Chief Financial Officer
For more than 60 years, Northwood has been a powerful advocate for seniors and a leader in continuing care across Nova Scotia. Established as a social movement grounded in dignity, belonging, and choice, Northwood has grown into Atlantic Canada’s largest not for profit continuing care organization, serving more than 7,000 people through long-term care, home care, retirement living, and innovative community-based programs.
Northwood has been recognized for leading change in continuing care, advancing innovative models, embracing technology, and prioritizing dignity, choice, and belonging. Built on values of accountability, social justice, respect, and continuous improvement, Northwood remains deeply focused on people and ensuring individuals and families receive high-quality, compassionate care.
The Opportunity
Northwood is seeking a strategic, experienced, and mission-aligned Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to provide executive financial leadership within a large, complex, multi-site continuing care organization. Reporting to the President and CEO, the CFO is a key member of the senior leadership team and plays a central role in ensuring Northwood’s long-term financial sustainability while supporting high-quality, person- and family-centred care.
The CFO will partner closely with executive colleagues, operational leaders, and the Board of Governors to ensure sound financial stewardship, informed decision-making, and organizational resilience.
The Role
The CFO provides leadership across financial strategy, planning, governance, and risk management. You will guide enterprise-wide budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting, ensuring transparency, accountability, and compliance across Northwood and its subsidiaries.
As a trusted advisor to the President and CEO and Board, you will translate complex financial information into clear insights, strengthening the organization’s ability to plan, allocate resources, and respond nimbly within a dynamic public funding and regulatory landscape. You will ensure Northwood maintains the financial discipline necessary to deliver services effectively today while preparing for changing demographic, funding, and system realities, including the stewardship of both existing and newly developed infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
As CFO, you will be responsible for:
Strategic Financial Leadership
As the ideal candidate, you have senior‑level financial leadership experience in complex, multi‑partner organizations, ideally within publicly funded, regulated, or mission‑driven environments. You bring strong expertise in financial planning and analysis, audit and compliance, capital and cash management, and board‑level reporting. You are comfortable navigating blended funding models, large operating budgets, and capital assets, translating complex financial information into clear, decision‑ready insight. With a strong aptitude for innovation, you demonstrate a proven ability and genuine openness to leverage technology and AI, while ensuring appropriate controls, data stewardship, and risk management. Experience supporting major capital projects, working with government funders, external auditors, lenders, and not‑for‑profit or charitable reporting environments is highly valued. Additionally, experience working within the healthcare sector, or adjacent environments would be considered an asset.
You are a collaborative, values driven leader with strong judgment, high emotional intelligence, and a pragmatic approach to complexity and change. You build trust through transparency, develop strong teams, and help leaders understand how finance supports sound decision making and long term sustainability. With a forward‑looking, pragmatic mindset, you simplify complexity, leverage technology to strengthen systems and processes, and elevate finance as a respected, strategic partner to the leadership team and Board.
Aligned with Northwood’s values, you are collaborative, accountable, and committed to continuous improvement. You bring a leadership style grounded in respect, transparency, and service to community.
How to Apply
If you are interested in pursuing this exciting opportunity, please apply online using the 'Apply Now' button below. For more information or to ask any questions, please contact Daniella Sam at dsam@kbrs.ca, Katherine Risley at krisley@kbrs.ca, or Erin MacDonald at emacdonald@kbrs.ca.
Diversity and Accessibility Statement
Northwood is a vibrant community that includes everyone who is touched by our service; employees, volunteers, residents, tenants and clients. As an organization, we believe all people deserve to be treated with dignity, honesty and respect.
An expression of our belief is Northwood’s commitment to equity and diversity in areas of employment, service and human interaction. Northwood recognizes that every individual brings unique capabilities, personal beliefs, individual aspirations and their own life experiences to the organization. Northwood commits to working with everyone in our community to create an environment which is based on inclusiveness.
KBRS will provide support in its recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities, including accommodation that considers an applicant’s accessibility needs. If you require accommodation to participate as a candidate in the recruitment process, please contact accommodate@kbrs.ca or communicate your needs to our team.
Northwood has been recognized for leading change in continuing care, advancing innovative models, embracing technology, and prioritizing dignity, choice, and belonging. Built on values of accountability, social justice, respect, and continuous improvement, Northwood remains deeply focused on people and ensuring individuals and families receive high-quality, compassionate care.
