Financial Controller

The ZDHC Foundation develops and implements the Roadmap to Zero Programme with a focus on reducing the chemical footprint of the Fashion Industry. We are the leading sustainability organisation driving sustainable chemistry, innovations, and best practices in textile, apparel, leather, and footwear manufacturing to protect consumers, workers,s and the environment.   Through collaborative engagement,   alignment, and large-scale implementation, we take a holistic approach to sustainable chemical management and enable tangible progress in the wider industry through the delivery of guidelines, platforms, and solutions, including capacity building and innovation projects. For more information about ZDHC, see www.roadmaptozero.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

The ZDHC Vision is a World in which better chemistry leads to the protection of life, land, air and water. The ZDHC Mission is to lead our global value chain to achieve the highest standard for sustainable chemical management, driving resource efficiency and circularity.

Are you a finance professional who wants to contribute to something genuinely meaningful? Do you feel ready to move beyond routine corporate mandates and apply your financial expertise in a mission-driven organisation that works with some of the world's largest brands to help transform an entire industry? If so, we would like to hear from you.

Join our dynamic finance team, based in the Netherlands, where your work helps build the financial foundations for global development projects and supports collaboration across the textile supply chain to drive real environmental progress. Your work ensures accurate accounting, robust internal controls, timely close and reporting, and continuous audit readiness across the Dutch Foundation and BVs. The Financial Controller safeguards compliance with Dutch statutory requirements and donor/grant conditions, provides reliable financial insight to support decision-making, and drives improvements in processes, documentation, and systems as the organisation scales.

This is more than a job. It is an opportunity for a financial professional who recognises the power of finance to shape a more sustainable future, and who is looking for a role with genuine scope, variety, and purpose.

• Oversee end-to-end accounting for multiple Dutch entities (Foundation and BVs), ensuring consistent application of accounting policies and chart of accounts. 

• Lead the monthly close process, ensuring accurate journal postings, reconciliations and timely delivery of management reporting. 

• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements, including supporting schedules, analysis and consolidated views where required.

• Ensure compliance with Dutch statutory reporting and financial governance requirements. 

• Coordinate year-end statutory accounts, audit preparation and regulatory filings. Manage VAT/BTW administration and filings, and coordinate corporate tax matters with external advisers where applicable.

• Maintain accurate payroll accounting and reconciliation, including benefits, pension elements and international employment structures. 

• Ensure appropriate allocation of people costs across departments and projects and maintain strong financial controls related to joiner, mover and leaver processes in collaboration with HR.

• Provide financial oversight of donor-funded and EU-funded projects, ensuring compliant budget structures, cost allocations and financial reporting. 

• Monitor project expenditure against grant budgets, highlight variances and risks, and support donor reporting and project audits in line with funding requirements.

• Lead the coordination of statutory and project audits, acting as the primary finance contact for auditors. 

• Maintain an audit-ready environment through clear documentation, reconciliations and strong financial controls, and ensure timely resolution of audit findings and management recommendations.

• Continuously strengthen financial processes, internal controls and documentation, including close procedures, segregation of duties and standard operating practices.

• Support the effective use and development of finance systems (e.g. Exact Online), ensuring data quality, process adherence and opportunities for automation or efficiency improvements.

• Partner with operational teams, HR and project managers to provide financial guidance and ensure adherence to finance policies. 

• Deliver clear financial analysis and variance reporting to support informed decision-making by budget holders and leadership.

• Support effective cash flow management and working capital monitoring, including oversight of invoicing, payables and banking controls. 

• Ensure robust payment and treasury processes in collaboration with authorised approvers.