NPO Finance Manager

About the role

An international non-profit group operating across five jurisdictions is looking for a Finance Manager to safeguard its financial integrity and drive regulatory compliance. The role turns complex accounting data into clear, plain-language insights for executive leadership, the Board and international donors. It is a full-time, home-based remote position of 40 hours per week, with flexibility across UK, European, East African and Asian time zones and occasional local and international travel. It carries full financial responsibility for UK and Africa entities and manages and consolidates operations across Netherlands, Maldives and Indonesia entities.

Key responsibilities

• Perform full financial management and bookkeeping for UK and Africa entities; lead and consolidate financial operations for Maldives and Indonesia entities, including line management, training and quality control of in-country finance staff.
• Oversee financial review and group consolidation with an external finance consultant for Netherlands operations.
• Produce monthly visual dashboards for leadership and the Board showing cash runway, budget variance and burn rates, and summarise accounting detail with risk flags.
• Prepare consolidated monthly and annual group management reporting and entity-level financial statements.
• Design annual budgets, provide quarterly forecasts and model funding scenarios.
• Manage multi-currency treasury, bank reconciliations, cash flow monitoring and cross-border transfers.
• Ensure compliance with non-profit regulatory, charity and tax-exemption requirements across five jurisdictions, and lead statutory accounts preparation and audit liaison.
• Track restricted and unrestricted funding, oversee grant compliance and prepare donor reports.
• Ensure group payroll is processed on or before the 21st of each month in line with local tax laws.

Required profile

• Qualified accountant (CA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent) or extensive senior accounting experience.
• Minimum 5 years of senior financial management experience.
• Experience managing financial operations across multiple jurisdictions and supervising finance staff remotely.
• Experience preparing financial reports against grant and donor conditions and audit requirements.
• Desirable: 10+ years of experience, prior non-profit/NGO/charity experience, knowledge of UK, South African, Indonesian, Dutch and Maldivian finance, tax and payroll rules, and experience building financial dashboards.

Required skills

• Advanced financial reporting, data visualisation and forecasting platforms.
• Foreign currency exposure, multi-currency accounting and group consolidation.
• Statutory reporting and liaison with external auditors.
• Ability to explain complex financial data clearly to non-finance audiences.
• Desirable: Xero.