The Opportunity
Northwood is seeking a strategic, experienced, and mission-aligned Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to provide executive financial leadership within a large, complex, multi-site continuing care organization. Reporting to the President and CEO, the CFO is a key member of the senior leadership team and plays a central role in ensuring Northwood’s long-term financial sustainability while supporting high-quality, person- and family-centred care.
The CFO will partner closely with executive colleagues, operational leaders, and the Board of Governors to ensure sound financial stewardship, informed decision-making, and organizational resilience.
The Role
The CFO provides leadership across financial strategy, planning, governance, and risk management. You will guide enterprise-wide budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting, ensuring transparency, accountability, and compliance across Northwood and its subsidiaries.
As a trusted advisor to the President and CEO and Board, you will translate complex financial information into clear insights, strengthening the organization’s ability to plan, allocate resources, and respond nimbly within a dynamic public funding and regulatory landscape. You will ensure Northwood maintains the financial discipline necessary to deliver services effectively today while preparing for changing demographic, funding, and system realities, including the stewardship of both existing and newly developed infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
As CFO, you will be responsible for:
Strategic Financial Leadership
- Providing expert financial analysis and advice to support organizational strategy and long-term sustainability
- Supporting executive and Board decision-making through scenario planning, risk assessment, and financial modelling
- Leading, mentoring, and developing the financial services team
- Partnering with leaders across programs to strengthen financial literacy, accountability, and integration across the organization
- Leading annual and multi-year budgeting, forecasting, and performance monitoring
- Ensuring accurate, timely financial reporting aligned with governance and regulatory expectations
- Supporting the Board’s fiduciary responsibilities through strong financial governance and controls
- Ensuring compliance with audit, regulatory, and funding requirements
- Supporting strong financial governance and controls related to the privacy, security, and integrity of sensitive financial and personal information
As the ideal candidate, you have senior‑level financial leadership experience in complex, multi‑partner organizations, ideally within publicly funded, regulated, or mission‑driven environments. You bring strong expertise in financial planning and analysis, audit and compliance, capital and cash management, and board‑level reporting. You are comfortable navigating blended funding models, large operating budgets, and capital assets, translating complex financial information into clear, decision‑ready insight. With a strong aptitude for innovation, you demonstrate a proven ability and genuine openness to leverage technology and AI, while ensuring appropriate controls, data stewardship, and risk management. Experience supporting major capital projects, working with government funders, external auditors, lenders, and not‑for‑profit or charitable reporting environments is highly valued. Additionally, experience working within the healthcare sector, or adjacent environments would be considered an asset.
You are a collaborative, values driven leader with strong judgment, high emotional intelligence, and a pragmatic approach to complexity and change. You build trust through transparency, develop strong teams, and help leaders understand how finance supports sound decision making and long term sustainability. With a forward‑looking, pragmatic mindset, you simplify complexity, leverage technology to strengthen systems and processes, and elevate finance as a respected, strategic partner to the leadership team and Board.
Aligned with Northwood’s values, you are collaborative, accountable, and committed to continuous improvement. You bring a leadership style grounded in respect, transparency, and service to community.
How to Apply
If you are interested in pursuing this exciting opportunity, please apply online using the 'Apply Now' button below. For more information or to ask any questions, please contact Daniella Sam at dsam@kbrs.ca, Katherine Risley at krisley@kbrs.ca, or Erin MacDonald at emacdonald@kbrs.ca.
Diversity and Accessibility Statement
Northwood is a vibrant community that includes everyone who is touched by our service; employees, volunteers, residents, tenants and clients. As an organization, we believe all people deserve to be treated with dignity, honesty and respect.
An expression of our belief is Northwood’s commitment to equity and diversity in areas of employment, service and human interaction. Northwood recognizes that every individual brings unique capabilities, personal beliefs, individual aspirations and their own life experiences to the organization. Northwood commits to working with everyone in our community to create an environment which is based on inclusiveness.
KBRS will provide support in its recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities, including accommodation that considers an applicant’s accessibility needs. If you require accommodation to participate as a candidate in the recruitment process, please contact accommodate@kbrs.ca or communicate your needs to our team.