Finance Ops & Treasury Manager

Altum Consulting is delighted to be partnering with Meliore Foundation in its search for an experienced Manager of Financial Operations and Treasury to lead its accounting, financial control and treasury operations.

Meliore is an international philanthropic foundation that provides operational support and regranting funding to programmes working in strategic communications and campaigns. Its work helps ensure that facts, science and objective evidence inform public debate and action on major global issues.

This is a particularly exciting time to join a foundation with secure funding as it continues to grow. Reporting to the Finance Director, the successful candidate will provide senior oversight across financial operations, treasury and control, while leading a geographically distributed team.

The Manager of Financial Operations and Treasury will be responsible for:

• Owning the monthly close process and ensuring the accuracy of Meliore's accounting records
• Maintaining the general ledger, chart of accounts and balance-sheet reconciliations
• Leading the preparation of Belgian statutory accounts and supporting regulatory and tax compliance
• Acting as the main operational contact for external auditors and coordinating the annual audit
• Overseeing accounts payable, payments and expense-management processes
• Managing treasury activities, including cash positioning, deposits, FX exposures and forward contracts
• Preparing cash-flow forecasts and working closely with the FP&A team
• Improving financial policies, controls, systems and processes
• Leading and developing the Senior Accountant and Accounting & Payments Team Lead

The position plays an integral role within Meliore's finance function and provides the operational foundation for its FP&A, grants management and strategic finance work.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be a qualified accountant, or bring equivalent senior-level accounting experience
• Have strong financial operations, financial control and month-end leadership experience
• Bring knowledge of Belgian GAAP, Belgian statutory reporting or the Belgian accounting environment
• Have experience leading audits and working with external auditors
• Understand accounts payable, payment controls, cash management and treasury operations
• Have experience managing and developing multiple direct reports
• Be comfortable using NetSuite or a comparable ERP system
• Bring a structured, accurate and collaborative approach to financial control
• Be confident working across an international and distributed organisation

Experience within an NGO, foundation or international non-profit would be advantageous, although candidates from practice or commercial financial-control backgrounds will also be considered. Candidates who trained or worked in Belgium may be particularly well suited.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a mission-driven international foundation at an important stage of its growth, with genuine scope to shape how its finance operations develop.

Altum Consulting and Meliore Foundation are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.

To apply, please submit your CV today.