interview will be contacted.
About Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc.
No other environmental contractor in Canada can claim the same level of engineering and project-management expertise as Milestone. We’re proud to apply that experience on every project we win. During a job’s tender phase, we offer practical solutions to deal with the project’s known challenges and anticipate unforeseen conditions. Yet we can deliver even greater value when we’re brought on during pre-construction. Working alongside our client in a design-build arrangement, we help select the best remediation strategy for the job and ensure all dimensions of a project—environmental, budgetary and scheduling—are addressed.
Contact Milestone for: • soil and groundwater remediation • passive reactive barrier walls • groundwater cut-off walls (soil-bentonite, cement, concrete) • lagoon and pond remediation • remedial excavation with shoring or underpinning • soil stabilization • in-situ remediation using electric resistive heating • water treatment • landfill closure and capping • mine reclamation • design-build remediation contracting
We aren’t like other contracting firms. Where some prefer to work on routine jobs that require little creativity and others opt to avoid tough work, we’re constantly on the lookout for new opportunities to think outside the box, roll up our sleeves and get our hands dirty.
Our founders’ 40-plus years of combined experience gives Milestone the ingenuity to develop and implement solutions that other contractors can’t. And when, for any reason, we’re unable to overcome an obstacle using our own resources, we call for help from any one of a number of specialty contractors across North America with whom we have forged outstanding relationships. They help us make complex projects routine and ordinary projects exceptional.
So go ahead. Bring us your ugliest messes, your trickiest challenges, your toughest tasks yearning to be completed. We dare you.