CFO & Administrative Manager

Ethiquable is a 15-person cooperative that designs, manufactures, and distributes fair trade and organic grocery products (coffee, tea, chocolate, spices, etc.). It is now entering a new phase with the launch of production and direct-to-consumer sales activities, particularly around its new chocolate factory.

Working in close collaboration with the coordination team, you will take charge of financial, administrative, HR, and legal functions.

Your challenge: structure these functions to enable the cooperative to scale up.

Your main missions:

• Manage budgets, cash flow, and key performance indicators in collaboration with the accounting office

• Build dashboards to monitor the profitability of each activity (distribution, production, B2C)

• Prepare year-end closings and annual accounts, and seek out financing aligned with our values

• Monitor legal files, contracts, and insurance with our law firm

• Manage HR administration (salaries, contracts, onboarding and offboarding) with the social secretariat

• Simplify and secure administrative processes during the company's transformation

• Prepare financial information for the cooperative's participatory governance

The essentials:

• At least 5 years of experience as an administrative and financial manager, ideally in an SME

• Experience in the food sector, production, or distribution

• Solid mastery of finance and accounting

• Experience in HR administration and coordination of legal matters

• Very good proficiency in Excel

• Higher education degree in management, finance, economics, law, or equivalent

Bonus points:

• Experience in a cooperative, social economy, or a company undergoing transformation

• Knowledge of an ERP system, ideally Mercator

• Knowledge of Dutch and/or English

Who you are: detail-oriented without being rigid, autonomous, and pragmatic. You know how to explain financial topics simply to non-specialists, and you enjoy building in an environment where everything is not yet set in stone. The values of fair trade resonate with you.

• Step 1: Send your CV and cover letter directly via Meet My Job and/or to Stephan VINCENT (svincent@ethiquable.be)

• Step 2: Interview

• Step 3: Let's start ! 

Diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities are important to us. Candidates are therefore selected based on their qualities and skills, without distinction of age, religion, origin, disability, sex, or gender.

Do you have a disability, a learning disorder, or an illness, and would you like to request reasonable accommodations for the selection process? Please mention it in your application. Conditions will be adapted as best as possible so that you can interview under the best circumstances.