Vice President of Finance

Vice President of Finance
Job Type: Full-Time Permanent
Work Location : Wallenstein, ON (On Site)
Compensation: $150,000 - $180,000
Reports to: CEO

About Earthscape
At Earthscape Play, we're not just another company; we're a playground for creativity, craft, and innovation. Our mission is to push boundaries and be a leader in the playground industry. What shapes our culture is how deeply people care about their craft, whether they're sketching the first concept, engineering the structure, or hand-building the final piece. We're growing quickly, trying new things, and stretching into new markets. As we grow, we stay grounded in what matters most: design excellence, craftsmanship, and the people and places we serve.

The Opportunity
We're looking for a Vice President of Finance to help us scale the financial backbone of the business with the same care and discipline we bring to our work. This is a senior leadership role that sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, and financial performance. You'll partner closely with the CEO and leadership team to strengthen how we plan, measure, and make decisions as we grow.

Our work is custom, project-based, and increasingly complex. Success in this role requires someone who can bring clarity to that complexity, build systems that support scale, and ensure we are making thoughtful, informed trade-offs as we grow.

What You'll Do
Financial Leadership & Strategy

• Lead the financial strategy of the business, partnering with the CEO and leadership team to support growth, investment decisions, and long-term planning
• Strengthen financial planning, forecasting, and scenario modeling to improve visibility, support decision-making, and guide investment and growth decisions
• Provide clear, actionable financial insights that help leaders understand performance, trade-offs, and opportunities
• Support expansion into new markets and increasing business complexity with disciplined financial planning

Financial Operations & Performance

• Oversee all aspects of financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and cash management
• Own financial performance outcomes, including cost discipline, margin performance, and cash flow health, using data to guide decisions and trade-offs
• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting in compliance with ASPE
• Lead month-end and year-end processes with a focus on clarity, efficiency, and reliability

Systems, Data & Process

• Strengthen financial systems, tools, and processes to support scale and improve visibility across the business
• Lead the implementation of the company's ERP system end-to-end, ensuring successful adoption, integration with operations, and long-term scalability of financial and operational processes
• Ensure the integrity, accuracy, and accessibility of financial data
• Build reporting that connects financial performance to operational realities

Risk, Compliance & Governance

• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and reporting standards
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls to safeguard company assets
• Oversee audit processes and coordinate with external advisors (auditors, legal, tax, banking)
• Manage insurance, banking relationships, and financial risk

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop the finance and accounting team
• Build a high-performing, accountable team that balances technical excellence with business partnership
• Create clarity around roles, expectations, and development paths
• Foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and collaboration

What We're Looking For

We care deeply about how you think, how you lead, and how you show up in complexity just as much as where you've worked.

• 10+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience, with senior leadership experience
• CPA designation required
• Experience in project-based, manufacturing, design-build, or custom environments
• Proven ability to scale financial systems, processes, and teams as a business grows
• Strong financial planning and analysis capability, including forecasting, modeling, and scenario planning
• Experience implementing or optimizing ERP/accounting systems
• Ability to translate financial data into clear, practical insight for decision-making
• Comfort operating in complexity, balancing multiple priorities and trade-offs
• A systems mindset — able to connect financial outcomes to operational drivers
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across leadership and teams
• A mindset that aligns with Earthscape: humble, curious, collaborative, and accountable

A Role With Real Impact

This is a high-impact leadership role. Success in this role means building a financial function that scales with the business improving visibility, predictability, and discipline while strengthening the systems and insights that support better decisions.

You'll help shape how Earthscape grows from how we plan and invest, to how we measure performance, to how we operate as a business.

If you're someone who enjoys building clarity in complex environments, cares about people and performance, and knows how to turn financial insight into meaningful action, this might be your place.

What's in it for you

This role offers the opportunity to work on some of North America's most innovative projects while helping shape how the business grows and operates.

You'll work alongside a highly skilled, committed group of people who care deeply about the work and hold a high standard for how things get done.

We believe in great compensation for great employees and offer:

• Profit sharing and performance bonuses
• Employee share ownership opportunities (ESOP) after 1 year of service
• Six-week sabbatical after 14,000 hours worked
• Tuition reimbursement
• Extended health and dental benefits
• Company events
• Casual dress code 

Accommodation: We are committed to treating all people in a way that respects their dignity and independence. Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process or otherwise, please notify us of this when you apply, and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

Pre-employment checks : As part of our selection process, successful candidates may be required to consent to background checks relevant to the role, prior to receiving a job offer. These could include: work references, education and credential confirmation, employment verification, identity check, criminal offense and driver's license record. 

At Earthscape Play, we are committed to building an environment where everyone feels included, valued, and heard. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging are an important part of our everyday work, and it is our belief that they enable us to reach our goal of bringing incredible play spaces to life. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities.